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