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Negative no.A1058. 1891-1895. Image depicts a row of threading machines. Other equipment is viewed in the background. 5 x 7 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 1, Folder 7, Item 1058 for print of this negative.

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Negative no.A1059. 1891-1895. Image depicts a winter scene, showing trees and snow on the ground. Image presumably taken from upper story of Roper House. The Charles Roper house was located at 50 Freedom Street in Hopedale. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 5 x 7 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 1, Folder 7, Item 1059 for print of this negative.

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Negative no.A1060. 1891-1895. Image depicts a winter scene, showing trees and snow on the ground, and a picket fence running the length of the property, with several houses partially visible on the right. Most of the scene is forested. The Charles Roper house was located at 50 Freedom Street in Hopedale. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 5 x 7 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 1, Folder 7, Item 1060 for print of this negative.

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Negative no.A1061. 1891-1895. Image depicts complex of multiple-story mill buildings in the foreground, most likely part of the Draper Company. Other town streets, railroad cars on tracks, and open fields are visible in the background. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 5 x 7 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 1, Folder 7, Item 1061 for print of this negative.

Scope and Contents Negative no.A1062. April 21, 1892. Image depicts six men posed in a workroom. Two men are dressed in suits and ties; one wears a bowler hat and another bowler hat sits on a workshelf nearby. Two men are dressed in white shirts with vests and ties; the other two men are dressed in work clothes. The room contains a number of looms, some with batteries visible. It is unclear what "experiment room" refers to, but perhaps different aspects of the machinery were explored to see how they might work...

Scope and Contents Negative no.A1063. 1891-1895. Image depicts a series of two-story wooden homes facing an unpaved street. The house in the center left has at least three chimneys and two entrances; it is most likely a duplex. It features Tudor-style timbering in the gables. The next house to the right has one front porch but may have two entrances; however, only one chimney is visible. The next house on the right has two entrances, one of each side of the front of the house, and, again, has at least three...

Scope and Contents Negative no.A1064. 1891-1895. Image depicts a view of a small, single-story clapboard building, with a man standing in the entrance. What appears to be a two-story residential house is in the right background, behind a picket fence; other buildings can be seen in the left background, also behind a picket fence. There is some snow on the ground and the trees are bare. The sign on the post in the foreground reads: This is a Private Way Dangerous Passing. The stables themselves are presumably...

Scope and Contents Negative no.A1065. 1891-1895. Image depicts a view of the Temple Shop at the Draper Company in Hopedale, Massachusetts The view shows a counter along the windows on the right and machinery, including lathes, on the left. A temple is a device on a loom located near the fell of the cloth, one on each side; temples hold the cloth out as wide as possible during the process of weaving and prevent it from being drawn in too much by the filling. See Box 1, Negative 1000 for a view of the Temple...

Scope and Contents Negative no.A1066. 1891-1895. Image depicts a two-story clapboard house with two chimneys. Shutters are closed over windows. A picket fence separates the home and yard from a tree-lined sidewalk and unpaved street. Part of the fence appears to cross a driveway. There is a shed in the backyard. A stepladder leans against the tree in the center foreground. It is not known who Knoff refers to. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 5 x 7 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 1, Folder 7, Item 1066...