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The company is known for creating the oldest Thanksgiving parade, the Gimbels Thanksgiving Day Parade, originating in 1920 in Philadelphia. Gimbels was also considered the chief rival of Macy's with their feud popularized in American culture. As of 1930, Gimbels had grown to 20 stores, whose sales revenue made it the largest department store ...
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade featured a 35-foot long tiger balloon and a 60-foot long fish balloon. Thank goodness balloons don't look this terrifying anymore! Underwood Archives - Getty Images
Thanksgiving Parade may refer to the following annual parades that take place on Thanksgiving Day currently, previously, or originally presented by department stores: 6abc Dunkin' Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade , a parade held in Philadelphia, started in 1920, originally presented by Gimbels
The parade was broadcast on local TV for the first time in 1946 (it also had a record crowd of 2 million people), followed by national coverage in 1947. Getty Images Pomp and circumstance
San Jose, California's first city, has one of the oldest newspapers in the state. The San Jose Mercury was founded in 1851 as the San Jose Weekly Visitor, while the San Jose News was founded in 1883. In 1942 the Mercury purchased the News and continued publishing both newspapers, with the Mercury as the morning paper and the News as the evening ...
The first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade took place in November 1924. Take a look at photos showing how it's evolved over the last 100 years.