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Revision as of 13:45, 5 February 2008
The Peabody ducks are a tourist attraction in the main lobby of the Peabody Hotel in Little Rock, Arkansas. The ducks ride a glass elevator to and from the the lobby fountain where they paddle around during the day. The ducks follow their Duckmaster up and down a duck stair and along a red carpet in a twice daily "duck march." The ducks march to the fountain at 11 AM, and return to their roost at 5 PM.
The tradition began in the Memphis Peabody Hotel in the 1930s when general manager Frank Schutt and friend Chip Barwick, Sr. placed live decoy ducks in the hotel fountain.
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Two of the ducks
A hotel worker rolls out the red carpet at 4:30 in preparation for the evening promenade
