Item 3: Horse-drawn parade float advertising W.D. Huse Steam & Hot Water Heating & Plumbing

Fred L. Hunkins, Out-door Photographer, Laconia, N.H. Gelatin silver print, ca. 1885. Image depicts a horse-drawn parade float (four-wheel cart) advertising W.D. Huse Steam & Hot Water Heating & Plumbing with a display of faucets, pipes, connections, etc. Float also holds a small knitting machine. Young man standing in front of float leaning on wheel. Possibly for a Fourth of July parade. W.D. Huse, while known as a knitting machine manufacturer, also provided other machinery, repairs, heating and plumbing. W.D. Huse changed its name to W.D. Huse & Sons sometime between 1890 and 1900. Written on reverse: "Irene DeMark." Irene DeMark was the granddaughter of Warren D. Huse, founder of W.D. Huse & Sons, a knitting machine manufacturer in Laconia, N.H. In the left background is the float seen in item 2 in this folder. 19 x 11.5 cm. (w/out mount); 21.5 x 13.25 cm. (w/mount).