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I'm pretty sure this is just to the right of the first picture. That's probably the band at the extreme left of the photo.The beginning of the "Farm Impliments" company sign can now be seen. It looks like the name "Feaver".
The sign on the main float looks to be something close to "CMP 78 Post", and you get a look view of the team of horses that pulled it.
I like the street "curb" visible in the right of the photo. It looks to me like its made up of red bricks stacked on a slant.
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The name of the implement dealer was Baver. The float belongs to P.O.S. of A. (a fraternal organization) Patriotic Sons of America. There were a lot of similar organizations in those days. Most of them faded out when TV came along. No one wanted to go out at night to meetings, I guess. This photo answers the question of whether the town streets were paved before 1914. This is a main one, and is still dirt. Our curbs were brick or slate, and the gutters were lined with brick even when the streets were dirt. Some of the slate curbs are still in place.
Janet
These photos are fantastic, and my only wish is that Grandpa had taken some pics of the Carnival in other years. We've got these from 1914, then my Dad's pics from sometime in the 1960's. It would be neat to have some from the decades in between.
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