It’s a beloved holiday tradition: Giant balloons loom over Manhattan, delighting children and nostalgic adults alike, and even inspiring key scenes in a Ghostbusters film. But it wasn’t always this way. Bloomberg Business Week photo editor Jane Yeomans scoured the archives for images marking the 100th anniversary of the first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1924.

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