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Word: macaw (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...last minute a brilliant red, yellow & blue macaw by the name of Toto slipped from his cage in the stately Georgian garden of Florist John T. Scheepers, flew into Alfred Kottmiller's Japanese garden and began furiously to gobble all the blossoms in sight. There was a brief moment of hysteria in the Wisteria; Toto was returned to his cage; a Navy band assisted by a soprano performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" and New York's Flower Show was declared open...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Flower Show | 3/30/1931 | See Source »

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