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Interview with Robert I. Queen

Collection: Collection on the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair
Date: 1980 Material: height: 11 x width: 8 1/2 inches, 3 pages
Contributor: Susman, Warren, 1927-1985 Identifier: aql:2284 1980.8.72WF39 QMOA

Description: Queen discusses his experience working as a 19 year-old relief trumpeter at Billy Rose's Aquacade at the 1939 New York World's 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.

Collection : aql:5839; vital:1

Contributor : Susman, Warren, 1927-1985

Date : 1980

Summary/Description : Queen discusses his experience working as a 19 year-old relief trumpeter at Billy Rose's Aquacade at the 1939 New York World's 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.); Television broadcasting; Television -- Receivers and reception; Broadcasting; Trumpet; Jazz musicians; Rose, Billy, 1899-1966

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 : Queens (New York, N.Y.) Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.)

Type : transcripts

Format : height: 11 x width: 8 1/2 inches, 3 pages

Identifier : aql:2284 1980.8.72WF39 QMOA

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Subject:
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Television broadcasting; Television -- Receivers and reception; Broadcasting; Trumpet; Jazz musicians; Rose, Billy, 1899-1966
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.


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