Date: Time Period: 1920 - 1935; 2010-08-13; Interview recorded: August 13 2010Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Hindenburg.Dimension:
Total running time: 0:02:50
Creator: Mary Kaiser interviewed by Natalie MilbrodtIdentifier: aql:20548 kaiser_mary_clip1
Description: Mary Kaiser describes growing up with her aunt and uncle in the Waldheim neighborhood in Flushing. Her mother passed away when she was a very young child, but her father lived nearby on the same property. Her aunt and uncle owned the Weir Pony Farm where children came to ride ponies. In the winter her uncle gave rides to kids on the block, and took them on a sleigh ride to Kissena Park. When they came back her aunt would make a big pot of hot cocoa and chocolate cake. Her aunt and uncle had other animals, including donkeys, dogs, and a monkey, whom Mrs. Kaiser recalls vividly. The monkey was named Jenny, and Mrs. Kaiser used to play with her. One day the monkey pulled her hair out, so it was taken to the Bronx Zoo. After her uncle's death, her aunt turned their stables into car garages which she rented out to sustain the family through the Great Depression. The stables were still standing on the Kaiser property near Flushing Hospital in 2010 when this interview was recorded.
Creator : Mary Kaiser interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Date : Time Period: 1920 - 1935; 2010-08-13; Interview recorded: August 13 2010
Summary/Description : Mary Kaiser describes growing up with her aunt and uncle in the Waldheim neighborhood in Flushing. Her mother passed away when she was a very young child, but her father lived nearby on the same property. Her aunt and uncle owned the Weir Pony Farm where children came to ride ponies. In the winter her uncle gave rides to kids on the block, and took them on a sleigh ride to Kissena Park. When they came back her aunt would make a big pot of hot cocoa and chocolate cake. Her aunt and uncle had other animals, including donkeys, dogs, and a monkey, whom Mrs. Kaiser recalls vividly. The monkey was named Jenny, and Mrs. Kaiser used to play with her. One day the monkey pulled her hair out, so it was taken to the Bronx Zoo. After her uncle's death, her aunt turned their stables into car garages which she rented out to sustain the family through the Great Depression. The stables were still standing on the Kaiser property near Flushing Hospital in 2010 when this interview was recorded.
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: Waldheim, and Kissena Park, Flushing, Queens, NY Flushing (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: 0:02:50
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.
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