Sarg, a charismatic illustrator, animator, puppeteer, designer, entrepreneur and showman was once a known name — celebrated as the father of modern puppetry in North America, he also was the innovator ...

Since 2017, Miller is a Fellow of the Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA, and is co-curator of Tony Sarg: Genius at Play. Click here to register. Attendees will receive a link to join the ...

Tony Sarg is pictured painting his balloon puppets. Rather than being controlled from the top down, Sarg's floating giant puppets—which became a mainstay of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade ...

Illustrator and puppeteer Tony Sarg, who created the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon, is the subject of an on-going exhibit at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Mass.

Meet Tony Sarg, the man behind the tradition of balloons at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Tony Sarg in front of his Sea Monster in 1937. Photo: Pivirotto/ Nantucket Historical Association ...

The video, taken on Nov. 17, was inspired by the Melissa Sweet book “Balloons over Broadway,” which follows Tony Sarg, the puppeteer whose talent and imagination helped the first Macy’s ...

Considered the father of modern American puppetry, Sarg was an accomplished illustrator, animator, designer and entrepreneur. Perhaps his most lasting legacy is that he conceived and created the very ...

View AMERICANA]. Small collection of photographs related to Tony Sarg, inventor of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons. Ca 1930s (Circa 1930s) By Sarg Tony; photograph; each 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.; ...

Parade balloons may be Sarg's greatest legacy. After all, he designed the very first ones for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in 1927. But he's also considered by some the father of modern ...

Tony Sarg, known as "America's Puppet Master," was born in Guatemala in 1880 to a German father, who served his nation as a diplomat, and a British mother, who raised him.