Page from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
November 6, 1886

Thirty thousand people paraded down Broadway to celebrate the Statue’s unveiling. Stock exchange workers, unable to join the festivities on the street, threw spools of ticker tape from their windows, starting a new tradition: the ticker tape parade.

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