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ABANDONED "GIANT SLIDE" AT CONEY ISLAND MARKS DECLINE OF AREA'S RECREATIONAL USE (

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Author

Arthur Tress (1940–)
Description	American photographer
Date of birth	24 November 1940
Location of birth	Brooklyn
Work period	2012
Authority file	: Q2865358 VIAF : 92746539 ISNI : 0000000108033614 ULAN : 500089775 LCCN : n50011655 NAID : 10582020 WorldCat

( NARA record: 1100153 )

Record creator

Environmental Protection Agency. (12/02/1970 - )

Title

ABANDONED "GIANT SLIDE" AT CONEY ISLAND MARKS DECLINE OF AREA'S RECREATIONAL USE

Description

General notes: A 1973 photo of an abandoned 'Giant Slide' that had been set up for a few years on the old Steeplechase Park site on Coney Island in New York. This ride was installed by the Garto Brothers on the old Steaplechase Park location after that park closed in 1964. ^[1]

Depicted place

New York (New York state, United States, North and Central America) inhabited place ( 40°42′N 74°00′W / 40.7°N 74°W ; NARA geographical record )

Date

May 1973

Collection

National Archives at College Park

	Native name	National Archives at College Park
	Parent institution	National Archives and Records Administration
	Location	College Park , United States of America
	Coordinates	39° 00′ 02″ N, 76° 57′ 34″ W
	Established	1994
	Website	www.archives.gov/college-park
	Authority file	: Q38945047 NAID : 10048491

Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S)

Record ID

This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration , cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 547902 .

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Record group: Record Group 412: Records of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1944 - 2006 ( National Archives Identifier : 708 )
Series: DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern, compiled 1972 - 1977 (National Archives Identifier: 542493 )

Agency-Assigned Identifier: 091/15/005415

NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-412-DA-5415

412-DA-5415

Source

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

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↑ Amusing the Zillion, Video & Photos of the Day: Riding Coney Island’s Abandoned Giant Slide (1973) February 8, 2015

[1] Amusing the Zillion, Video & Photos of the Day: Riding Coney Island’s Abandoned Giant Slide (1973) February 8, 2015

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