Box 15

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B934. June 16, 1911. Image depicts a view of the scrap iron pile outside one of the Draper Company buildings (which are off to the right in this image). One man stands in front of the pile, which gives the viewer a sense of the size of it (at least three stories high). A flatbed wagon sits in front. See Item 935 and Item 937, in this folder, for other images of the pile taken on this date. See also Box 15, Folder 2, Item 883, which shows the pile...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B935. June 16, 1911. Image depicts a view of the scrap iron pile outside one of the Draper Company buildings (which are off to the right in this image). Two men work on boards stretched across sawhorses in the foreground; another man stands off to the right. The man standing at the right gives the viewer a sense of the size of the pile (at least three stories high). See Item 934 and Item 937, in this folder, for other images of the pile taken on...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B937. June 16, 1911. Image depicts a view of the scrap iron pile outside one of the Draper Company buildings (which are off to the right in this image). One man (who can also be seen in Item 934, in this folder) stands in front of the pile, which gives the viewer a sense of the size of the pile (at least three stories high). A group of male laborers stands on the left. A set of railroad tracks appears to run across the area, with another pile of...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B942. June 20, 1911. Image depicts an exhibition of some sort in Fall River, Massachusetts This image shows two Draper looms, the one on the left with a shuttle lying on it and the one on the right showing a loom battery attached to the loom at the right. Behind the looms are tables with a display of bobbins on them, and a mannequin with a woman's dress on it to the right. The display is surrounded by wooden posts topped with a wooden framework...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B944. June 20, 1911. Image depicts an exhibition of some sort in Fall River, Massachusetts This image shows an overall view of the room, with two Draper looms in the lower foreground. The displays in the room are surrounded by wooden posts topped with a wooden framework that has plants decorating it and lights on it. In the right background is a sign "Rogers & Allen School." The photograph is taken from a higher vantage point, possibly a...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B987. September 30, 1911. Image depicts a railroad train at a depot (which is behind the train and not visible in this image--see Item 988), presumably in Hopedale, Massachusetts The train engine pulls a coal car and a long series of closed boxcars that carried Draper Company looms. Two residential buildings can be seen on the left; several sets of railroad tracks intersect in this image. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery,...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B988. Train load of Draper Company looms, Hopedale, Massachusetts Gelatin silver print, [1974], from a glass plate negative, September 30, 1911. Image depicts a railroad train at a depot, presumably in Hopedale, Massachusetts The train engine pulls a coal car, and a long series of closed boxcars that carried Draper Company looms. Three men in work clothes pose on top of the first boxcar; two more men are barely visible in the background, posing on...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B989. October 6, 1911. Image depicts a close-up view of the company's new office building. The building is a three-story brick structure on the corner of two unknown streets. One side of the building stretches quite a distance down the street into the background. Trees are planted on the street corners. Trolley tracks run down one street. See Item 990, in this folder, for a broader view of the building. The Draper Company manufactured textile...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B990. October 6, 1911. Image depicts a broader view of the company's new office building than the one seen in Item 989, in this folder. The building is a three-story brick structure on the corner of two unknown streets. Across the street in the left foreground is a patch of grass, behind which is glimpsed a corner of another building, this one four stories. The streets are wide but unpaved. Trees are planted along the streets. The Draper Company...

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B991. October 10, 1911. Image depicts a view of an island in the middle of Hopedale Pond in Hopedale, Massachusetts Hopedale Pond was the site of many recreational events, some staged by the Draper Company for its employees. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 25.25 x 20.25 cm.