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Milton Freitas

Collection: Sunnyside Sound Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Milton Freitas
Date: 2009 Material: digital image Dimension: 180 ppi (digital image)
Creator: Milton Freitas Identifier: aql:18135 freitas_milton_portrait freitas_milton_portrait.tif

Description: After having worked in his native Brazil and in Mozambique, Milton Frietas came to New York almost by accident. He just meant to pass a few months here before starting a job in Peru, but fell in love with the city. At first he worked as a carpenter and when his friend offered him the job of a building superintendent, he jumped at the chance. And now for the past 14 years, Milton Freitas has been the super of a Sunnyside co-op building with 51 apartments.

Title : Milton Freitas

Collection : aql:20455; aql:18078

Creator : Milton Freitas

Date : 2009

Summary/Description : After having worked in his native Brazil and in Mozambique, Milton Frietas came to New York almost by accident. He just meant to pass a few months here before starting a job in Peru, but fell in love with the city. At first he worked as a carpenter and when his friend offered him the job of a building superintendent, he jumped at the chance. And now for the past 14 years, Milton Freitas has been the super of a Sunnyside co-op building with 51 apartments.

Subject : Portraits; Frietas, Milton

Rights : These audio recordings, photos and articles are the property of Sabine Heinlein. Uses of edited excerpts from her interviews are protected under a Creative Commons public domain license, but her full, unedited audio is open to researchers by request. Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for access. For reproductions of the unedited recordings, please contact Sabine Heinlein at (sabineheinlein@gmail.com).

Coverage : Sunnyside, NY Sunnyside (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : digital image

Format : digital image; 180 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:18135 freitas_milton_portrait freitas_milton_portrait.tif

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Portraits; Frietas, Milton
Rights Notice
These audio recordings, photos and articles are the property of Sabine Heinlein. Uses of edited excerpts from her interviews are protected under a Creative Commons public domain license, but her full, unedited audio is open to researchers by request. Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for access. For reproductions of the unedited recordings, please contact Sabine Heinlein at (sabineheinlein@gmail.com).


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