Esther Weinreb Clip 1: Automobiles Coming to Life
Collection: Queens Museum Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Esther Weinreb

Date: Time Period: 1939; 2014-10-17; Interview recorded: Oct 17, 2014
Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Audition. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:01:32
Creator: Esther Weinreb interviewed by Abigail Banks
Identifier: aql:18436 weinreb_esther_clip1
Description: Esther Weinreb recalls the GM exhibit at the 1939 World's Fair. It was very exciting as her family never owned an automobile at the time. She used to play games on her Brooklyn street during the summertime with other children. They used to name the automobiles on the street that would pass by. There were Pontiacs, Buicks, Lincolns, and Cadillacs. She enjoyed watching automobiles come to life at the GM building the most out of all the exhibits at the World's Fair.
Creator :
Esther Weinreb interviewed by Abigail Banks
Date :
Time Period: 1939; 2014-10-17; Interview recorded: Oct 17, 2014
Summary/Description :
Esther Weinreb recalls the GM exhibit at the 1939 World's Fair. It was very exciting as her family never owned an automobile at the time. She used to play games on her Brooklyn street during the summertime with other children. They used to name the automobiles on the street that would pass by. There were Pontiacs, Buicks, Lincolns, and Cadillacs. She enjoyed watching automobiles come to life at the GM building the most out of all the exhibits at the World's Fair.
Subject :
Automobiles; General Motors Corporation; New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
Relation :
Queens Museum Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Esther Weinreb
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Coverage :
Locations discussed: Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, NY and Brooklyn Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.) Brooklyn (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: 0:01:32
Identifier :
aql:18436 weinreb_esther_clip1
Subject:
Automobiles; General Motors Corporation; New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
Automobiles; General Motors Corporation; New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
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