Hank Webber, Full Interview
Collection: Queens Museum Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Hank Webber
Date: Time Period: 1939; 2014-11-08; Interview recorded: Nov 8, 2014
Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Audition. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:07:14
Creator: Hank Webber interviewed by Abigail Banks
Identifier: aql:18443 webber_hank_full
Description: Though he never attended the World's Fair himself, Hank Webber has printed some of the photos from his father's collection of negatives from the 1939 World's Fair. In the interview, he describes how he became interested in film photography because of his father and grandfather's influence. He also tells the story of discovering his father's negatives from the 1939 Fair and how he printed them as a surprise for his father's 81st birthday. He also describes the pen pal system his father used to exchange photographs with other photography and steam engine enthusiasts across the country.
Creator :
Hank Webber interviewed by Abigail Banks
Date :
Time Period: 1939; 2014-11-08; Interview recorded: Nov 8, 2014
Summary/Description :
Though he never attended the World's Fair himself, Hank Webber has printed some of the photos from his father's collection of negatives from the 1939 World's Fair. In the interview, he describes how he became interested in film photography because of his father and grandfather's influence. He also tells the story of discovering his father's negatives from the 1939 Fair and how he printed them as a surprise for his father's 81st birthday. He also describes the pen pal system his father used to exchange photographs with other photography and steam engine enthusiasts across the country.
Subject :
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Photography
Relation :
Queens Museum Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Hank Webber
Rights :
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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: 0:07:14
Identifier :
aql:18443 webber_hank_full
Subject:
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Photography
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Photography
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