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Item 124: Foundry Dept. (?) office, Draper Company

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 4

Scope and Contents

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B124. 1900-1903. Image depicts a view of the interior of an office in the Draper Company, possibly the Foundry Dept. office, given the wooden box stamped "Foundry Dept." under the table on the left. A rolltop desk in the center background is loaded with papers, ledgers, and cubbyholes, also filled with papers. A unit resembling a telephone sits at the edge of the desk, and may be a method of communicating to another office or the dept. floor. The desk to the right of the rolltop desk holds a typewriter and is also filled with papers and ledgers. Framed prints hang on the walls above windows which possibly look over the working floor. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. 20.25 x 25.25 cm.

Dates

  • 1882-1920

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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