description- – A photograph of a portrait painting of Ira Draper from the book Five Generations of Loom Builders: A History of the Draper Corporation by William H. Chase. In 1816 Ira Draper patented the self-acting loom temple. Loom temples kept the cloth straight on the loom, but they constantly had to be readjusted by the operators. Draper's self-acting loom temples did not need to be readjusted, thereby greatly increasing productivity. This innovation eventually became the first and most successful product of the Hopedale Community, and was the foundation of the Draper Corporation.
subjectcollectiondatepublisherrelation- – Is part of the Bancroft Memorial Library Local History Collection, Hopedale, Massachusetts. http://www.hopedale-ma.gov/Public_Documents/HopedaleMA_Library/index
formatsource- – Image is from page xii of Five Generations of Loom Builders: A History of the Draper Corporation
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description- – View of Crompton Loom Works, Green St.
subjectcollectiondatepublishercreatorrelation- – Tribute to the Columbian year by the City of Worcester graphic exhibit of a city and its diversified industries Worcester,Blanchard Pr., 1893. In the collections of the Worcester Public Library, Worcester, Mass. http://www.worcpublib.org/
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description- – Color post card showing 3 factories of the Crompton&Knowles Loom Works in Worcester, Mass, Philadelphia Pa., and ProvidenceR.I.
subjectcollectionpublishercreatorrelation- – In the collections of the Worcester Public Library, Worcester, Mass. http://www.worcpublib.org/
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description- – The photo shows an exhibit of Draper Looms at a Textile Machinery Trade Show in the late 1800's or early 1900's. The signs indicate that the Looms are driven by Westinghouse Motors.
subjectcollectiondatepublisherrelation- – Bancroft Memorial Library Local History Collection, Hopedale, Massachusetts. http://www.hopedale-ma.gov/Public_Documents/HopedaleMA_Library/index
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