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From the Wednesday, June 19, 1912 Bangor Daily Commercial newspaper:
"The biggest carnival parade ever seen in Bangor, probably the longest parade of any sort ever seen here, passed through the city Tuesday. It was a magnificent aggregation of artistic arrangement of decorative material, beautiful women and children and fine rigs.
From where the processions rear rested far down on the Hampden road to the food of Exchange Street, there was almost a continuous line of floats, wagons, carriages, and fire apparatus, the entire horse drawn equipment of the Bangor Fire Department being in parade.
As the procession passed along the music of the two bands, the various floats were loudly applauded as now one, then another, party of friends discovered familiar faces or firm names on the floats."
From the Bangor Daily News, June 20, 1912: "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 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."
The Puritan Clothing Co. operated at 46 Central Street. D.P. Mulvey served as manager. The 1912 Bangor city directory does not specify what D.P. stood for.
The sign on the back of the float reads, "Bring your envelopes to our store / Get free prizes for lucky numbers / Baseballs bats waists trousers games / All given away to-day free! / 46 Centra St. near Kenduskeag Stream"
Keywords
Bangor Carnival 1912, Bangor Maine history, Puritan Clothing Co., D.P. Mulvey
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20.5 x 15.1 cm
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Keywords
Bangor Carnival 1912, Bangor Maine history, Puritan Clothing Co., D.P. Mulvey
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