Hopedale on the day of first practice blackout, March 8, 1942

Hopedale on the day of first practice blackout, March 8, 1942

Draper Corporation; Hopedale (Mass.); Textile industry--Massachusetts--Hopedale; Blackouts in war

The photo is one of two showing the Draper Corporation complex with all its lights on at night prior to the first practice blackout for the town of Hopedale. The photo was taken from the top of the ski tow need Draper Field; the wires for the ski tow are visible at the top of the photo.

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1942

Bancroft Memorial Library Local History Collection, Hopedale, Massachusetts. http://www.hopedale-ma.gov/Public_Documents/HopedaleMA_Library/index

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