Ben Haber and Ethyl Haber, Clip 9: Ben Haber reads, "The Lesson"
Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library
Date: Time Period: 1920 - 2011; 2013-04-23; Interview recorded: April 23, 2013
Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:05:30
Creator: Ben Haber and Ethyl Haber interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Identifier: aql:22304 scc-haber-clip-000009
Description: Benjamin Haber reads his short story entitled "The Lesson" about the valuable life lessons he learned from his mother's job as a garment worker making neckties. Besides her weekday work at a factory in lower Manhattan, Lena Haber would also do piecework at home on the evenings and weekends to increase the family's earnings.
Creator :
Ben Haber and Ethyl Haber interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Date :
Time Period: 1920 - 2011; 2013-04-23; Interview recorded: April 23, 2013
Summary/Description :
Benjamin Haber reads his short story entitled "The Lesson" about the valuable life lessons he learned from his mother's job as a garment worker making neckties. Besides her weekday work at a factory in lower Manhattan, Lena Haber would also do piecework at home on the evenings and weekends to increase the family's earnings.
Subject :
Short stories; Piecework; Clothing workers; Work ethic; Foreign workers
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Coverage :
Locations discussed: Lower Manhattan, NY Middle Village (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth.; Total running time: 0:05:30
Identifier :
aql:22304 scc-haber-clip-000009
Subject:
Short stories; Piecework; Clothing workers; Work ethic; Foreign workers
Short stories; Piecework; Clothing workers; Work ethic; Foreign workers
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Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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