Thanks to Al Marzetta for sending the pictures above. When I asked if he had found them in a family album, he replied, “They were in my Father’s tool box. He was a pattern maker at Drapers retiring after 42 years.”
Mary grew up in the “flatiron building” at 89 Main Street, Milford, and raised her 11 children in Hopedale. Click on the family photo read her memories.
Dutcher Street – July 3.
Dutcher Street. Great job matching the recent addition to the original house.
Don’t count on still being able to buy tires there, though.
The Gov. Eben Sumner and Nannie Bristow Draper home in Boston, from the Buildings of New England site. Click on the picture to read about it. Thanks for sending it, D.J.
Thanks to Priscilla (Congdon) Koopman for this photo. Click on the picture for more.
In 1946, Draper Corp. had plans drawn for making both interior and exterior renovations of at least 15 of their company houses. Prints were done showing both the houses as they were, and the proposed changes. Also, drawings were created showing how the houses looked at that time. Thanks to Vascen Bogigian for the drawings and prints. Click here to see more.
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