Caption from LIFE. Gigantic balloon figures, the 40-to-75-foot-high trademarks of Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in New York, are inflated at predawn rehearsal. Six in all, they cost $5,000 to $8,000 each, and they use 50,000 cubic feet of helium. They are occasionally revamped: a cop becomes a fireman, a puritan a pirate.
The image captures a nighttime scene with a large inflatable character resembling a man in a red shirt and blue pants, holding a baseball bat, and a smaller balloon balloon with a face on it, both on the ground with people around them.
The image captures a nighttime scene with a large inflatable character resembling a man in a red shirt and blue pants, holding a baseball bat, and a smaller balloon balloon with a face on it, both on the ground with people around them.