Reminds me of a little burger joint outside of Old Town Maine that we ussed to go to after a night of boozing when we were at the U of Maine. They had many "used" books and you could take one after you ate.
Craziest one I ran afoul of was when in college in Maine and having a beer at a bar, I got up to move over to chat with someone and the bartender had a fit, yelling at me . to stop. Law was no drinking while standing and a server had to move your drink if you wanted to move. All unknown to a NY guy. Not sure if that is still in effect.
11 AM ?? If this is a ski resort, the slopes would face to the north and the shadows look like there are pointing north indicating mid-day. Just my thoughts.
Some of those old lights got pretty hot and were a new danger. Was bad enough if they were wired in series and when one bulb burned out, the whole string went out, making finding the burned out bulb a chore.