The Man Behind Macy's Balloons
A century of larger-than-life inflatables at the Thanksgiving Day Parade
Felix the Cat, the first giant balloon at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (1927), was the creation of puppet master, Tony Sarg.
It’s one of the oldest and largest parades in America.
On November 26, 1924, the Courier-News of Bridgewater, New Jersey wrote of Macy’s inaugural parade:
“The familiar circus parades of former days will be surpassed in glamo…
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