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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1022. 1891-1895. Image depicts a framed set of screw samples, each labeled with a number. They range in size from quite thin and small to very thick. Draper apparently manufactured their own screws in their machine screw shop. 20.5 x 25 cm.

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1023. 1891-1895. Image depicts two-story wooden home with gabled roof, three chimneys, and shutters at each window. The front porch is covered with ivy, as is a small portion of the side of the house. A sidewalk runs between the house and the unpaved street. Another home is partially visible on the right. It is not known who Mrs. Southwick was. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 25 x 20.5 cm. Copy A.

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1024. 1891-1895. Image depicts the spindle & rink factory at center right, showing a complex of three-story brick buildings with three chimneys in a row on the left, behind which is a taller chimney. A covered walkway slopes down on the left to a smaller building on the far left. The view looks north with the river and rural surroundings in background. The spindle factory, built in 1881, was the business known as A.A. Westcott & Sons. It...

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1025. 1891-1895. 25 x 20.5 cm.

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1026. 1891-1895. Image depicts an aerial view, possibly taken from a Draper Co. chimney, of business and residential buildings lining several town streets. Not the same view seen in Item 1044, in this folder. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 25 x 20.5 cm.

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1027. 1891-1895. Image depicts the pattern room, also called 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. Several tables are laid out in a line down the room and carpenters' tools can be seen on the shelves in the right background. More tools are on the counters under the windows on...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1028. 1891-1895. Image depicts a chimney that shows damage at the top and a pile of bricks and rubble on the ground in front of it. Scaffolding around the chimney appears to be higher than the top of the chimney, which suggests that possibly something went wrong during construction, although it is possible scaffolding was erected higher than the top of the damaged chimney in order to rebuild it. A four-story brick building appears in the...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1029. 1891-1895. Image depicts the rubble at the base of a wrecked chimney at the Draper Company, which most likely occurred during the construction phase. The scaffolding surrounding the chimney is damaged. The engine room below it is also damaged with the partial collapse of a wall and a portion of the roof. Debris from the scaffolding and bricks litter the remaining roof and yard below the chimney. See Item 1028, in this folder, for a broader...

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1030. 1891-1895. Image depicts interior damage and debris in the engine room following a chimney collapse, most likely during the construction phase. Most of the debris appears to be scaffolding. See Item 1028 and Item 1029, in this folder, for exterior views of the damage involving chimney scaffolding, engine room wall, and roof, and Item 1031, in this folder, for another close-up shot. 20.5 x 25 cm.

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1031. 1891-1895. Image depicts another view of the interior damage and debris following a chimney collapse, most likely during the construction phase. A workman is standing amidst the debris. See Item 1030, in this folder, for another close-up view of the damage, and Item 1028 and Item 1029, in this folder, for exterior views of the damage involving the chimney scaffolding, engine room wall, and roof. 20.5 x 25 cm.