Robert J. Sullivan Clip 1: Musical Phones at the World's Fair
Collection: Queens Museum Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Robert J. Sullivan
Date: Time Period: 1964; 2014-07-25; Interview recorded: July 25, 2014
Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Audition. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:01:13
Creator: Robert J. Sullivan interviewed by Abigail Banks
Identifier: aql:18396 sullivan_robertj_clip1
Description: On Robert Sullivan's first day on the job, he entered the park through the main entrance and described it as "magical" and a "fairyland". One of the first sights he noticed was the banks of open telephone booths with touchtone phones. He called home to play the touchtone notes on the phone for his mother.
Creator :
Robert J. Sullivan interviewed by Abigail Banks
Date :
Time Period: 1964; 2014-07-25; Interview recorded: July 25, 2014
Summary/Description :
On Robert Sullivan's first day on the job, he entered the park through the main entrance and described it as "magical" and a "fairyland". One of the first sights he noticed was the banks of open telephone booths with touchtone phones. He called home to play the touchtone notes on the phone for his mother.
Subject :
New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.)
Relation :
Queens Museum Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Robert J. Sullivan
Rights :
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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: 0:01:13
Identifier :
aql:18396 sullivan_robertj_clip1
Rights Notice
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Add new comment