If you have 3-1/2 minutes to spare I highly recommend that you watch this 1904 Labor Day parade in Massachusetts which the Library of Congress describes this way:
Shows a parade through bunting-draped streets, probably in the town of Leominster, Mass. First, a decorated grandstand bearing the banner "Leominster heartily greets its guests" is seen, and then the camera pans to the street where the parade is to be photographed. The sidewalks are crowded with people, including many little girls in white or light-colored dresses. People run back and forth across the street, and then the parade starts. Automobiles decorated with flowers, flags, and ribbons pass in review. Next come horse-drawn fire engines, followed by horse-drawn carts, carriages, and floats of assorted shapes and sizes.
[Labor Day parade, Fitchburg, Mass. Source: Library of Congress]
It looks like everyone in town who owned an automobile participated.
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Hi Pat, My Seaver folks were from Leominster, grandparents married in 1900. I watched the video and didn't see them in passing, but it's hard to freeze the frame and see any detail. Interesting. Thanks!
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