Gerard Tate, Clip 3: Ridgewood Economy
Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Gerard Tate
Date: Time Period: 1910s; 1940s; 2013-03-28; Interview recorded: March 28, 2013
Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe SoundBooth. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:03:16
Creator: Gerard Tate
Identifier: aql:19453 qmp-gt-clip-000012
Description: The population of Ridgewood was stable up until second World War because people didn't really have the means to move. Ridgewood was the center of clothing manufacturing for many years. People bought fabric and women worked in knitting mills until clothing manufacturers went to different countries and Ridgewood wages could no longer compete. That was the end of clothing manufacturing in the area. During WWI, the military and Navy employed tens of thousands of people and ConEd employed hundreds of people to perform jobs now done by machines.
Creator :
Gerard Tate
Date :
Time Period: 1910s; 1940s; 2013-03-28; Interview recorded: March 28, 2013
Summary/Description :
The population of Ridgewood was stable up until second World War because people didn't really have the means to move. Ridgewood was the center of clothing manufacturing for many years. People bought fabric and women worked in knitting mills until clothing manufacturers went to different countries and Ridgewood wages could no longer compete. That was the end of clothing manufacturing in the area. During WWI, the military and Navy employed tens of thousands of people and ConEd employed hundreds of people to perform jobs now done by machines.
Subject :
World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945
Rights :
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Coverage :
Locations discussed: Ridgewood, Queens, NY Ridgewood (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe SoundBooth.; Total running time: 0:03:16
Identifier :
aql:19453 qmp-gt-clip-000012
Rights Notice
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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