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This cheerful fellow is reportedly from the first Macys' parade in 1923.
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Totally freaky 1930 parade...people probably needed distractions desperately.
The next 10 photos are from a treasure trove of snapshots of the 1932 Macy's Thanksgiving parade discovered in a trunk in Texas about 3 years ago. Someone must've had a great day back then.
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Look! Up in the sky! It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's a Turkey who looks like a dragonfly in the 1932 Macy's parade. Hey, do you think those Mothman prophecies might have stemmed from this sight?
Check out Divorce in the Family (1932) with Lewis Stone & Jackie Cooper playing at the movies.
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I guess Tom Turkey's underfed look might reflect the Depression era, eh? Or, he's sprung a leak.
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Bye, Mr. Turkey.
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I think it's a 1932 piggie, but what a strange place to put the Macy's logo...
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Felix the Cat!! Does anyone spot Ignatz?
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Noah's Ark, on a human scale. Wish that I could figure out if that is a skull creature or a panda on the left...Check out the billboard with the Coca-Cola Santa reaching for a bottle of the cool stuff...coke, that is.
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This clown with the fez(?) really looks like a Tony Sarg drawing.
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A Toy Soldier, I think? Is that guy with the big grimace and the pork pie hat leftover from Halloween?
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Sleepy looking alligator looms over Gotham.
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Santa's in there among the balloons. Do you think the cop is saying: "Move along, nothing to see here, move along, people"?
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This Eddie Cantor balloon is from the 1940 parade.
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A frankfurter dog from 1941. Look, it's Lulu advertising some kleenex on the billboard...
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A fish from 1941.
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Now we're within living memory. It's Bullwinkle, circa 1965!!
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Underdog!! Bring him back, Macy's! And Dudley DoRight too.
This has nothing to do with the parade, but this 1907 postcard struck me as a uniquely self-destructive view of the day's centerpiece:
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