Elephants march single file in the first Macy's Parade in 1924. It was originally called the 'Macy's Christmas Parade' and featured a menagerie of animals that were on loan from the Central Park Zoo:  elephants, monkeys, camels, tigers and bears on loan from the Central Park Zoo marched between floats alongside brass bands and Macy's employees who were costumed as clowns, cowboys, jesters and sword-wielding knights
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