Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 1932

[Wiseguy A]

"[H]ere are some photos ... from the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. The marquee on the movie theater is showing Divorce in the Family with Jackie Cooper which would date the photos to around 1932."

http://swapatorium.blogspot.com/2006/05/floating-on-air.html

 

[Marc Chevalier]

It's like "War of the Worlds", but with balloons.

I see the back of Wild Root's fedora in the second-to-last photo. How was the parade, Root?

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[LolitaHaze]

Weird! I just saw these photos posted over at LiveJournal!

 

[Wiseguy A]

They were on BoingBoing, so they're making the rounds...

I love how much sky there is; the very tall buildings hadn't gone up yet. It's a very different-feeling NY.

 

[LolitaHaze]

Very true.

 

[Tomasso]

I thought I spied Felix the Cat in one shot.