Jaffrey 1919 Welcome home day

I recently acquired these pictures taken outside of my upholstery shop.

Great viewing to speculate the times that folks lived in.
I summize that the get together was a celebration of the return of WW1 troops & celebration of the end of the great war.
The car in the lower right shows a real old timer sitting in the back seat. Maybe a civil war vet?
The whole town surrounding the stone with the names of those who died in the war.

 I notice how everyone has full clothing on odd, for the time of the season.

If you scroll your mouse & click over the picture, you should be able to zoom in on any area of that picture.
The sign on the wagon states "We shipped 8,000,000 yards from aug. 1st 1912 to Jan 1st 1918".
The two signs in the upper right,states"3,000,000 pounds" & the other "3,000,000,000 nails".
Was the tack shop in town then?

 Every one has a hat.

  I was in the military and the term used was a "cover". Some one stated to me that all men wore covers until the death of JFK, after that it became "O.K." not to wear a hat.

If you look towards the middle left side you can see the entrance to 2 River street.

The curvature difference in the two buildings is because of very slight curving of the photograph I took as it is curved on the edges.
The signs in the center of the pic state "We shipped 100 carloads" & the other states"August 1st 3 billion nails shipped to France August 1st 1918"

Every one please copy & paste and share with others.
My plan is to get high def scans of these pics eventually.
And here are some more pics of the history of Jaffrey.
Click on the pics & get a detailed look!

Is the pic below a painting?
I notice the greenery covering the mountain all the way to the summit.

 One impressive chimney!

Thanks for looking!