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Parade Balloons
Nov. 25, 1998
Harold the Fireman
MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE IN THE ROUND
Thousands of spectators bundled up in raincoats and gathered under umbrellas for a rainy and blustery start to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1998.
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Despite wind gusts to around 30 mph, the parade's trademark giant balloons, including a new Babe the Pig, were in the line of march -- being guided under new safety rules to prevent accidents like that one that seriously injured a spectator last year.
"Sure it's raining, but we've watched this on TV for so many years that we had to come and the rain won't stop us," said Beverly Givens of Oak Grove, Ill., who was watching with her husband and two children.
"To see it live is just outstanding" said Jim Spencer of Buffalo. "The balloons are even bigger than they look to be on television."
Thousands turned out to get a glimpse of the balloons as they were inflated outside the American Museum of Natural History on Wednesday, November 25, 1998.
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Babe Balloon