Artwork/Drawings
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Bird, William L.
setName: label: See more items in
content: William L. Bird Holidays on Display Collection
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1952
label: Date
content: 1966
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1288, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series consists of original renderings (pencil, ink and water color), transparencies, and copy prints for the Bamberger's Department Store Thanksgiving Day Parade in Newark, New Jersey. Float renderings include Miss Bams, Tex Fletcher, Toyland Trolley, Chef in Large Pot, and an elephant. Also included is documentation from the NBC Promotion Department for the NBC Peacock Float, 1966. A drawing and print of the float, instructions on how to promote the parade and NBC Peacock Float and the breakdown of materials and associated costs are provided.