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A team of sled-dogs pulls a float carrying Santa Claus.
These dogs are believed to be owned by John Sokolowski and
controlled by Mike Sokolowski in the sled.

The Maynard Old-Time Christmas Parade occurs each December.

This Christmas Parade float on Nason Street sends seasons greetings from Fleepo the Clown (unfortunately he's not visible in this photograph). (Visible in the background is Jay's Shoe Store (Jumping Jacks Shoes), Maynard Supply Company, Sears)

A team of sled dogs pulls a float in a Christmas Parade. (Rickles Cosmetics is visible in the background.) John Sokolowski is a participant
controlling the dogs pulling the Sled.

A float sponsored by Powder Mill Ski Doo travels down Nason Street in the Christmas parade. (Powder Mill Ski Doo would later become Powder Mill Sports)

A football-themed Football Rally Parade float is turning on to Main Street from Nason Street


(See 2014.966 for description of a typical Football Rally Parade )

A photo of the Harriman Brothers Laundry.

The Maynard Lodge entered this float in 1933 or 1934. A Powder Mill building is in the background.

Large mounted photograph of a band and dancers on a decorated float.

The theme of the float was the "Cotton Club" with some of the musicians in blackface.

Two of the floats in the parade to welcome home the men and women of the Armed Forces after World War I. The top photo is the float of the Rebekah Lodge. The float behind the automobile in the bottom photo is from the Middlesex Laundry.

The photo…

Float in parade at Boston
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