"Early Attempts". www.dovermuseum.co.uk. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
downtownny.com
"The History of New York's Ticker-Tape Parades", Downtown Alliance. Accessed September 12, 2023. "In the 1920s, with ticker tape seen as a modernization of the ancient ritual of strewing flowers before conquerors, it became routine to hail arriving heads-of-state with a paper shower. The city started a tradition of recognizing champion athletes with the ticker-tape parade for the American Olympic team in 1924."
