By Stephen Harmon
I started photographing the Thanksgiving Day Parades when I moved to the Upper West Side in 1978. At that time and for many years thereafter, long before Covid, terrorists and other dangers, I could walk right onto the parade route and take close-up photos of the fabulous balloons. Here are some of my favorites from 1978 on.
Thanks for sharing. Those are great! I wish there were more of the classics like those.
Steven: those pictures are beautiful. Thank you so much for posting them.
Wonderful photos of Thanksgivings past. Thanks for posting.
Love these. Thank you.
Brings you back to another time…
Wonderful photos and memories.
Wonderful memories….thank you
Those were the days… so happy i experienced this time in NYC.. Surely epic!
Oh, these are absolutely WONDERFUL! Thanks so
much, Mr. Harmon.
The Snoopy image: Shades of the famed Stay Puff Marshmallow Man™ “thought form”–albeit about 12 blocks to the north.
Is the photo from a parade before the film?
Thank you for these wonderful photos. So poignant to see them again. I wish I could teleport back there. . .
These are wonderful..what a delightful way to view these amazing works of art…thank you Happy Thank You for Giving …