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Word: funpark (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1931-1931
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...dramatic presentations by local Thespians. One booth was occupied by ladies of the W. C. T. U., another by the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform. Little country boys of the 4-H Club were housed with the rabbits and poultry in the nearby "Highlands," a onetime funpark. Their eyes popped open a little wider at the exhibit of Milwaukee's ever-hopeful Pabst Corp.: an oldtime saloon, complete with brass rail, sawdust, shiny glassware...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HUSBANDRY: Dairy Show | 10/26/1931 | See Source »

...Coney Island funpark, Reporter Earl Sparling of the New York World-Telegram interviewed police officers, learned the following anent the habits of New Yorkers in dealing with lost children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Coney | 9/21/1931 | See Source »

Mexico, concluded their summer jobs with International Telephone & Telegraph Corp. in Manhattan. They said they had lived on Staten Island within their $100-a-month salaries, entertained themselves modestly with occasional visits to cinemas and trips to Coney Island (funpark) until their last month in town. Then a mishap befell them, upset their finances. "We went to a place with some girls," said Fernando, "and ordered wine. We didn't think that would cost much. But the waiter brought champagne, and after that the girls ordered more. The evening cost us $95. American bandits are worse than the American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 14, 1931 | 9/14/1931 | See Source »

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