Thanksgiving Parade Round Up, 1939

Popeye appeared on a float in the New York parade, and Donald Duck appeared in the Detroit parade.

New York:






http://books.google.com/books?id=8IR5i5nsX2sC&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&dq=thanksgiving+day+parade+1939&source=bl&ots=5JP8GH_JVo&sig=80KtdOg0vIkMVdnm-OWaPkZ-4TY&hl=en&ei=zIvpTPXzDon0swOCzLCxCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDEQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=thanksgiving%20day%20parade%201939&f=false




Detroit:

http://books.google.com/books?id=PZ01sGJfokwC&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=thanksgiving+day+parade+1939&source=bl&ots=fK8NiX98AB&sig=p5olizeMPaxxi0zN0K9vaUmpca0&hl=en&ei=zIvpTPXzDon0swOCzLCxCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CFQQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=thanksgiving%20day%20parade%201939&f=false

(go to p28 to see a Flinstones float, as well)



More on Macy's parade:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/930875@N20/pool/

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/galleries/entertainment/entertainment.html