Ashini Ganesalingam, Clip 8: Shopping Habits
Collection: Ashini Ganesalingam Oral History
Date: Time Period: 1994-2010; 2010-08-03; Interview recorded on August 3, 2010
Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder. Dimension:
Total running time: 00:01:57
Creator: Ashini Ganesalingam interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Identifier: aql:16074 ganesalingam_ashini_clip8
Description: Ashini describes going shopping at American chain stores for some clothes and going to Flushing, Jackson Heights, or even Canada for her Indian-style clothes. Her mother sometimes sews for her. She describes the concentration of Chinese stores in downtown Flushing and how that shifts to mostly Indian stores further south on Main Street.
Creator :
Ashini Ganesalingam interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Date :
Time Period: 1994-2010; 2010-08-03; Interview recorded on August 3, 2010
Summary/Description :
Ashini describes going shopping at American chain stores for some clothes and going to Flushing, Jackson Heights, or even Canada for her Indian-style clothes. Her mother sometimes sews for her. She describes the concentration of Chinese stores in downtown Flushing and how that shifts to mostly Indian stores further south on Main Street.
Subject :
Stores, Retail; Grocery shopping; Clothing and dress
Rights :
Contact the Archives at Queens Library (718-990-0770) for research and reproduction requests.
Coverage :
Locations discussed: Flushing, New York, NY Flushing (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder.; Total running time: 00:01:57
Identifier :
aql:16074 ganesalingam_ashini_clip8
Rights Notice
Contact the Archives at Queens Library (718-990-0770) for research and reproduction requests.
Contact the Archives at Queens Library (718-990-0770) for research and reproduction requests.
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