Item 2285: Draper Corporation tenement, Oak & Freedom streets, 1919
Scope and Contents
Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B2285. September 1919. Image depicts a two-story wood-shingled house with attic and two chimneys. Shutters are at each window. A small covered porch on either side of the house indicates two separate entrances for a duplex. Walkways connect each entryway with the sidewalk and street. Shrubs and trees surround the building. 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
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Extent
10.11 cubic feet
Format:
black and white photograph
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository