Box 190

Scope and Contents Negative no.B987. September 30, 1911. Image depicts a railroad train at a depot (which is behind the train and not visible in this image--see Negative 988, in this box), presumably in Hopedale, Massachusetts The train engine pulls a coal car and a long series of closed boxcars that carried Draper Company looms. Two residential buildings can be seen on the left; several sets of railroad tracks intersect in this image. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. See...

Scope and Contents Negative no.B988. Train load of Draper Company looms, Hopedale, Massachusetts Gelatin silver print, [1974], from a glass plate negative, September 30, 1911. Image depicts a railroad train at a depot, presumably in Hopedale, Massachusetts The train engine pulls a coal car, and a long series of closed boxcars that carried Draper Company looms. Three men in work clothes pose on top of the first boxcar; two more men are barely visible in the background, posing on the last boxcar. The Draper...

Scope and Contents Negative no.B989. October 6, 1911. Image depicts a close-up view of the company's new office building. The building is a three-story brick structure on the corner of two unknown streets. One side of the building stretches quite a distance down the street into the background. Trees are planted on the street corners. Trolley tracks run down one street. See Negative 990, in this box, for a broader view of the building. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. 8 x 10...

Scope and Contents Negative no.B990. October 6, 1911. Image depicts a broader view of the company's new office building than the one seen in Negative 989, in this box. The building is a three-story brick structure on the corner of two unknown streets. Across the street in the left foreground is a patch of grass, behind which is glimpsed a corner of another building, this one four stories. The streets are wide but unpaved. Trees are planted along the streets. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery,...

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Negative no.B991. October 10, 1911. Image depicts a view of an island in the middle of Hopedale Pond in Hopedale, Massachusetts Hopedale Pond was the site of many recreational events, some staged by the Draper Company for its employees. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 8 x 10 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 15, Folder 4, Item 991 for print of this negative.