March 19, 2007

BIG MONSTERS IN PARADE (Feb, 1932)

Filed under: Origins — @ 9:15 am
Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Feb, 1932
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BIG MONSTERS IN PARADE

Monster animals, inflated with helium gas, are being turned out by an Akron, O., factory for department stores to use in advertising their wares. A few weeks ago some of these creatures paraded in Boston, as shown at left. Released, they soar away. Clarence Chamberlin, noted aviator, recently won a store’s prize by returning a fragment of such a balloon snared in flight.

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  1. that float looks terrifying

    Comment by blokeice — January 5, 2010 @ 12:52 pm

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