Box 1

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A80. Image depicts a D-model Northrup loom set up against a white curtain draped behind it for photography purposes, most likely within an unknown mill. Draper Company is incised on the top crosspiece; "The Northrup Loom" is clearly visible on the front of the loom. A notation on the back of the print reads: "Loom - D Model, Mar, 1898." The D-model loom was considered a heavy standard loom. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery,...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A87. 1894-1900. Image depicts a view of a Keene drawing-in frame manufactured by the Draper Company. Drawing-in is the process of entering the warp ends from the warp beam through the eyes of the correct heddles on the respective harnesses. The warp beam here is on the right; the warp ends are being drawn through the heddles but the angle of the photograph does not show that clearly, since the frame is seen from the side. The Draper Company...

Scope and Contents

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A89. 1894-1900]. Image depicts a close-up view of the gears on the end of a speeder, which is a term sometimes used for the third machine in a series of roving frames, or applied to roving frames in general. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. See Item 94, in this folder, for an expanded view of this machine. 20.25 x 25 cm.

Scope and Contents

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A90. 1891-1895. Image depicts the view from the rear of a speeder, which is a term sometimes used for the third machine in a series of roving frames, or applied to roving frames in general. See Item 94, in this folder, for the front view of this machine. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. 25 x 20.25 cm.

Scope and Contents

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A94. 1891-1895. Image depicts a speeder, which is a term sometimes used for the third machine in a series of roving frames, or applied to roving frames in general. "Draper Company Hopedale Massachusetts" can be seen on the side of the machine. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. See Item 90, in this folder, for the rear view of this machine. 25 x 20.25 cm.

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A994. 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 Item 1000, in...

Scope and Contents

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A995. 1891-1895. Image depicts wooden residential buildings across an unpaved street from the office building. A man is riding a bicycle along the street. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 25 x 20.25 cm.

Scope and Contents

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A996. 1891-1895. Image depicts a view looking down Adin Street in Hopedale, Massachusetts The street is unpaved but is lined with sidewalks and trees on both sides. The street curves to the left in the distance, and part of a clapboard building can be seen beyond the curve. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 25 x 20.25 cm.

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A997. 1891-1895. Image depicts a view of Adin Street in Hopedale, Massachusetts Adin Street is unpaved but has paved sidewalks. In the center background is the Eben S. Draper House, built in 1885 by architect George T. Clarke of Boston. The house is three stories with multiple gables. Another house is to the left, further in the background. Eben Sumner Draper (1858-1914) was a leading figure in what later became the Draper Corporation, and served...

Scope and Contents

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A998. 1891-1895. Image depicts a view of Adin Street at the corner of another, unnamed street in Hopedale, Massachusetts Both streets are unpaved, but the far corner has a sidewalk and several stone steps leading up the house glimpsed behind the trees. The amount of space around the house suggests this was a upper-class neighborhood. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 25 x 20.25 cm.