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Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A164. 1901-1916. Image depicts houses on Bancroft Parkway in Hopedale, Massachusetts Substantial two-and-a-half story, wood-shingled houses line the unpaved road. Electric poles can be seen on the right-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 167, in this folder, for an almost identical view but with bare...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A165. 1901-1916. Image depicts a view of the Grammar School in Hopedale, located on Dutcher Street between Chapel and Freedom streets, looking northwest. The school is a three-story brick building with several gables, a round tower on the left, and a very tall flagpole rising from the roof (there is no flag visible). The gables and windows are outlined with light stone. There is a grassy area in front of the school and several young trees have...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A166. 1901-1916. Image depicts a view of the back yards of the houses on Bancroft Parkway in Hopedale, Massachusetts Substantial two-story wood-shingled houses line the unpaved road on both sides. Most of the houses have two chimneys and are most likely duplexes, as Hopedale housing for Draper employees was generally not larger than a duplex. The unpaved road is quite narrow and each house has a free-standing clothesline in the yard (several have...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A209. 1903-1906. Image depicts a view of the Draper Company shops in the center, with a partially completed addition on the right, where framework for the addition can be seen behind the two tall chimneys. Multiple-story buildings are to the left; in the foreground are piles of lumber and what appears to be building rubble. A fence across the foreground separates the debris although dirt piles and some wooden beams can be seen in the immediately...

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A210. 1903- 1906. Image depicts a two-story wooden clapboard building; part of a covered walkway can be seen on the left. A wooden plank fence separates a wooden platform from what would be a drop of one story. This appears to be taken from the opposite angle as that seen in Item 211, in this folder. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. 25 x 20.25 cm.

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A211. 1903- 1906. Image depicts a two-story wooden clapboard building with a chimney; a covered walkway leads from the second story off to the right. A low stone wall is in front of the building, and two wooden barrels are on the ground at the edge of the building. Part of another wooden building (or an extension of this one) can be seen on the far left. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. See also Item 210, in this...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A213. 1903-1906. Image depicts a view of the Draper Company shops in the center, consisting of a complex of multiple-story buildings and three chimneys, descending in size to the right. A tower is visible on the right, with another smaller tower to the left of the tallest chimney. Image appears to be taken from the roof of a building in the foreground. Image taken in winter; water in the foreground mostly covered with snow and ice. The partially...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A167. 1901-1916. Image depicts houses on Bancroft Parkway in Hopedale, Massachusetts Substantial two-and-a-half story, wood-shingled houses line the unpaved road. One electric pole with a streetlight on it can be seen on the right-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 164, in this folder, for an almost...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A168. 1901-1916. Image depicts houses on Bancroft Parkway in Hopedale, Massachusetts Substantial two-and-a-half story, wood-shingled houses line the unpaved road. Electric poles (seen in other photos) line the right-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 174, in this folder, for an almost identical image of...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A169. 1901-1916. Image depicts two houses on Bancroft Parkway. The house on the left is a substantial two-and-a-half story wood-shingled house; it has two separate entrances, although only one can be seen here. The house on the right, which is somewhat hidden by trees, is a wood-shingled duplex with two porches (see Item 155, in this folder, for a better view of this house). Both houses have shutters at all the windows (some of them are closed)....