Parachute Jump (English Wikipedia)

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"Coney Island Parachute Jump to have own New Year's Eve ball drop". News 12 Brooklyn. December 18, 2014. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015.

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Gray, Christopher (November 15, 1987). "Streetscapes: The Coney Island Parachute Jump; For the Boardwalk's 'Eiffel Tower,' Restoration or Regulating a Ruin?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 18, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
Porter, Russell B. (May 31, 1939). "U.S. Flag at Fair Tops Russia's Star; Unfurled Atop the Parachute Jump – Greatest Throng on a Weekday Present". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
Monaghan 1939. Monaghan, Frank, ed. (1939). Official guide book of the New York World's Fair, 1939. Exposition Publications. OCLC 575567.
"Contract Let For Three Fair Publications: New York Company to Put Out Official Guide, Daily Program and a Souvenir for Exposition Visitors Parachute Jumps to Thrill Visitors to Fair". New York Herald Tribune. December 12, 1938. p. 17. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1260673578.
McHarry, Charles (July 22, 1955). "It's a 12-Second Fall at Coney's Big Jump". New York Daily News. p. 358. ISSN 2692-1251. Archived from the original on September 30, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
"4 New Concessions Open In the Amusement Area: Cast of 150 in 90-Minute 'Congress of Beauty'". New York Herald Tribune. May 28, 1939. p. 11. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243161679.
Mangels 1952, pp. 147–149. Mangels, William F. (1952). The outdoor amusement industry: from earliest times to the present. Vantage Press. OCLC 17654058.
"Amelia Earhart Uses Her First Parachute; Flier Makes Her Initial Jump, With a New Device From a 115-Foot Tower". The New York Times. June 3, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
"Fair Amusements To Show A Profit; Net This Year Put at 'Nominal to Handsome' as Big Costs of '39 Are Eliminated". The New York Times. October 24, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 18, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
"Parachute Company Gets Fair Amusement Space". New York Herald Tribune. May 11, 1938. p. 19. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1251331297; "First Midway Contract; World's Fair to Sign 40 More Amusement Concessions". The New York Times. May 11, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
"Parachute Tower For World's Fair; 250-Foot Jump to Be Offered as a Novel Amusement". The New York Times. July 23, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 11, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
Compere, Thomas (March 10, 1940). "Fair Fun Zone Lays Its Plans To Brighten Up: Will Have Several New Attractions, and Lighting Will Be More Brilliant World's Fair Fun Zone". New York Herald Tribune. p. A1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243028976.
"Contracts Signed For Fair's Books; Exposition Publications Is to Put Out Guide, a Souvenir Volume and Daily Program". The New York Times. December 12, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
"First Pile Sunk For World Fair Temple of Faith: Osborn Declares Project the Most Ideal Proposal of Exposition; Whalen Calls It First of Its Kind". New York Herald Tribune. November 24, 1938. p. 11. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1259215231; "Temple of Religion is Started at Fair; Major Stevens Assigned to Fair--Soviet Russia Ships Marble for Pavilion". The New York Times. November 24, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
Warren, Carl (April 29, 1939). "Fair for Fair! Expect Million on First Day". New York Daily News. p. 35. ISSN 2692-1251. Archived from the original on September 30, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
"Play Area's Gala Opening Put Off For Two Weeks: Whalen Decides on Second Try After Tour Reveals It Still Far From Complete". New York Herald Tribune. May 1, 1939. p. 14. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1247103281.
"Play Area at Fair Takes On New Life; Amusement Zone Starts To Boom". The New York Times. May 28, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
"They Sign Book To Learn They Have Seen Fair: At Least, That's the City Building's Explanation of Its Register's Purpose". New York Herald Tribune. May 30, 1939. p. 6. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1267936692.
"Russia Quits Fair; Finns to Stay; Reds to Raze $4,000,000 Pavilion; Moscow Orders Withdrawal Without Giving Explanation". The New York Times. December 2, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 18, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2019; "American Flag To Rise Higher Than Soviet Star: Unfurling Over Parachute Jump Today Expected to End Patriotic Protests". New York Herald Tribune. May 30, 1939. p. 6A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1267936747.
Warren, Carl (February 18, 1939). "35 Fun Attractions Now Assured for World's Fair". New York Daily News. pp. 258, 265. ISSN 2692-1251. Retrieved August 5, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
"Cost of Full View of Fair Put at $15; Exposition Statisticians Say Rumor of $60 Total Price Has No Foundation". The New York Times. March 11, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
Myler, Joseph L. (July 12, 1939). "Couple Marooned Five Hours on High Parachute at Fair". Dunkirk Evening Observer. United Press. p. 3. Archived from the original on September 30, 2023. Retrieved December 3, 2019 – via newspapers.com; "Pair Held 100 Feet Aloft in Fair Parachute; Thousands Watch Efforts to Rescue Them". The New York Times. July 12, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 18, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2019; "Pair Stranded 100 Feet in Air on Fair 'Chute". New York Daily News. July 12, 1939. p. 171. ISSN 2692-1251. Archived from the original on September 30, 2023. Retrieved July 18, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
"Parachute Device at Fair Booms After 2 Hang in Mid-Air". The New York Times. July 13, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 18, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2019; "Chute-Stuck Pair Go Up Again-and Down". New York Daily News. July 13, 1939. p. 70. ISSN 2692-1251. Archived from the original on September 30, 2023. Retrieved July 18, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
"Parachute Sticks With Another Pair; But This Time Deputy Sheriff and Sister-in-Law Are Kept Aloft Only 35 Minutes". The New York Times. July 23, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 18, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
"Parachute Jams Again; Two Women Kept 230 Feet in Air at Fair for Half Hour". The New York Times. September 9, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 18, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
"World's Fair Debenture Holders Agree to Waive Payments Under New Fiscal Plan: Share of Gate To Be Used on Pressing Bills". New York Herald Tribune. August 30, 1939. p. 11. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1319968323.
"Displays at Fair List Estimates Of Attendance: Aquacade and Perisphere Drew Best Among Shows That Charged Admission". New York Herald Tribune. November 1, 1939. p. 12. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1267844882.
"Fair Turns Ground for Typical Homes; FHA Administrator Shovels in Mud for Two Cottages to House Picked Families". The New York Times. March 29, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
"Shift in Fair's Play Zone; Parachute Jump to Be Moved to More Central Site". The New York Times. January 29, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 18, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
"Fair Parachute Jump to Move to New Site". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. December 30, 1939. p. 7. Retrieved August 5, 2024 – via newspapers.com; "Parachute Jump at Fair Begins Moving Next Week". New York Herald Tribune. December 30, 1939. p. 9. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1260978688.
"Huge Ski Arena Will Be Erected At World's Fair: Quarter-Mile Winter Sports Area, for Summer Use, to Offer Lessons for Public Amusement Zone al the World's Fair to Undergo Many Improvements". New York Herald Tribune. February 19, 1940. p. 17A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1242964865.
"Fair Chute Jump to Have New Site". New York Daily News. February 16, 1940. p. 491. ISSN 2692-1251. Retrieved August 5, 2024 – via newspapers.com; "Argentina Quits Fair, 5 Nations Increase Space: Chile Also May Go; E. F. Roosevelt Lists Gains in Latin-American Section". New York Herald Tribune. February 16, 1940. p. 10. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1242979591.
"Glamorizing N. Y. Fair". Variety. Vol. 138, no. 5. April 10, 1940. pp. 1, 47. ProQuest 1505737883; Loeb, August (April 7, 1940). "New Life in Fair's Play Zone; Spring Days Beckon City Motorists to the Open Road". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
"Fair Planning Fun Center No One Can Miss: Midway Theme Scrapped; Smaller but Brighter Is Motif;' Chute Jump to Move". New York Herald Tribune. December 8, 1939. p. 21A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1320022702.
"Fair to Produce Huge Spectacle On U.S. History: 'American Jubilee,' With Cast of 350, To Be Staged in New Arena in Play Zone". New York Herald Tribune. February 15, 1940. p. 21. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1242994960.
"Play Zone at Fair Is '100% Sold Out'; Revitalized Great White Way Offers Livelier and Gayer Section Than Last Year". The New York Times. April 29, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 18, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
"Advance Sales Of Fair Tickets Ahead of 1939: Million Family Books Are Half Sold; Out-of-Town Orders Increased 15%". New York Herald Tribune. April 30, 1940. p. 13. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1254975041.
"Fair Has Spent $6,000,000 for Its 1940 Season: 2,000 Workmen Employed in Amusement Area Alone as May II Opening Nears". New York Herald Tribune. May 1, 1940. p. 10. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1255390979.
"Fair, Opening Today. Seeks To Outdo '39: Fine Weather Promised for Day-Long Festival Starting Second Year Gates Open at 10, Ceremony at Noon Amusement Area Ready War Changes Plans of Foreign Participants". New York Herald Tribune. May 11, 1940. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1249883335.
"Fair Parachuting Held Up By Dispute; Withdrawal of the Inventor From Company Delays Opening of Device". The New York Times. May 25, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 18, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2019; "World's Fairs: New York World's Fair - 1,000,000 Paid Mark is Passed on the 9th Day". The Billboard. Vol. 52, no. 22. June 1, 1940. p. 30. ProQuest 1032237040.
"Fair's Parachute Jump To Be Ready in Few Days: Agreement Ends Dispute, That Tied Up Attraction". New York Herald Tribune. June 5, 1940. p. 21. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1250031249.
"Parachute Jump Opens Today". New York Herald Tribune. June 22, 1940. p. 9. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1320022595; "Fair 'Chutes in Operation". The New York Times. June 23, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 18, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
"Fair Amusement Zone Sold Out, 90 Concessions on Its New List: Director Reports All Space Taken; Area Will Offer 3 Major Shows, 18 Smaller Ones and 15 Rides Among Other Attractions". New York Herald Tribune. April 29, 1940. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1266874326.
Schneider, Daniel B. (June 1, 1997). "F.y.i." The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on May 27, 2015. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
Stern, Gilmartin & Mellins 1987, p. 752. Stern, Robert A. M.; Gilmartin, Patrick; Mellins, Thomas (1987). New York 1930: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Two World Wars. New York: Rizzoli. ISBN 978-0-8478-3096-1. OCLC 13860977.
"Fair Fades Into a Ghost Town; Dismantling Barely Dents Quiet". New York Herald Tribune. October 29, 1940. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1262386905.
"Coney Getting Chute Jump Retains Role as Heir of Fairs: Island Has Inherited Amusement Devices Since Philadelphia Centennial in 1876, When 'Iron Tower,' With Steam Elevator, Was Thriller Coney Island-in the Early 1880's and as It Appears Today". New York Herald Tribune. October 27, 1940. p. A1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243057263.
"Coney Area Swept by Fire; $200,000 Damage; 18 Hurt". The New York Times. September 15, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 12, 2019. Retrieved July 12, 2019; "$500,000 Fire Perils All of Coney Island". New York Daily News. September 15, 1939. p. 6. ISSN 2692-1251. Retrieved July 12, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
"Down Come Chutes". New York Daily News. January 30, 1941. p. 337. ISSN 2692-1251. Retrieved August 5, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
"Beaches Crowded for the Holiday; All Resorts in Metropolitan Area Report Near-Records for Their Attendance". The New York Times. May 31, 1941. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 11, 2019. Retrieved July 11, 2019; "600,000 See City's Parade For War Dead: Crowd Silent as G. A. R. Veterans, Symbol of an Earlier Crisis, Pass By Parachute Jump at Fair Begins Moving Next Week". New York Herald Tribune. May 31, 1941. p. 1A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1255837372.
"City Blacks Out Its Ocean Front Until War Ends: Valentine Orders Masking of All Lights Visible From Sea, Including Coney's". New York Herald Tribune. April 19, 1942. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1256814873.
Lindheim, Burton (June 27, 1943). "Coney Has a War Boom; There Are Priorities, Shortages and the Dimout, but the Subway Is Convenient". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 18, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
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