Ticker-tape parade
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A ticker-tape parade is a parade event held in an urban setting, characterized by large amounts of shredded paper thrown onto the parade route from the surrounding buildings, creating a celebratory fl
Ticker-tape parade in Chicago in 1969 for the Apollo 11 astronauts
A New York City ticker-tape parade for Beatrix of the Netherlands in 1959. Actual lengths of paper tape are used.
Confetti falls on the street during the Desert Storm Welcome Home parade in New York City in 1991.
Ticker-tape parade for French president Charles de Gaulle in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1964
Ticker tape
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Ticker tape was the earliest electrical dedicated financial communications medium, transmitting stock price information over telegraph lines, in use from around 1870 to 1970. It consisted of a paper s
Ticker-tape parade
…by large amounts of shredded paper thrown onto the parade route from the surrounding buildings, creating a celebratory flurry of paper. Originally stock ticker paper tape was used, but confetti is now used. The concept originates in and is most usually associated with the United States, especially New York City. After…
Women at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel watching ticker tape, 1918
Edison gold & stock ticker
Hughes telegraph (1866–1914) transmitter keyboard to send text over telegraph wires to be printed as text on a paper tape. Manufactured by Siemens & Halske, Germany; range: 300–400 km
A ticker monitor, as shown in this picture on the Australian Securities Exchange trading floor, simulates ticker tape but uses a different method.