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Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A342. September 6, 1905. Image depicts a single-story stone building with an arched doorway, situated on a street corner. It is partially hidden by trees. The library was donated to the town in 1898 by Joseph Bancroft, a Draper Company executive, in memory of his wife, Sylvia. The building was designed by Boston architect C. Howard Walker. It is constructed of Milford granite, and was modeled after Merton College Chapel at Oxford. On the left are...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A343. September 8, 1905. Image depicts a four-story wooden boarding house surrounded by other single- and multiple-story residences. The building has one large and two smaller chimneys and a lightning rod. Shutters are installed at all windows. A front porch runs the length of the building and a climbing vine provides shade. A sign "Hopedale House" can be seen above the porch roof. A fire escape is visible on the left-hand end of the building....

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A344. September 8, 1905. Image depicts a four-story wooden boarding house surrounded by other single- and multiple-story residences. The building has one large and two smaller chimneys and a lightning rod. Shutters are installed at all windows. A front porch runs the length of the building and a climbing vine provides shade. A sign "Hopedale House" is barely visible above the porch roof. A fire escape is visible on the left-hand end of the...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A345. September 29, 1905. Image depicts a two-story brick building designed as a two-family residence. The building has four chimneys and two entrances in the front. A lawn, clothesline (on the left), and field are in the foreground. Other residences are in the background. Prospect Heights was built as housing for Draper Company employees, but most houses in Prospect Heights were brick, as opposed to the wooden housing found in Hopedale,...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A346. September 29, 1905. 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 (two are double, the others are single), 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,...