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Dr. Louis Hassan Clip 1: Roosevelt and La Guardia at the World's Fair

Collection: Queens Museum Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Dr. Louis Hassan
Date: Time Period: 1939 - 1940; 2014-07-30; Interview recorded: Jul 30, 2014 Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Audition. Dimension: Total running time: 0:00:30
Creator: Louis Hassan interviewed by Abigail Banks Identifier: aql:18360 hassan_louis_clip1

Description: Dr. Hassan was 7 or 8 during the 1939-1940 World's Fair. He attended the opening of the Fair and saw President Franklin Roosevelt and Mayor La Guardia arrive in their limousine.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:18354

Creator : Louis Hassan interviewed by Abigail Banks

Date : Time Period: 1939 - 1940; 2014-07-30; Interview recorded: Jul 30, 2014

Summary/Description : Dr. Hassan was 7 or 8 during the 1939-1940 World's Fair. He attended the opening of the Fair and saw President Franklin Roosevelt and Mayor La Guardia arrive in their limousine.

Subject : New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945; La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947

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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: 0:00:30

Identifier : aql:18360 hassan_louis_clip1

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New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945; La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947

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