Tony Sarg and the Tradition of Balloons in the Macy's Day Parade

Tony Sarg created the first balloons for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1927. One of his inaugural inflatables is being recreated ...

The Puppeteer Who Brought Balloons to the Thanksgiving Day Parade

Sarg was also the artistic director / mastermind of the parade and, during the fourth annual Macy's Christmas Parade in 1927, he introduced the ...

Tony Sarg, who invented the Macy's Parade balloons and ...

He is credited as the inventor of the comical, and quite enormous, gas-filled dirigible, ...

Tony Sarg Parade Balloons | By Center for Puppetry Arts - Facebook

In the 1920s, Tony Sarg enlisted Bil Baird to help design the upside-down marionettes that have become an iconic feature in the Macy's ...

Tony Sarg | Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Wiki - Fandom

History with the Macy's Parade ... In 1928, he designed, and his protégé Bil Baird built tethered helium-filled balloons up to 125 feet (40 m) long, resembling ...

Inside the Artistic Genius Behind the First Macy's Thanksgiving Day ...

A virtual talk about artist Tony Sarg explores how the artist created the iconic Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and modern puppetry.

Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's ...

... Tony Sarg, the expert puppeteer who invented the first balloons for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade ... History. Become a Member Today.

The Gifts of Tony Sarg | American Experience - PBS

... balloons bounding along New York's streets in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. An artist and visionary, Sarg was known as the father of modern American ...

Balloons Over Broadway: Sarg and the Macy's Parade - YouTube

https://rockwellcenter.org/news/onlin... ONLINE SYMPOSIUM: Illustration, Puppetry, and American Popular Culture: The Art and Legacy of Tony ...

Tony Sarg: Macy's Balloons Began with a Book Illustrator

Photograph of Tony Sarg in 1929 with some of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons he designed. Anthony Frederick Sarg (1880-1942) was, at heart, a ...

The Balloons in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

The First Balloons. In addition to designing the holiday windows, Tony Sarg did much of the parade planning. As a puppeteer, he loved nothing better than ...

Celebrate Ingenuity with the story of Tony Sarg

... ThanksgivingParade. Watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is a favorite holiday tradition for me. So I was thrilled a few years ago to ...

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Has Strings Attached to the ...

Anthony Sarg (center) and fellow puppeteers prepare a parade balloon in 1929. Photo courtesy of Smithsonian.com via Macy's Thanksgiving Day ...

Did you know that the balloons in the Macy's #Thanksgiving Day ...

... balloons in the Macy's #Thanksgiving Day Parade are actually #puppets? Puppeteer & theatrical designer Tony Sarg conceived of the balloons ...

Balloons over Broadway: Macy's... - The New York Public Library

From wayward Thanksgiving parade balloons to masked trick-or-treating, here are some New York City Thanksgiving-time traditions we bet you…

Macy's Parade Balloons Are Upside-Down Puppets - UConn Today

“What is a Macy's balloon?” he asked an audience at BIMP last week. “Think about it. It's an upside-down puppet, a marionette. Tony Sarg came up ...

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: A History in Pictures - JSTOR Daily

In 1927, the parade replaced live animals with helium balloons designed by puppeteer Tony Sarg.

Tony Sarg, Nantucket and a Sea Monster | History - ack.net

(Aug. 1, 2024) Tony Sarg is possibly most well-known for his invention of the giant balloons used in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, ...

Balloons | Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Wiki - Fandom

The first balloons were introduced by Tony Sarg for the 1928 Parade, serving ... balloon in parade history; ↑ Ronald has appeared in four versions ...

Our history: Macy's parade balloon creator buried in Spring Grove

Puppeteer Tony Sarg, who created the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons, is buried in Cincinnati's Spring Grove Cemetery.