Helene Schlesinger Clip 2: Amusements at 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: 1920-2001; 2011-02-16; Interview recorded: February 16, 2011 Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 and Hindenburg software. Dimension: Total running time: 0:02:34

Creator: Helene and Stanley Schlesinger interviewed by Tess Hartman Identifier: aql:16088 schlesinger_helene_clip2

Description: Helene Schlesinger remembers a great many details about the 1939 World's Fair, which she attended frequently as an eight-year-old child. She would take the train to the fair from Kew Gardens with her mother at least once or twice a week with visiting relatives. She enjoyed riding the Parachute Jump that was later moved to Coney Island. She describes the Russian pavilion that was only present during the first year of the fair, which featured a recreation of the Moscow subway. She also recalls the General Motors exhibit and seeing a television for the first time in an RCA exhibit.

Title : Helene Schlesinger Clip 2: Amusements at the 1939 New York World's Fair

Collection : aql:20455; aql:16086

Creator : Helene and Stanley Schlesinger interviewed by Tess Hartman

Date : Time Period: 1920-2001; 2011-02-16; Interview recorded: February 16, 2011

Summary/Description : Helene Schlesinger remembers a great many details about the 1939 World's Fair, which she attended frequently as an eight-year-old child. She would take the train to the fair from Kew Gardens with her mother at least once or twice a week with visiting relatives. She enjoyed riding the Parachute Jump that was later moved to Coney Island. She describes the Russian pavilion that was only present during the first year of the fair, which featured a recreation of the Moscow subway. She also recalls the General Motors exhibit and seeing a television for the first time in an RCA exhibit.

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

Relation : This recording is part of the Helene and Stanley Schlesinger Oral History and is available in digital audio.

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: 0:02:34

Identifier : aql:16088 schlesinger_helene_clip2