Author Topic: The 1962 Wally Schirra Main St Parade  (Read 8026 times)

Offline BLeafe

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The 1962 Wally Schirra Main St Parade
« on: October 30, 2008, 01:40:09 AM »
On October 15, 1962, Original 7 Mercury astronaut Wally Schirra of Oradell (born in Hackensack Hospital) was given a parade on Main St, Hackensack. I just found these pictures taken by my mother, from whom I seem to have inherited the photo gene.

Mom appears to have been running after Wally all over Main St, from David Burr to Womrath's and...............Vic Tanny's?

(maybe that's where the Riviera girls stayed in shape)

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Re: The 1962 Wally Schirra Main St Parade
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2008, 08:15:51 AM »
The sunken area in the basement beneath what used to be the card store area of Womraths was the pool area for Vic Tanny's.

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Re: The 1962 Wally Schirra Main St Parade
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2008, 01:07:15 AM »
I found 2 more images from the parade. The first is of Schirra's parents with James Webb - NASA's director and the man for whom the successor to the Hubble telescope will be named.

The second picture shows NJ Governor Richard Hughes waving as he passes Banta Place.

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