Main Street at Railroad Square looked a little different in the late 1930s than it does today, and the same goes for Deschenes Oval, a small portion of which is visible at right. This scale version of a log cabin was one of two or three incarnations of the then-Nashua Chamber of Commerce information booth, which back then was a common sight in or near many cities' downtowns when "superhighways," turnpikes or interstates were still 15-20 years in the future. Now, of course, much larger information centers, usually located at interstate rest areas, have replaced the quaint downtown information booths. In the background at left is an early version of Hammar Hardware's vertical sign on the corner of the Laton block. Whatever became of this log-cabin info center isn't known, but hopefully it wasn't just taken away and demolished.

Main Street at Railroad Square looked a little different in the late 1930s than it does today, and the same goes for the Deschenes Oval, a small portion of which is visible at right. This scale version of a log cabin was one of two or three incarnations of the then-Nashua Chamber of Commerce information booth, then a common sight in or near many cities’ downtowns when ‘superhighways,’ turnpikes or interstates were still 15-20 years in the future. Now, of course, much larger information centers, usually located at interstate rest areas, have replaced the quaint downtown information booths. In the background at left is an early version of Hammar Hardware’s vertical sign on the corner of the Laton block. Whatever became of this log-cabin info center isn’t known, but hopefully it wasn’t just taken away and demolished.