| 1. |  | Ira Draper | Draper, Ira; Looms--History; Draper Corporation; Hopedale (Mass.); Draper family; Textile industry--Massachusetts--Hopedale | 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... |