Helene Schlesinger Clip 1: Going to the 1939 New York World's Fair
Collection: This recording is part of the Helene and Stanley Schlesinger Oral History and is available in digital audio.
Date: Time Period: 1920-2011; 2011-02-16; Interview recorded: February 16, 2011
Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 and Hindenburg software. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:02:04
Creator: Helene and Stanley Schlesinger interviewed by Tess Hartman
Identifier: aql:16087 schlesinger_helene_clip1
Description: Helene Schlesinger describes attending the 1939 New York World's Fair as a child. She recalls how the site of the fair used to be a garbage dump. She remembers the trains coming in from Kew Gardens, and how at the cash register there was a big marker indicating the number of people as they entered. She talks about the parachute jump, the Billy Rose Aquacade Swim Show, and the Charlie McCarthy Show.
Creator :
Helene and Stanley Schlesinger interviewed by Tess Hartman
Date :
Time Period: 1920-2011; 2011-02-16; Interview recorded: February 16, 2011
Summary/Description :
Helene Schlesinger describes attending the 1939 New York World's Fair as a child. She recalls how the site of the fair used to be a garbage dump. She remembers the trains coming in from Kew Gardens, and how at the cash register there was a big marker indicating the number of people as they entered. She talks about the parachute jump, the Billy Rose Aquacade Swim Show, and the Charlie McCarthy Show.
Subject :
Amusements; New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
Rights :
This recording is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact qc.archives@qc.cuny.edu for research and reproduction requests.
Coverage :
Locations discussed: Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 and Hindenburg software.; Total running time: 0:02:04
Identifier :
aql:16087 schlesinger_helene_clip1
Subject:
Amusements; New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
Amusements; New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
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This recording is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact qc.archives@qc.cuny.edu for research and reproduction requests.
This recording is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact qc.archives@qc.cuny.edu for research and reproduction requests.
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