Jenny Verano and Abe Vilensky
Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Abe Vilensky and Jenny Verano
Date: 2011
Material: Digital image Dimension:
180 ppi
Creator: Abe Vilensky and Jenny Verano
Identifier: aql:20836 vilensky_verano_portrait vilensky_verano_portrait.tif
Description: Jenny Verano came to Queens from Colombia in 1964 and moved to Woodside 43 years ago. Abe Vilensky first moved to Woodside around 1946, subsequently moved to Bayside to raise his kids, and returned to Woodside about 20 years ago. Abe and Jenny are both very active volunteers at the Sunnyside Community Services Center for Active Older Adults (the Center) where they met about 14 years ago. They are good friends and work together to provide bilingual English and Spanish services to the members of the Center. In their 2011 interview with Kyoko Aoki, Abe and Jenny discuss the changes to the Woodside/ Sunnyside community and shifting demographics, as well as their involvement with the Center.
Creator :
Abe Vilensky and Jenny Verano
Date :
2011
Summary/Description :
Jenny Verano came to Queens from Colombia in 1964 and moved to Woodside 43 years ago. Abe Vilensky first moved to Woodside around 1946, subsequently moved to Bayside to raise his kids, and returned to Woodside about 20 years ago. Abe and Jenny are both very active volunteers at the Sunnyside Community Services Center for Active Older Adults (the Center) where they met about 14 years ago. They are good friends and work together to provide bilingual English and Spanish services to the members of the Center. In their 2011 interview with Kyoko Aoki, Abe and Jenny discuss the changes to the Woodside/ Sunnyside community and shifting demographics, as well as their involvement with the Center.
Subject :
Portraits; Verano, Jenny; Vilensky, Abe
Rights :
This image is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Coverage :
Sunnyside, NY Sunnyside (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Digital image
Format :
Digital image; 180 ppi
Identifier :
aql:20836 vilensky_verano_portrait vilensky_verano_portrait.tif
Subject:
Portraits; Verano, Jenny; Vilensky, Abe
Portraits; Verano, Jenny; Vilensky, Abe
Rights Notice
This image is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
This image 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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