Gladys Weaver Clip 4: The Value of a Nickel
Collection: Gladys Weaver Oral History
Date: Time Period: 1940s; 2013-04-25; Interview recorded: April 25, 2013
Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder with Adobe Soundbooth software. Dimension:
Total running time: 00:02:44
Creator: Gladys (Simpkins) Weaver interviewed by Marguerite Luizzo and Barbara Deyoung-Ezell
Identifier: aql:16152 weaver_gladys_clip4
Description: Gladys Weaver (nee Simpkins) grew up in Jamaica, Queens in the 1940s. For a nickel, she could get to Manhattan, but the subway hadn't been extended all the way to her neighborhood. She would take the train to Forest Hills and then take a trolley and buses to get the rest of the way to Jamaica. As a child, she also had a savings account with her local post office and learned to value saving her money.
Creator :
Gladys (Simpkins) Weaver interviewed by Marguerite Luizzo and Barbara Deyoung-Ezell
Date :
Time Period: 1940s; 2013-04-25; Interview recorded: April 25, 2013
Summary/Description :
Gladys Weaver (nee Simpkins) grew up in Jamaica, Queens in the 1940s. For a nickel, she could get to Manhattan, but the subway hadn't been extended all the way to her neighborhood. She would take the train to Forest Hills and then take a trolley and buses to get the rest of the way to Jamaica. As a child, she also had a savings account with her local post office and learned to value saving her money.
Subject :
Transportation; Savings accounts
Rights :
Contact the Archives at Queens Library (718-990-0770) for research and reproduction requests.
Coverage :
Locations discussed: Saint Albans, New York, NY Saint Albans (New York, N.Y.) Jamaica (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder with Adobe Soundbooth software.; Total running time: 00:02:44
Identifier :
aql:16152 weaver_gladys_clip4
Rights Notice
Contact the Archives at Queens Library (718-990-0770) for research and reproduction requests.
Contact the Archives at Queens Library (718-990-0770) for research and reproduction requests.
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