Short Stories and Pictures
Thirty very short Hopedale stories – Five per page, six pages
WMRC stories – Hopedale history stories broadcast on WMRC
Hopedale c. 1895 – Fourteen photos
More From top of Unitarian Church steeple, 2010
Edwin and Carrie Darling, c. 1900
Best town? Low taxes, no lawyers, Boston Post Hopedale cartoon,1925
A photo trip along Dutcher Street, decades ago
A photo trip along Hopedale Street decades ago.
“Our Gang” parades of 1936 and 1937
High School Washington trip, 1936, ’37 and ’38
The Highway Department Highway Department vehicles
Hopedale center with fire station
Dutcher Street Fire Station, c. 1925
Life in Hopedale too dull to bear – 1933
South Hopedale school and cemetery
Hopedale Village Cemetery on Memorial Day
Dance card – Junior Prom, Class of 1945
Oak Street/Jones Road kids – late 1940s.
Snow in Hopedale, 1940s and later
Horse stuck in mud for 11 hours – 1950
Soapbox derby races, 1950, 1951 and 1952
The Driftway and Cutler Street
Women’s Club Fair – 1951 Kids at the fair
Flood of 1955 – at Drapers – at Spindleville
Police Department, 1950s to 1970s
Hopedale Community Historical Society – founded in 1957
Play program, Park Street School, 1958
Auto accidents – Page 1 Page 2
John Greenleaf Whittier portrait mystery
1960s and 1970s pics from Miriam Grillo Loiselle
National Honor Society – 1966 1972
Blueberry pie eating contest, Town Park, 1970
Perambulating the bounds, 1971
Garages (The old Draper garages)
Fighter jet lands at Hopedale Airport, 1996
The Missing Bust (No, not the missing statue of the general)
Jennifer Jarvis Essay – Dedication of National Historic District
Town Hall Stained Glass Windows
My Kind of Town – TV show featuring Hopedale
She Still Stands Tall – A poem about the Draper plant by Dick Orff
Union Church peace garden – More by Dick Orff
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day speeches – Community, schools and church
program, 2007
Cupola at Ballou Park, Adin Street
Questions about Hopedale history
Draper loom still in use, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Ellen Fettig – 100th birthday
Mystery house on Mendon Street
Chuck Patton’s Mack at Mack Truck Museum
Memorial School art show, 2013
Dam and two small ponds near Freedom Street/town dump.
See also homepage menus column for recent pictures menus by year.