Box 1

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A37. 1894-1900. Image depicts a view of a Draper Company A Model loom, photographed against a sheet, most likely within an unknown mill. The loom has a battery on the right-hand side. The Model A loom was also called the 1894 pattern, and was obsolete by 1900. The Model A loom had a shorter lay and shuttle box than was used by Draper by 1900, had a Mason take-up and plain rocker motions. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily...

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A38. 1898? Image depicts the rear view of a D-model loom set up on a white cloth on the floor, with a curtain draped behind it for photography purposes, most likely within an unknown mill. The D-model loom was considered a heavy standard loom. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. See Box 1, Folder 3, Item 73 for the front view of this loom, which was dated from 1898. 25 x 20.25 cm.

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A39. Image depicts a view of an E-model loom from 1900, set up on a white cloth on the floor, with a curtain draped behind it for photography purposes, most likely within an unknown mill. The loom has a battery on the right-hand side. Draper Company is incised on the frame. Very similar (if not identical) to the loom seen in Item 27, in this folder. The E-model loom had a regular pattern for prints and sheetings. The Draper Company, located in...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A44. October 1900. Image depicts a view of the Drafting Room at the Draper Company. Individual drafting tables on the right appear to be separated by sheets. The right side of the room appears to be flooded with light. Windows are visible in the rear. More drafting tables with cloth (?) spread out on them are in the foreground. The calendar on the rear wall reads October 1900. This view is a different angle from that seen in Box 1, Folder 5, Item...

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A46. 1894-1900. Image depicts a view of an E-model loom with one battery on the right side. "Hopedale Draper Company Massachusetts" incised on frame. The E model loom was for a regular pattern for prints and sheetings. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. 25 x 20.25 cm.

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A47. Image depicts a view of a D-model loom frame, seen here without any interior parts attached. A notation on the back of the print reads: "Loom frame (D Model) May 1898." The Draper Company, located in Hopedale, Massachusetts, manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. 25 x 20.25 cm.

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A48. Image depicts a view of an F-model loom seen here from the rear. The F model loom was designed for an extra heavy pattern for goods 72 inches and wider. A notation on the back of the print reads: "Loom - F Model Feb 15, 1900." See Item 55, in this folder, for a close-up view of an F model loom from the end showing the picker stick. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. 25 x 20.25 cm.

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A49. 1894-1900. Image depicts a view of a D-model dobby loom, photographed against a sheet, probably in an unknown mill. The battery is on the right with a long box for the bobbins. A dobby loom is a loom equipped with a dobby and capable of weaving small figures. The dobby is a mechanism attached to a loom for controlling the operation of the harnesses. Dobbies are made so that they can operate up to 25 harnesses and by this means figured cloths...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A50. 1894-1900. Image depicts a view of a C-model loom with a duplex harness, photographed against a sheet, probably in an unknown mill. The battery is on the right-hand side, although there appears to be no box for the bobbins. The harness is the frame containing the heddles through which the warp threads are drawn prior to weaving. By lifting or lowering the harnesses in the loom the shed is formed. The shed is the opening formed when some warp...

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A52. 1894-1900. Image depicts a view of a B model loom, photographed against a sheet, probably in an unknown mill. The B model loom, also called the 1895 loom, was the Draper standard for prints and other light goods until 1898. The loom was obsolete by 1900. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. 25 x 20.25 cm. Copy A.