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Looking Down Onto Fish Balloon and Crowds Lining Street During Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade by John Phillips Balloons (piefed-media.feddit.online)

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Fine Art America, Art.com, Fandom #balloons

a black-and-white aerial photo of a giant goldfish balloon making its only appearance during the 1941 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade; the 52-foot goofy-looking fish seems to swim above the Manhattan street, guided by dozens of handlers as it passes Central Park

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[–] MattW03@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago*

Not AI. Nice photo 👌

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[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (4 children)

What year was this?

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[–] hitstun@feddit.online [S] 3 points 11 months ago* (3 children)

1941. The 1941 parade was this goldfish balloon's only appearance. After this, the US entered World War II and this balloon was among the 650 pounds of rubber Goodyear donated to the military.

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[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Thank you for the explanation. That's sad for it's fate. It was beautiful wonder what it looked like in color?

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[–] hitstun@fedia.io 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

Yellow and orange.

a color photo of Tony Sarg's Goldfish balloon in the 1941 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade; it's yellow and orange and looks only a little less goofy from the ground