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[Aerial view of the ticker tape parade for Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Broadway, New York City] – Antique Photo Print

[Aerial view of the ticker tape parade for Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Broadway, New York City] — historic photograph
[Aerial view of the ticker tape parade for Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Broadway, New York City]. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with [Aerial view of the ticker tape parade for Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Broadway, New York City], a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Aerial view of the ticker tape parade for Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Broadway, New York City]

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Looking down on Broadway, this aerial view captures the ticker tape parade held on June 18, 1930, for Admiral Richard E. Byrd. Byrd had returned from his Antarctic expedition, and in 1929 he had made a pioneering flight over the South Pole. New York reserved its ticker tape parades for such heroes, and the shredded paper falling from office windows gives the canyon of downtown streets a snowy look. The photograph also shows how dense the crowds and tall buildings were along the parade route.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes1930 [June 18]
SubjectsByrd, Richard Evelyn,--1888-1957--Public appearances. Ticker tape parades--New York (State)--New York--1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,346 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-204790

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