month (November) the price of a gallon of regular had dropped below $2.00, and well before the end of the month it was $1.79." |
This is for you car folks. A YouTube video titled American Car Party Tricks, showing lots of car features in American cars from 1949 to 1962. Thanks to Doug Scott for sending it. |
Red Pennington, but we're not sure if this is one of his. You can see that truck in the photo below.
electric chemical truck obtained in 1905. A second piece of motorized equipment was a hook and ladder truck, purchased in 1910 Motorized pumpers started to be used in 1911." Hopper's history also says that the chemical wagon was replaced in 1947. |
This post card shows the Draper office in the early twentieth century. In 1910-11, it was replaced with a much larger office on the other side of Hopedale Street, which is now Atria-Draper Place. |
As you can see here, the sign that has been at the corner of Ducher and Adin streets for many years, was once at the corner of Dutcher and Freedom. |
Gum-fiti by Freedom Street. |
The Seven Sisters on Freedom Street. |
that was discontinued due to the expanding Draper plant. There were eight of them on that location. Seven were moved to Freedom Street, and the eighth just s short distance to Cemetery Street. Click here for more about the Seven Sisters. |
Click here to go to a page about correspondence between Ballou and Tolstoy. |
Words that first appeared in the Merriam- Webster dictionary in 1920. |
September 1995 |
Next to Route 122 in Rockdale. |
Click here to go to a page of Milford News and Localtownpages articles on the G&U Railroad and the Parklands. |
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Mary Owanesion's pictures of Hopedale buildings at the Bancroft Library. |
The Union Church. One of many Hopedale post cards for sale on ebay. |
Click here to go to a Milford Daily News article about Linda and Shawn's recently published book, The Grip. |
Nearing the end of another long day - 7:20 PM. |
William Lapworth managed Hopedale Elastic Fabric, which didn't remain in business for many years. After it closed,he opened his own business, Lapworth Elastic Fabrics in Milford. Here's a page about Lapworth. |
September 9 |
For back-to-school season, such as it is this year, here's Calvin and Hobbes with a little math problem. |
A demolition project near the Freedom Street side of the Draper plant about 50 years ago. Thanks to Bob Anderson for this photo, and many more. |
The pictures above and below were taken sometime after the Draper Gym was built (lower right, 1955) and while the Draper business was still booming. Lots of cars in the parking lots. Click here to see more aerials of the Draper plant and nearby neighborhoods. I've added these and other pictures taken at the same time to a page with aerials taken in 1947. Thanks to Bob Anderson for saving them and passing them on to me. Here's the first of a series of photos saved by Bob, showing workers and machinery in the Draper plant, probably in the 1960s. Each page has a link to the next page. |
Gun Club. It was probably taken in the 1960s or '70. Click here for much more on the Rod & Gun Club. |
Sad to report the death on September 13 of Henry "Tip" Stenberg. Tip graduated from Hopedale High with the Class of 1958, and had been a professor at Salem State College. He grew up at 18 Dutcher Street, and in the picture above he's the person on the sidewalk, closest to the camera.. |
Thanks to Doug Scott for this. |
September 19 |
A big local story of the last few days is about the fall of the balanced rock, by Route 16 in Holliston. Here's the MDN story on it. |
by the Friends of the Library, at the Bancroft Library on Saturday, September 26. |