If you have spent any time in the United States around Thanksgiving, you probably stumbled across the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade at some point. Dating to 1924, the parade first featured balloons in 1927, when a larger-than-life Felix the Cat produced… Read More ›
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Silent Sundays: Children in Mardi Gras Costumes (1912-1920)
Children wearing Mardi Gras costumes in New Orleans, Louisiana, photographed by John Hypolite Coquille sometime between 1912 and 1920 (via NatGeo Found). Related Posts: – Silent Sundays: Princess Juliana (2012) – Silent Sundays: Haunted Air (1875–1955) – Silent Sundays: Thanksgiving Masks (1911)
Silent Sundays: Bonnie Parker (1933)
Bonnie Parker smoking a cigar and holding a gun in front of a stolen Ford, 1933. Related Posts: – Silent Sundays: “Ziegfeld Girl” (1920) – Silent Sundays: Chorus Girls at The Latin Quarter (1949) – Silent Sundays: Mary Pickford (1917)