Francine Weisler Clip 1: Childhood Memories of the 1939 World's Fair

Collection: Queens Museum Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Francine Weisler

Date: Time Period: 1939; 2014-08-08; Interview recorded: Aug 8, 2014 Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Audacity. Dimension: Total running time: 0:01:07

Creator: Francine Weisler interviewed by Abigail Banks Identifier: aql:18426 weisler_francine_clip1

Description: Francine Weisler describes the talk of the town during the 1939 World's Fair: the Queen and King of England being introduced to hot dogs by President Roosevelt. She also talks about her visits to the Fair with her friends and mentions that she could take fifty cents and spend the entire day there.

Title : Francine Weisler Clip 1: Childhood Memories of the 1939 World's Fair

Collection : aql:20455; aql:18354

Creator : Francine Weisler interviewed by Abigail Banks

Date : Time Period: 1939; 2014-08-08; Interview recorded: Aug 8, 2014

Summary/Description : Francine Weisler describes the talk of the town during the 1939 World's Fair: the Queen and King of England being introduced to hot dogs by President Roosevelt. She also talks about her visits to the Fair with her friends and mentions that she could take fifty cents and spend the entire day there.

Subject : New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)

Relation : Queens Museum Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Francine Weisler

Rights : Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

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 Audacity.; Total running time: 0:01:07

Identifier : aql:18426 weisler_francine_clip1