A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[Roy]

I can see the rear wheels on that float, but the hull sure looks close to the ground.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I can see the rear wheels on that float, but the hull sure looks close to the ground.

It's cloth or canvas. Only thing they had to worry about was getting it caught up in the wheels.....and of course, just looking silly on a 100+ year old post card.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I can see the rear wheels on that float, but the hull sure looks close to the ground.

It's cloth or canvas. Only thing they had to worry about was getting it caught up in the wheels.....and of course, just looking silly on a 100+ year old post card.

Funny, I didn't see them as silly (I realize you're just being light) but as charming in their obvious pride and happiness. I'll bet they each contributed work and creativity to the float's creation. Cute, All of them. And the float.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Getting ready for a nice 3 day weekend rest......at the Hotel Lawrence in Ellwood City.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The General Store in McVeytown, Pa...........not to be confused by the plethora of Dollar General stores that populate PA now.....

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I wonder how many horses there actually were back in those days in the USA.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I wonder how many horses there actually were back in those days in the USA.

Quite a few. My great-grandfather plowed and ran all the farming implements with horses. That may have been as late as just after WW2.

In Harrisburg, Pa.....

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I wonder how many horses there actually were back in those days in the USA.

Quite a few. My great-grandfather plowed and ran all the farming implements with horses. That may have been as late as just after WW2...

That's a really good point because, now that you mention the post-WW2 period, when I first appeared, I can recall a fix-it guy and a guy who used to yell out loud in the neighborhood, "RAGS! RAGS?!!" and folks would respond by taking old clothing, etc. out to him, or they'd go out to buy veggies and fruit from the other guy. Both those men had carts pulled by horses, which always left evidence of their visits, scooped-up by one older neighbor lady took the deposits, with quiet enthusiasm, and incorporated them into the soil of her garden.

Dim memories, but I can still see the old wooden sides and beds of the carts, something unusual for our new neighborhood, and I recall the attitude of the horses, all very curious and head-tossing, but seemingly pleasant, yet aloof .

[rogruth]

I do not remember where but I once read that there are more horses in the world today than ever before.
Cannot verify. Sometime during the past 50 years there were more horses in Florida than any other state.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Quite interesting, Roger.

[J. S. Bach]

I do not remember where but I once read that there are more horses in the world today than ever before.
Cannot verify. Sometime during the past 50 years there were more horses in Florida than any other state.

I read that too.

[Roy]

Since everything was delivered in the past, did you ever have to go out to buy anything?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Since everything was delivered in the past, did you ever have to go out to buy anything?

Wherever did you get the idea that everything was delivered? My great-grandfather would travel 1/2 the day to just get to the end of the railroad. The store in town was a good 3 mile walk and there was no wasting of a horse when you could walk it.

When we lived in town we walked to the stores and then drove when necessary.

[rogruth]

Like today, almost anything could be delivered if you had the time and money.
Much easier today.