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The annual Illumination Day Parade was held on Labor Day and was quite an event. It proceeded down Ocean Street from Ocean Bluff to Brant Rock.

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SEASON NEAR END FOR BRANT ROCK
Christian Science Monitor (1908-Current file) - Boston, Mass.

BRANK ROCK, Mass.--"At a meeting of the summer residents and permanent dwellers here, presided over by Charles J. Sprague, committees were chosen to act in preparation for the annual illumination, which is a wind up of the season here, and is to take place on the evening of Aug. 28, 1908".

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Entering the Esplanade area. Lifesaving station in background.
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In this photo the parade appears to be heading north in front of the Ocean Bluff Casino on your left in this postcard.

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The Parade proceeds south along the Esplanade.
The Esplanade was widened in 1927.
This appears to be after the widening.
No date on Postcard.

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Postcard published by Walter Peterson - Brant Rock - Printed in Germany - No Date

 "Labor Day started in 1882 as a national day of celebration of the advancement o fthe economic and social status of the American worker. The local organizations were invited to participate. Here the men of Brant Rock Life Saving Station, seen atop their lifeboat near the head of the line, proudly join the procession. Today Labor Day symbolizes the end of summer for beach dwellers". 
Test from "Images of America - Marshfield" - Krussel and Galluzzo - 2007 - Arcadia Publishing

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