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Box 2

 Container

Contains 52 Results:

Item 119: Prospect Heights, units 7-14, Milford, Massachusetts

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A119. 1901-1916? Image depicts a view of units 7 through 14 at Prospect Heights in Milford, Massachusetts The units are connected townhouse style, with eight separate entrances, and are made out of brick. The entire building is two stories with a small window visible in the third story on each end. There are chimneys on each end, in the middle, and two in the rear. Grass plots line the front, separated by walkways to each entrance. A large grassy...
Dates: 1882-1920

Item 143: Twister, G Model, Draper Company

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A143. 1901-1916. Image depicts a view of a G Model twister manufactured by the Draper Company. The twister is photographed against a sheet, probably in an unknown mill, and is seen from the side rather than head-on. "Draper Company" is embossed on the piece on the floor, leaning against the machine. A twister is a machine for twisting together two or more separate ends, making either a ply yarn or a cable yarn, or for inserting additional twist in...
Dates: 1882-1920

Item 152: Houses on Bancroft Parkway

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A152. 1901-1916. Image depicts a view of Bancroft Parkway in Hopedale, Massachusetts Substantial two-story, wood-shingled houses line the unpaved road. Electric poles can be seen on the left-hand side of the road. Most of the houses have two chimneys and are duplexes, as Hopedale housing built for Draper Company employees was generally not larger than a duplex. See Item 157 and Item 163, in this folder, for other views of these houses. 25 x 20.25...
Dates: 1882-1920