Interview with Beatrice and George Epstein
Collection: Collection on the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair
Date: 1980
Material: height: 11 x width: 8 1/2 inches, 4 pages
Contributor: Susman, Warren, 1927-1985
Identifier: aql:2270 1980.8.48WF39 QMOA
Description: Interview conducted on August 2nd, 1980 with married couple Beatrice and George Epstein, who recall their experience at the 1939 New York World's Fair. They touch on RCA's television exhibit, the nightly firework show, Billy Rose's Aquacade, and the artificial voice machine at the A.T.&T. Pavilion. They briefly compare the 1939 Fair to the 1964 Fair. Transcript from oral histories conducted under the direction of Warren Susman in conjunction with the "Dawn of A New Day" exhibition at the Queens Museum of Art in 1980. Some transcripts may be incomplete or may not follow the interview verbatim.
Contributor :
Susman, Warren, 1927-1985
Date :
1980
Summary/Description :
Interview conducted on August 2nd, 1980 with married couple Beatrice and George Epstein, who recall their experience at the 1939 New York World's Fair. They touch on RCA's television exhibit, the nightly firework show, Billy Rose's Aquacade, and the artificial voice machine at the A.T.&T. Pavilion. They briefly compare the 1939 Fair to the 1964 Fair. Transcript from oral histories conducted under the direction of Warren Susman in conjunction with the "Dawn of A New Day" exhibition at the Queens Museum of Art in 1980. Some transcripts may be incomplete or may not follow the interview verbatim.
Subject :
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Couples; Telephone; Trylon and Perisphere (New York, N.Y.); Pavilions; Then & now comparisons; New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.)
Rights :
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.
Coverage :
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
transcripts
Format :
height: 11 x width: 8 1/2 inches, 4 pages
Identifier :
aql:2270 1980.8.48WF39 QMOA
Subject:
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Couples; Telephone; Trylon and Perisphere (New York, N.Y.); Pavilions; Then & now comparisons; New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.)
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Couples; Telephone; Trylon and Perisphere (New York, N.Y.); Pavilions; Then & now comparisons; New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.)
Rights Notice
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.
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