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Box 12

 Container

Contains 94 Results:

Item 2277: Back yards, Lake Street, 1919

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B2277. September 1919. Image depicts three houses--one on the left, one in the center background, and one on the right--partially hidden by multiple trees and bushes. An unpaved road leads straight back, while branching off to the left and right. These back yards appear to form a cul-de-sac. The houses in view were most likely housing built for Draper Corporation employees. 25.25 x 20.25 cm.

Dates: 1919

Item 2278: Draper Corporation tenements, 37 Progress Street, 1919

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B2278. September 1919. Image depicts a two-story wood-shingled house with two chimneys. Most of the windows have shutters. The building is designed for occupancy by two families; there is a double set of steps in the front and a side porch can be glimpsed on the left. A walkway on the right most likely leads to another side porch. Shrubs and climbing vines surround the entry and house. This house was built by the Draper Corporation for its...
Dates: 1919

Item 2279: Draper Corporation Tenements, corner Dutcher & Freedom streets, 1919

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B2279. September 1919. Image depicts a two-story wood clapboard house. Shutters are at each window and a set of steps leads to a porch with two separate entryways, indicating this was a duplex. A walkway connects the sidewalk and street with the house. Climbing vines surround the porch and some shrubs can be seen against the side of the house. A second house is partially seen in the back. This house was built by the Draper Corporation for its...
Dates: 1919

Item 2280: Draper Corporation tenements, corner Oak and Northrup streets, 1919

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B2280. September 1919. Image depicts a two-story wood-shingled house with attic and two chimneys, and features some Tudor-type timbering as decoration on the attic level and the front porches. Windows have shutters. The building is designed for occupancy by two families; there are two separate front entrances and the one on the right has been screened in. Shrubs surround the entry and house; flowers have been planted around the two trees on the...
Dates: 1919

Item 2283: Draper Corporation tenement, 24 Northrup Street, 1919

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B2283. September 1919. Image depicts a two-story wood-shingled house. Shutters are at each window. Two separate small covered porches serve as separate entrances on the front, indicating this was a duplex. A back entry is in view at one side; there is presumably a matching back entry on the other side of the house. Walkways connect each entryway with the sidewalk and street. Shrubs and trees surround the building. This house was built by the...
Dates: 1919

Item 2284: Draper Corporation tenements, 127 Jones Road, 1919

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B2284. September 1919. Image depicts a two-story wood-shingled house with attic and four chimneys. The building is designed for occupancy by two or more families; there are two separate front entrances, each with their own porch. There is a bay window over each porch. Shrubs and flowers have been planted around the house. This house was built by the Draper Corporation for its employees. Tenements in this context simply means employee housing and...
Dates: 1919

Item 2285: Draper Corporation tenement, Oak & Freedom streets, 1919

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B2285. September 1919. Image depicts a two-story wood-shingled house with attic and two chimneys. Shutters are at each window. A small covered porch on either side of the house indicates two separate entrances for a duplex. Walkways connect each entryway with the sidewalk and street. Shrubs and trees surround the building. This house was built by the Draper Corporation for its employees. Tenements in this context simply means employee housing and...
Dates: 1919

Item 2286: Draper Corporation tenements, 6 Peace Street, 1919

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B2286. September 1919. Image depicts a two-story wood clapboard house with three chimneys. Shutters are at each window. There are four visible entryways (two of them on each side of the house) indicating this is probably a multi-family dwelling. The walkways leading from the four entryways are joined to form a single walk to the sidewalk and street. Some climbing vines have attached themselves to the entryways and to a trellis in the center. Note...
Dates: 1919

Item 2287: Draper Corporation tenements, Maple and Freedom streets, 1919

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B2287. September 1919. Image depicts a two-story wood-shingled, gambrel-style house with two chimneys. Two small front porches on either end of the house, with separate walkways to the sidewalk and street indicate this is a duplex. There are two bay windows on the first floor. Shrubs and trees surround the building. Other residences are partially in view at the left and in the right background. This house was built by the Draper Corporation for...
Dates: 1919

Item 2288: Draper Corporation tenements, 101 Jones Road, 1919

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B2288. September 1919. Image depicts a two-story wood-shingled house with attic and two chimneys. A small screened porch is in view at the front of the building. Shrubs and trees surround the building. A fire hydrant is visible on the edge of the street. This house was built by the Draper Corporation for its employees. Tenements in this context simply means employee housing and not the "slum" housing usually thought of in reference to the word...
Dates: 1919