Julie Wu, Full Interview
Collection: Sunnyside Sound Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Julie Wu
Date: Time Period: 1979-2009; 2009; Interview recorded in 2009
Material: digital audio recording made using Edirol R-09 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth software. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:38:56
Creator: Julie Wu interviewed by Sabine Heinlein
Identifier: aql:18298 wu_julie_full
Description: When Julie Wu isn't hemming pants, making curtains, tapering skirts, exchanging zippers or accepting clothes for dry cleaning, she has coffee and chats with her husband and the friends who come to visit her. "I'm still working because I love my store. I love Sunnyside. It's like family," says Julie, a Taiwanese immigrant who has worked as a tailor in Sunnyside since 1979. Although she spends 13 hours a day in her store on 43rd Avenue, often seven days a week, work rarely feels like work. "It's like my home," she says matter-of-factly. "People say, "˜You must be tired!' But I feel so happy every day."
Creator :
Julie Wu interviewed by Sabine Heinlein
Date :
Time Period: 1979-2009; 2009; Interview recorded in 2009
Summary/Description :
When Julie Wu isn't hemming pants, making curtains, tapering skirts, exchanging zippers or accepting clothes for dry cleaning, she has coffee and chats with her husband and the friends who come to visit her. "I'm still working because I love my store. I love Sunnyside. It's like family," says Julie, a Taiwanese immigrant who has worked as a tailor in Sunnyside since 1979. Although she spends 13 hours a day in her store on 43rd Avenue, often seven days a week, work rarely feels like work. "It's like my home," she says matter-of-factly. "People say, "˜You must be tired!' But I feel so happy every day."
Subject :
Dry cleaning industry; Sewing; Hems
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 :
Locations discussed: Sunnyside, NY Sunnyside (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
digital audio recording made using Edirol R-09 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth software.; Total running time: 0:38:56
Identifier :
aql:18298 wu_julie_full
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).
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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