50+ Giant Character Balloons From Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

#1 A fish balloon is released as the parade nears its end on Broadway in 1929. They were filled with helium and will drift for a week, with a $100 prize awarded for each one recovered.

1 Point

Upvote Downvote

#2 A large outdoor float of Captain Nemo makes its way down the street during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, on Nov. 28, 1929.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#3 The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade passes down Broadway in New York on Nov. 27, 1930

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#4 A Felix the Cat balloon and other parade floats and balloons are led down Broadway during the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1930.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#5 A not-too-ferocious dragon caught fancy of crowd at 1931 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, November 21, 1931.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#6 This blind pig is not a speakeasy. He’s coming from the 1932 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. And don’t let that perspective fool you. Mr. Pig is not really over Empire State Building.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#7 A soldier is marching straight at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1932.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#8 Gulliver The Gullible was one of stars of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in 1933. Here he is passing 98th Street and Broadway.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#9 This giant Mickey Mouse balloon, shown tied to dirigible at Glendale in 1934, Calf., was a feature of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, escorting Santa Claus into New York.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#10 Balloons float down Broadway in thirteenth annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, November 25, 1937.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#11 Sea serpent swoops down on crowds watching thirteenth annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade on Broadway and 56th St., November 25, 1937.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#12 The Tin Man flies high in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in 1939.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#13 This cop balloon, shown here at Broadway and 56th St., was also featured in the 1937 parade.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#14 The dragon balloon roared down the parade route at the thirteenth annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in 1937.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#15 This stocking brought holiday cheer to the parade in 1937 as revelers waited for the Santa Claus float.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#16 This prize-winning balloon of two acrobats was designed by Rudolf Lopez, 12, of Brooklyn and joined the parade in 1938. It’s shown here passing 106th St. and Central Park West.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#17 This huge Uncle Sam balloon also wowed crowds in the 1938 parade.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#18 The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade crowd watches the Santa Claus balloon in 1939.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#19 Dopey Clown and a hippo in Macy’s annual Thanksgiving Day parade trundles down Central Park West in 1940.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#20 A helium inflated Superman rises over Times Square to lead the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1940.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#21 This Eddie Cantor balloon, flown in 1940 was the only parade balloon ever made in the likeness of a live person.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#22 Empire State Building forms a background for this helium-filled clown floating along 34th Street in Macy Parade in 1945.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#23 This was the scene at Times Square in New York during the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade, Nov. 23, 1945.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#24 Watchers lean from windows in 1945 as a mammoth pumpkin passes by in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#25 The kids screamed in 1946 to see this pilgrim father taking the air near the Mayflower Hotel on on Central Park West at 60th Street

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#26 A giant baseball player float moves down 7th Avenue during the Macy’ Thanksgiving Day Parade on Nov. 28, 1946.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#27 A huge balloon in the form of comic fireman floats over Broadway during the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, Nov. 25, 1948.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#28 He was 46 feet tall and all gas. Helium, that is. This overwhelming gent floating along Central Park West at 68th St. is shown here in the 1949 parade.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#29 A helium-filled alligator is hauled through Times Square during Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in 1949. The parade drew an estimated 2,000,000 spectators.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#30 This dachshund balloon trotted down Broadway in 1950.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#31 The flying fish soared over midtown in 1951.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#32 Helium-filled rubber space man, 70 feet tall, indicative of the latest adventure interest of America’s kids, bobs along in 27th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, November 26, 1953.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#33 Mighty Mouse makes a spectacle of himself at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade on November 22, 1956.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#34 Popeye, the sailor, flexes his muscles as he gets ready to parade in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in 1957. Popeye stands 56 feet tall, 32 feet wide and he’s filled with 6,000 cubic feet of helium.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#35 A giant turkey float squeezes between buildings as the 31st annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade moves down Broadway near 37th Street in New York, Nov. 28, 1957.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#36 Helium-filled Popeye balloon figure floats above some of the 1,300,000 persons watching the 33rd Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade pass through Times Square, New York, November 26, 1959.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#37 Balloon toy soldier has martial air floating down the avenue in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#38 A big-headed dragon sails over Columbus Circle in 1961.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#39 Comedian Jimmy Durante rides on a Jumbo the elephant float during the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City on Nov. 22, 1962.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#40 Donald floats down the street in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in 1962.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#41 Workers fill Superman with helium for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in 1966

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#42 It’s not a bird and it’s not a plane, it’s Superman in the 1966 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#43 Smokey the Bear floated at 58 feet tall in the 1969 parade.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#44 The Kilgore, Texas band struts its stuff and so does Snoopy at the 43d annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1969.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#45 The Kilgore, Texas band struts its stuff and so does Snoopy at the 43d annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1969.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#46 What do Snoopy, Linus the Lion, Michey Mouse and Happy Dragon have in common? They all soared to great heights in the 1973 parade.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#47 Linus the Lion in 1973.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#48 Mickey Mouse in 1973.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#49 Mickey Mouse calmly surveys the crowd jammed along Central Park West and vice versa, at the 1973 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#50 Kermit the Frog turned heads at the 53d annual parade in 1979.

0 Points

Upvote Downvote

#51 And so did Peanuts pal Snoopy, who also hit the route in 197

0 Points

Upvote Downvote