4 July 1914

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Image courtesy of the Hobart Historical Society.

Handwritten notes on the back of the original identify this as the "Shearer Float 4 July 1914."

Could the man on the left be Howard Shearer? — compare his photo taken about 50 years later.

Nice house behind them, isn't it? Looking at the steep pitch of its roof, as well as what appear to be rails in the street behind the float, I'm wondering if we're at the corner of Third and East Streets, and that's the house still standing today on the northeast corner? Once the holiday is over and it's possible to move freely about the streets, I shall have to go take a better look at that house.