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Cheryl Prater
November 26th, 2009
Wonderfully nostalgic. Life before Sponge Bob and product placement (Goodyear Blimp not withstanding) Happy Thanksgiving!
mamadoxie
November 26th, 2009
Classic! Especially like Pinocchio..nose of a POTUS.
conservative cowgirl
November 26th, 2009
I love the photo of the unsuspecting kids in the window and the lion (or whatever it is) coming around the corner!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Dan Ryan Galt
November 26th, 2009
Great pictures from a less complicated and troubled time. Thanks!
That’s The Pink Panther cowgirl. Now I’m feelin as old as I am, but that too shall pass.
Sylvia
November 26th, 2009
It’s interesting that the parade was originally called “Macy’s Christmas Parade”
The balloons were released into the sky at the end of the parade, where they floated freely for a couple of days. When they finally burst or floated down, you would get a gift from Macy’s if you brought a piece of the balloons to the store.
Er…uh…my…parents told me that.
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Corona
November 26th, 2009
Great pics! I always thought Bullwinkle was a 60s creation. Maybe mid 50s.
scr_north
November 26th, 2009
Great photos. I was trying to date them as well and according to wiki (at least this entry shouldn’t be tarted up) says that the first Rocky and Friends show debuted in 1959.
Have a great Thanksgiving.
Tom Mo
November 26th, 2009
Great show your thoughtfulness and effort is
well appreciated. Happy Thanksgiving
DEVILDOC
November 26th, 2009
I can date one of the pictures (the one with the hippo) at 1940. On the theater marquee it’s showing Charlie Chaplin in “The Great Dictator”…Seems a little ironic considering our predicament doesn’t it?
Tom Mo
November 26th, 2009
See the Hotel Astor shot. Those cops on the right
are rookies. Still in the Acadamy. Grey uniforms.
Ahh memories.
Tom Mo
November 26th, 2009
Sylvia. I remember that. I found a piece of Mickey
Mouse at Orchard beach. 1958.
I’m just kidding. My aunt told me that years ago.
My2Cents
November 26th, 2009
Love “Middle-Aged Superman.”
Sicktoy
November 26th, 2009
Wonderfully nostalgic! Even on the holiday I’m visiting IOTW and you’ve provided a much appreciated reminder of my childhood and a much simpler time!
Thanks!
FreeWillie
November 26th, 2009
OMG! I recognized each and every balloon and the character they represented. Damn I’m getting old!
Ham&Mothers
November 26th, 2009
Felix The Cat and Mighty Mouse! Wow! Thanks.
Sicktoy
November 26th, 2009
@Free Willie – that getting old thought passed through my mind too….I loved Felix the Cat, and I wanted to get a tattoo of Mighty Mouse for my 50th birthday, but passed….
FreeWillie
November 26th, 2009
@Sicktoy – But I can still shoot MOA at 200 yards with my AR
DEVILDOC
November 26th, 2009
Ham&Mothers??? Used to be my favorite C-Rat.
Irony Curtain
November 27th, 2009
Love the styling on those early balloons. Much more like classic illustrations!
Ham&Mothers
November 27th, 2009
DevilDoc…. wondered how long it would be before someone picked up on that. Also liked spiced beef and wieners and beans. Were you a corpsman? A1/9 3rd.Mar.Div. RVN 68-69.
DEVILDOC
November 27th, 2009
@Ham&Mothers
E2/5 1st Mar.Div. RVN68-69. It was Marines in the “New Corps” the put the Devil in front of the Doc. I have a good friend who was Doc at A1/9. But that was before Viet Nam (before the “Walking Dead”). Semper Fi!
Ham&Mothers
November 27th, 2009
Here’s to you and all corpsman, saved my arse. Semper Fi.
cracksnappleandpop
November 29th, 2009
Wonderful pictures. I esp. liked the one of Uncle Sam standing tall. New York City at this time of year was always magical, even to a kid from the ‘burbs.