http://www.retroist.com Retro Blog and Podcast Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:03:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.retroist.com/2009/11/26/image-of-1940s-superman-balloon-from-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade/ http://www.retroist.com/2009/11/26/image-of-1940s-superman-balloon-from-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:00:24 +0000 The Retroist http://www.retroist.com/?p=9230 Superman has always been larger then life, especially when he was a balloon in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Here is a classic photo of the Kryptonian as he is marched down the avenue.

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