"Four and twenty blackbirds" float, 1925 J.L. Hudson Thanksgiving Day parade
Description:
View of the "Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie" float during the 1925 Hudson's Thanksgiving Day parade. Men in costume surround a large pie on the horse-drawn float. Sign on float reads: "Sing a song of sixpence, a bag full of rye." Spectators line Woodward Ave. Stamped on back: "Spencer & Wyckoff, photographers, Detroit." Handwritten on back: "The float representing Four and twenty blackbirds." Typed on sheet: "(P) The float representing Four and twenty blackbirds coming down Woodward Avenue."
