Jenny Verano and Abe Vilensky, Clip 2: Woodside in the 1940's
Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Abe Vilensky and Jenny Verano
Date: Time Period: 1946 - 2011; 2011-08-01; Interview recorded: August 1 2011
Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Hindenburg. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:01:20
Creator: Abe Vilensky and Jenny Verano interviewed by Kyoko Aoki
Identifier: aql:20519 vilensky_verano_clip2
Description: Mr. Vilensky talks about Woodside in the 1940's. He remembers there used to be 4 Jewish centers and 3 movie houses. The area across from him was mostly forests. The neighborhood was mostly Jewish, Italian, and Irish. Mr. Vilensky says people used to be able to walk around at night, and walked to go shopping.
Creator :
Abe Vilensky and Jenny Verano interviewed by Kyoko Aoki
Date :
Time Period: 1946 - 2011; 2011-08-01; Interview recorded: August 1 2011
Summary/Description :
Mr. Vilensky talks about Woodside in the 1940's. He remembers there used to be 4 Jewish centers and 3 movie houses. The area across from him was mostly forests. The neighborhood was mostly Jewish, Italian, and Irish. Mr. Vilensky says people used to be able to walk around at night, and walked to go shopping.
Subject :
Motion picture theaters; Communities; Neighborhoods; Synagogues; Shopping
Rights :
This recording is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Coverage :
Locations discussed: Woodside, Queens, NY Woodside (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Hindenburg.; Total running time: 0:01:20
Identifier :
aql:20519 vilensky_verano_clip2
Subject:
Motion picture theaters; Communities; Neighborhoods; Synagogues; Shopping
Motion picture theaters; Communities; Neighborhoods; Synagogues; Shopping
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Rights Notice
This recording is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
This recording is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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