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Looking Back: A tickertape parade from 100 years ago

Summary by Tribeca Citizen
Library of Congress — New York World-Telegram & Sun collection If you thought the Knicks ticker-tape parade was a scene — well, it was — but this one from 100 years ago seems to give it some competition. It was August 27, 1926, and Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle had, three weeks earlier, become the first woman to swim the English Channel. It took her 14 hours and 34 minutes, roughly two hours faster than any man had done it before her. A native New Yor…
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Tribeca Citizen broke the news on Friday, August 14, 2026.
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