Peter Swanson Clip 1: Technology of the Future
Collection: Queens Museum Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Peter Swanson
Date: Time Period: 1964 - 1965; 2014-08-15; Interview recorded: Aug 15, 2014
Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Audition. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:01:11
Creator: Peter Swanson interviewed by Abigail Banks
Identifier: aql:18373 swanson_peter_clip1
Description: Swanson describes about how fifty years back, push button phones were still a novel technology that was intriguing to everyone. People would line up at exhibits at the 1964 World's Fair and make pretend calls just to try out pushing buttons on the new phones. No one could have known that in fifty years, people would be carrying cellular phones in their pockets as a very ordinary thing. Swanson also mentions that cellular technology has also brought forth the use of solar energy to power devices, a very favorable and useful outcome in the world of technology.
Creator :
Peter Swanson interviewed by Abigail Banks
Date :
Time Period: 1964 - 1965; 2014-08-15; Interview recorded: Aug 15, 2014
Summary/Description :
Swanson describes about how fifty years back, push button phones were still a novel technology that was intriguing to everyone. People would line up at exhibits at the 1964 World's Fair and make pretend calls just to try out pushing buttons on the new phones. No one could have known that in fifty years, people would be carrying cellular phones in their pockets as a very ordinary thing. Swanson also mentions that cellular technology has also brought forth the use of solar energy to power devices, a very favorable and useful outcome in the world of technology.
Subject :
Technology; Cell phones; New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.)
Relation :
Queens Museum Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Peter Swanson
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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: 0:01:11
Identifier :
aql:18373 swanson_peter_clip1
Subject:
Technology; Cell phones; New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.)
Technology; Cell phones; New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.)
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