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Stanley P. and Edith Schwartz Clip 1: Ice Cream at the World's Fair

Collection: Queens Museum Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Stanley P. and Edith Schwartz
Date: Time Period: 1939; 2014-08-08; Interview recorded: Aug 8, 2014 Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Audition. Dimension: Total running time: 0:01:33
Creator: Edith and Stanley Schwartz interviewed by Abigail Banks Identifier: aql:18406 schwartz_stanley_edith_clip1

Description: Stanley and Edith give a description of winning Mello Rolls ice cream from the General Electric pavilion. Mello Rolls were chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry ice cream in a paper roll, which were used to show that foods could be frozen. Stanley also rode in the Ford cars and the helicopters.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:18354

Creator : Edith and Stanley Schwartz interviewed by Abigail Banks

Date : Time Period: 1939; 2014-08-08; Interview recorded: Aug 8, 2014

Summary/Description : Stanley and Edith give a description of winning Mello Rolls ice cream from the General Electric pavilion. Mello Rolls were chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry ice cream in a paper roll, which were used to show that foods could be frozen. Stanley also rode in the Ford cars and the helicopters.

Subject : Ice cream, ices, etc.; New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)

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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: 0:01:33

Identifier : aql:18406 schwartz_stanley_edith_clip1

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