Photograph of The Beal School of Shorthand parade float in the Bangor Carnival Trades Procession. "The first prize for gentlemen's best single driving hitch in the trades procession Tuesday was awarded to the float of the Beal School of Shorthand ... The team was owned and driven by Leonard W. Wheaton."

Photograph of the Eastern Manufacturing Co. parade float in the Bangor Carnival Trades Procession. "Other floats which were noted as the procession wound its way down Main Street across the bridges and through Exchange ... the Eastern Manufacturing Co., whose big float bore a reduced paper plant, where the men made paper and the girls prepared it for shipment."--Bangor Daily Commercial, Wednesday, June 19, 1912

Photograph of the Adams Dry Goods Co. parade float in the Bangor Carnival Trades Procession. "There was always loud applause when the float of Adams Dry Goods Co. passed by, for it struck deep to the hearts and inclinations of the vast majority of the spectators. The float was drawn by a spanking team and represented a camping scene. Drawn up at the bend of the imaginary stream and turned over was the canoe, with rods leaning against its side. A tent stood ready for occupancy, before it a fire blazed and real water boiled in a kettle (not of birch bark) while scattered about the camping ground were various implements of an outing trip. Variously distributed were the campers, rugged guides and sportsmen a trifle more fastidious perhaps. It was a scene to stir the most sluggish heart into longing for the forest and its waterways."--Bangor Daily Commercial, Wednesday, June 19, 1912

Photograph of the A. Langdon Freese parade float in the Bangor Carnival Trades Procession. "... Now and then, there stood out one of such beauty or significance that the crowds cheered all along the way. One of these was the float entered by A. Langdon Freese--as lovely an effect as can be imagined. The trappings of the horses were of pure white, with the Freese crest in green, and the float was in white, too, with decorations of pink and white crysanthemeums. Great white wings, as of some bird or butterfly, flapped in the foreground; and then--all the remaining space was filled with the sweetest of little children, who smiled into the faces of the crowds."--Bangor Daily News, June 19, 1912

Photograph of the Bangor Cigar Manufacturing Co. parade float in the Bangor Carnival Trades Procession. "The B. C. M. Cigar company had a remarkable display one which would have done credit to a Broadway pageant, and on which all kinds of time and money must have been expended. The huge model of a cigar was up-held by the life-sized figures of two Indians; in the foreground were realistic Imitations of rocks, and enlarged tobacco plants. Reproductions, a hundred times life-size, of the cover of a B. C. M. cigar box, ran along the sides."--Bangor Daily News, June 19, 1912

Photograph of the Puritan Clothing Co. parade float in the Bangor Carnival Trades Procession. "One of the very attractive floats was that of the Puritan Clothing Co., D. P. Mulvey, manager. It gave a very fitting representation of the Puritan days in 1650. Within a cabin, crude, but typical of the days of the early settlers sat Priscilla, spinning on an old spinning wheel over 100 years old. Beside her sat John Alden. The furnishings of the cabin were all genuine relics and heirlooms, and among them were old powder horns, antique chairs and stools, and a lantern over 100 years old. The costumes worn were brought from New York, and were also typical of Puritan days. Real Indians made the setting more attractive, and four from the Ranco family of the Old Town tribe offered their services, and sat in Indian fashion about a moss covered tripod."--Bangor Daily News, June 20, 1912

Photograph of the P. H. Vose Co. parade float in the Bangor Carnival Trades Procession. "One of the strikingly attractive exhibits was the green teakettle, representing the P. H. Vose Co. The kettle was covered with evergreen, with the name Vose made of daisies, enclosed in a daisy border. Out of the spout jetted real steam and it received many compliments."--Bangor Daily Commercial, Wednesday, June 19, 1912

Photograph of the Snow & Nealley Co. parade float in the Bangor Carnival Trades Procession. "Snow & Nealley's splendid display of mill and lumbering supplies on an auto truck attracted a great deal of attention and was the largest of the auto floats. It was well arranged and the goods that it was designed to display were shown to the best advantage. A huge hawser, running over two large wooden pulleys was one of the interesting features of this float."--Bangor Daily Commercial, Wednesday, June 19, 1912

Photograph of the James A. Robinson & Co. parade float in the Bangor Carnival Trades Procession. "The American beauty float was a fine affair, with a vast bowl of this favorite rose, from which arose a real American Beauty of flesh and blood, Miss Margaret Cullinan, representing the store of James A. Robinson & Co."--Bangor Daily Commercial, Wednesday, June 19, 1912

Photograph of the E. C. Nichols Dry Goods Co. parade float in the Bangor Carnival Trades Procession. "The Nichols Co. had a handsome float in line ... It was the result of a great deal of thought and a great deal of time on the part of the professional decorator of the firm F. E. Hartwell. Seated on a throne in the center of a large platform sat Columbia, representing the United States, and at each corner of the pedestal upon which the throne rested were four pretty girls each dressed in a different costume, one representing Cuba, another the Phillipines, another the American girl, and another an Indian maiden. At each corner of the platform of the float were white columns, gilded at the top, and the entire float was appropriately dressed. Two horses, hitched tandemwise, hauled the float. At the head of each horse were two attendants who were four young men dressed in the costumes of the Indian, the Phillipino, the Cuban, and the Mexican."--Bangor Daily Commercial, Wednesday, June 19, 1912

Photograph of the Benson & Miller parade float in the Bangor Carnival Trades Procession. "Another of these artistic entries was by Benson & Miller. It was in the form of a great arbor, filled with attractive young women in white gowns, the white decorative scheme being relieved by yellow crysanthemums. Four-leaf clovers stood out in vivid green on the blankets of the horses."--Bangor Daily News, June 19, 1912

Photograph of the Hincks Coal Co. parade float in the Bangor Carnival Trades Procession with a canopy reading "The Hincks Coal Company, Bangor, Me. Coal and Wood -- Main Office, 104 Broad St. -- Coal Yard, Front St. --Wood Yard, 222 Broad St."

Photograph of the Thurston & Kingsbury parade float in the Bangor Carnival Trades Procession. "One of the very attractive floats was the T. & K. float of Thurston & Kingsbury, with its pyramid of ten chests, each with the symbolic initials of the firm and with four young women riding, one in each corner. The prevailing colors were yellow and white and the horses were driven tandem."--Bangor Daily Commercial, Wednesday, June 19, 1912

Photograph of the Wood & Bishop Co. parade float in the Bangor Carnival Trades Procession displaying cook stoves. Sign on the float reads: "Clarion Ranges. We make 107 varieties of ranges, stoves, and furnaces." Also: "Established 1839 ... 100 employees."

Photograph of the Miller & Webster Clothing Co. parade float in the Bangor Carnival Trades Procession. "The Miller & Webster Clothing Co. had a float which supported four big columns of evergreen and covered at all available points with pennants of Carnival week in colors, with Atwood's flying machine painted on the broad end."--Bangor Daily Commercial, Wednesday, June 19, 1912

Photograph of the Besse-Ashworth Co. parade float in the Bangor Carnival Trades Procession. "Drawn by six beautiful horses the large float of the Besse-Ashworth Co. attracted well deserved attention. It was one of the best floats in the entire parade. On a large platform a Venetian gondola was placed, and beneath a canopy sat four very pretty young women. The gondolier, attired in the correct costume, and standing at his oar, gave the finishing touch and when this float passed through the streets, it was accorded merited applause. The color scheme was blue and yellow, hundreds of large yellow chrysanthemums having been used in gaining an effect that was not surpassed in the whole parade."--Bangor Daily Commercial, Wednesday, June 19, 1912

Photograph of the Utterback Brothers Co. parade float in the Bangor Carnival Trades Procession. "The float of J. G. Utterback everywhere attracted admiring attention. On it was mounted a huge wooden horse, attached to a real wagon filled with children. The firm name, the entire length of the side, was in white floral letters against a deep purple background."--Bangor Daily News, June 19, 1912

Photograph of the Chandler & Co. parade float in the Bangor Carnival Trades Procession. "Chandler's snowball summer house was one of the charming things of the parade. The float was a big one and supported a rustic summer house of cedar, plentifully decorated with evergreen from the cedar tree. Within were well arranged wicker chairs and the effect was exceedingly pleasant. The entire outside of the rustic house was hung with snowballs."--Bangor Daily Commercial, Wednesday, June 19, 1912

Photograph of the R. B. Dunning & Co. parade float in the Bangor Carnival Trades Procession displaying agricultural machinery "Used in 1815." The side of the float reads "Seeds, Implements, Garden Tools, Dairy Supplies, Refrigerators."

Photograph of the Wood & Ewer Co. parade float in the Bangor Carnival Trades Procession. "A float designed by Charles P. Wood and representing the Wood and Ewer Co. ranked well up among the best. It was done chiefly in two colors, deep red and white. On the large float were erected four large columns supported by lattice work at each side, and in the center was a canopy of pure white beneath which sat a charming young woman dressed in a dainty summer gown, and wearing one of the latest hats trimmed in deep red. Along both sides done in letters of red carnations were the words 'Wood & Ewer.' Two handsome brown horses, a pair that were conspicuous by their size, drew the float."--Bangor Daily Commercial, Wednesday, June 19, 1912

Photograph of the Siegel-Sanders Co. parade float in the Bangor Carnival Trades Procession. "Another attractive turnout was the two horse hitch of the Siegel-Sanders Co., which was drawn by a spanking pair of chestnuts, beautifully matched. The entire body and wheels of the trap which they drew was covered with pink, while the wheels and all exposed parts not in pink were encased in lavendar, in full livery, while the ladies who occupied the rear seat wore pink and lavendar gowns to correspond with the general effect. It was one of the smartest carriage exhibits to enter the parade."--Bangor Daily Commercial, Wednesday, June 19, 1912