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Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1009. 1891- 1895. Image depicts the pattern shop at Draper Company. Here is where wooden patterns of gears and parts would be made before the parts would be manufactured in metal form. Six male workers are visible, standing around the shop. A saw is visible halfway down the aisle on the left. Several tables are laid out in a line down the room and carpenters' tools can be seen on the shelves in the right background. The Pattern Shop was located...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1011. 1891-1895. Image depicts an aerial view of part of Hopedale, Massachusetts, taken from (the top of) the chimney of the Draper Company. A [Draper Co.?] boarding house and the Hopedale Elastic Fabric Company are at center left on Dutcher St. at Freedom St., built in 1887. Other residential buildings are scattered around, although most of the area is open fields. It is unclear exactly which building is the Hopedale Elastic Fabric Company as...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1012. 1891-1895. Image depicts an aerial view of part of Hopedale, Massachusetts, taken from (the top of) the chimney of the Draper Company. Image shows houses on Dutcher Street. The three houses in the center (in front of the grove of trees) appear to be worker housing, as the two single- families on the right and the two-family on the left appear identical in style. Other houses can be seen further in the distance. See also another view of...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1013. 1891-1895. Image depicts an aerial view of part of Hopedale, Massachusetts, taken from (the top of) the chimney of the Draper Company. Image shows houses on Dutcher Street, but from a different angle than that seen in Item 1012, in this folder. A number of the houses have free-standing clotheslines in them with laundry. The dark-colored, three-and-a-half story house on the left may be a boardinghouse, as it has a fire escape on the side....

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1016. 1891-1895. Image depicts a view of the No. 3 automatic screw machine. Photographed in front of a white sheet, possibly in an unknown textile mill. See Item 1017, in this folder, for a view of this machine showing the toothed wheel. Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms, and apparently manufactured its own machine screws for use in its machinery. 25 x 20.5 cm.

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1017. 1891-1895. Image depicts a No. 3 automatic screw machine showing a large toothed wheel in front; the toothed wheel is what would cut the grooves in the screws. Photographed in front of a white sheet, possibly in an unknown textile mill. See Item 1016, in this folder, for a view of the other side of this machine. Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms, and apparently manufactured its own machine screws for use in its...

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1018. 1891-1895. Image depicts a view from presumably the roof of the Draper Company's machine screw shop, showing single- and multi-family homes lining town streets near the company. Most of these residences were probably for Draper Company employees. The foreground view looks down onto a roof with three skylights and a number of vent pipes, probably part of the machine screw shop. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 25 x 20.5 cm.

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1019. 1891-1895. Image depicts a view of Hopedale Pond looking north from Freedom Street. View taken from Draper Company shop, probably from the roof, as the view is quite high. One house on the left in the foreground; another house in the center left appears to have piles of granite rubble or rocks to the left and behind it. Another building is seen on the edge of the pond in the center distance. Most of the image consists of pond and open...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1020. 1891-1895. Image depicts a two-story wooden house with two chimneys and shutters at each window. A bay window and small porch face the unpaved street; two people can be seen on the porch, a man and a woman. A second porch is on the side of the house. See also Item 1021, in this folder, which shows the same house and people, although they are standing on the side porch and somewhat more visible. Original photograph by the Draper Company....

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1021. 1891-1895. Image depicts a two-story wooden house with two chimneys and shutters at each window. A bay window and small porch face the unpaved street; a second porch is on the side of the house where an elderly man and woman are standing. See also Item 1020, in this folder, which shows the same house and people, although they are somewhat hidden on the front porch. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 25 x 20.5 cm.