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Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A999. 1891-1895. Image depicts a view of the Drafting Room at the Draper Company in Hopedale, Massachusetts Four male employees are visible; three sitting at drafting tables, and one leaning against a cabinet of drawers in the rear. Two framed prints hang on the wall in the rear with others propped up on the cabinet of drawers. The man seated on the left is dressed in a three-piece suit and wears a hat; he also holds a shuttle in his hands. The...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1000. 1891-1895. Image depicts the male employees of the Temple Shop at the Draper Company in Hopedale, Massachusetts A dozen men, some in work clothes, and two in suits, stand in the Temple Shop, among equipment including lathes. 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...

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1001. 1891-1895. Image depicts a two-story building designed in 1880 by architect Fred Swasey of Milford. A few men are standing on the porch entryway, barely visible under the overhang of the entryway roof. In the background are two smokestacks and partial views of a mill building and residences. Social Street runs in front of the building. 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.A1002. 1891-1895. Image depicts a view of Hopedale Pond in Hopedale, Massachusetts, at ground level. Bushes line the pond in the foreground; some algae can be seen on the water. Trees line the pond in the background. See Item 1019, in this folder, for a much better overall picture of the pond. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 25 x 20.25 cm.

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1003. 1891-1895. Image depicts workers standing at the top of a scaffolded chimney that stands more than twice the height of three-story mill buildings to the left and right. The chimney extends through the roof of a one or two-story building in the center. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. Very similar to Item 1004, in this folder. 20.25 x 25 cm.

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1004. 1891-1895. Image depicts workers standing at the top of a scaffolded chimney that stands more than twice the height of three-story mill buildings to the left and right. The chimney extends through the roof of a one or two-story building in the center. 20.25 x 25 cm.

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1005. 1891-1895. Image depicts a Northrop battery attached to a loom manufactured by Kilburn, Lincoln & Co. A battery is a mechanism found on single box automatic looms. The battery holds a plentiful supply of filling bobbins and transfers them, one at a time, to the shuttle as the need arises. A shuttle has been placed on the cloth being woven on the loom. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms including the...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1006. 1891-1895. Image depicts a two-story wooden residence with an attic and two chimneys. The home has a front porch and upper- and lower-story bay windows at the left side. Laundry hangs on clothesline on the far left. Other homes are partially in view. A front lawn reaches to the curbstone on Adin Street, which is unpaved. George M. Burgess was employed by Draper and had at least two patents to his name for improvements in textile machinery....

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1007. 1891-1895. Image depicts a man in suit and tie examining a loom equipped with a Northrup battery. Note the box of bobbins on the left; this may be a broader view of the battery seen in Item 1005, in this folder. The man is unknown but is probably someone in management. The loom was photographed in front of a sheet, probably in an unknown mill. 20.25 x 25 cm.

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1008. 1891-1895. Image shows an aerial view of part of Hopedale, Massachusetts, taken from the (top of the) chimney of the Draper Company. The Bancroft house is at the bottom (presumably Joseph Bancroft's house--Bancroft was George Draper's brother-in-law); the Adin Ballou house is at the center left (Ballou was the founder of the Hopedale Community in 1842); and George Draper's house is at the center along Hopedale Street. Other residences,...