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Bob Gregson, Full Interview

Collection: Queens Museum Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Bob Gregson
Date: Time Period: 1964 - 1965; 2014-08-15; Interview recorded: Aug 15, 2014 Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Audition. Dimension: Total running time: 0:04:23
Creator: Bob Gregson interviewed by Constance Hsi Identifier: aql:18429 gregson_bob_full

Description: Bob Gregson describes his visits to the 1964-1965 World's Fair. He was a teenager and came with his mother and his aunt, who lived in Queens. He describes his favorite exhibits, which almost all involved rides of one sort or another. He also mentions seeing famous art work, including Salvador Dali at the Spanish pavilion, the Pieta at the Vatican pavilion, and an exhibit of Winston Churchill's paintings.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:18354

Creator : Bob Gregson interviewed by Constance Hsi

Date : Time Period: 1964 - 1965; 2014-08-15; Interview recorded: Aug 15, 2014

Summary/Description : Bob Gregson describes his visits to the 1964-1965 World's Fair. He was a teenager and came with his mother and his aunt, who lived in Queens. He describes his favorite exhibits, which almost all involved rides of one sort or another. He also mentions seeing famous art work, including Salvador Dali at the Spanish pavilion, the Pieta at the Vatican pavilion, and an exhibit of Winston Churchill's paintings.

Subject : New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.); Ford Motor Company

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Coverage : Locations discussed: Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, NY Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Audition.; Total running time: 0:04:23

Identifier : aql:18429 gregson_bob_full

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New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.); Ford Motor Company

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