Thomas Scott Baldwin
Parachute Jump, 1887
"BALLOON ASCENSION - THOMAS BALDWIN MADE
FIRST PARACHUTE JUMP IN 1887"
Marilyn Blaisdell Collection
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Note: Various sources give 1885 as the date of Baldwin's initial parachute jump. That may be the case, however this jump is the only one I have found so far in the newspaper archives (below). Was there an earlier jump in 1885? |
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Images courtesy of SF Public Library |
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The Gazette, Fort Worth, Texas - Feb 5 1887
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The Sun (New York) - Feb 10 1887
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A later account of Baldwin...
San Francisco Chronicle, Sept 8 1918
More info: http://www.sfcityguides.org/public_guidelines.html?article=589&submitted=TRUE
More on Thomas Scott Baldwin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Scott_Baldwin