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Item 2280: Draper Corporation tenements, corner Oak and Northrup streets, 1919

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 2

Scope and Contents

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B2280. September 1919. Image depicts a two-story wood-shingled house with attic and two chimneys, and features some Tudor-type timbering as decoration on the attic level and the front porches. Windows have shutters. The building is designed for occupancy by two families; there are two separate front entrances and the one on the right has been screened in. Shrubs surround the entry and house; flowers have been planted around the two trees on the front lawn. Both streets have sidewalks but the streets appear unpaved. This house was built by the Draper Corporation for its employees. Tenements in this context simply means employee housing and not the "slum" housing usually thought of in reference to the word tenements. 25.25 x 20.25 cm.

Dates

  • 1919

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.

Extent

10.11 cubic feet

Format:

black and white photograph

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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