As preparations for the ticker-tape parade for the U.S. Women's Soccer Team get underway in Lower Manhattan, Sam Roberts, urban affairs correspondent for The New York Times and the author of A History of New York in 101 Objects (Simon & Schuster, 2014), offers historical context and explains exactly what "ticker-tape" is.
The first ticker-tape parade was for the Prince of Wales, around 1919. 100s of workers unreeled spools of tape out of windows. -@samrob12
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 9, 2015
Our caller is recalling the 1962 ticker-tape parade for John Glenn, first US astronaut to orbit the Earth: https://t.co/isaIP5giWw
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 9, 2015
Actually @BrianLehrer, the first use of ticker tape was on Oct. 28, 1886, during a parade for the Statue of Liberty. http://t.co/VlTmzBvJss
— b@rry (@midtownNY) July 9, 2015
@BrianLehrer Since we hold up cell phones instead of lighters at concerts, why not an app with ticker tape we can all hold up and SHAKE!
— Chriss Williams (@profchriss) July 9, 2015