Robert J. Sullivan Clip 2: Food Service Work at the World's Fair
Collection: Queens Museum Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Robert J. Sullivan
Date: Time Period: 1964; 2014-07-25; Interview recorded: July 25, 2014
Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Audition. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:01:59
Creator: Robert J. Sullivan interviewed by Abigail Banks
Identifier: aql:18380 sullivan_robertj_clip2
Description: Robert Sullivan reported to work at a Brass Rail food stand at the World's Fair that serviced the construction workers. He had never worked in a restaurant before, but caught on quickly. Once the Fair opened, he was assigned to a burger station near the Austrian pavilion. He volunteered to cook the hamburgers and the shift required no cleaning, which he liked. While he worked, he learned his first Spanish words at the Fair (papas fritas) because nobody could communicate with the Spanish costumers.
Creator :
Robert J. Sullivan interviewed by Abigail Banks
Date :
Time Period: 1964; 2014-07-25; Interview recorded: July 25, 2014
Summary/Description :
Robert Sullivan reported to work at a Brass Rail food stand at the World's Fair that serviced the construction workers. He had never worked in a restaurant before, but caught on quickly. Once the Fair opened, he was assigned to a burger station near the Austrian pavilion. He volunteered to cook the hamburgers and the shift required no cleaning, which he liked. While he worked, he learned his first Spanish words at the Fair (papas fritas) because nobody could communicate with the Spanish costumers.
Subject :
New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.)
Relation :
Queens Museum Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Robert J. Sullivan
Rights :
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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: 0:01:59
Identifier :
aql:18380 sullivan_robertj_clip2
Rights Notice
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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