George Lawler Clip 1: A Hidden Past
Collection: Queens Museum Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: George Lawler
Date: Time Period: 1955; 2014-08-21; Interview recorded: Aug 21, 2014
Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Audition. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:03:55
Creator: George Lawler interviewed by Abigail Banks
Identifier: aql:18417 lawler_george_clip1
Description: When he was about 14 years old, George Lawler's adoptive father revealed the truth about his biological father, Thomas "Duke" Connelly. Thomas Connelly was a bank robber portrayed in Andy Warhol's 13 Most Wanted Men. Lawler also recalls the moment in which his mother abandoned him in a church. After that incident, the rest of his memories are a blur. He had always thought that memory was a dream until he learned that he was adopted.
Creator :
George Lawler interviewed by Abigail Banks
Date :
Time Period: 1955; 2014-08-21; Interview recorded: Aug 21, 2014
Summary/Description :
When he was about 14 years old, George Lawler's adoptive father revealed the truth about his biological father, Thomas "Duke" Connelly. Thomas Connelly was a bank robber portrayed in Andy Warhol's 13 Most Wanted Men. Lawler also recalls the moment in which his mother abandoned him in a church. After that incident, the rest of his memories are a blur. He had always thought that memory was a dream until he learned that he was adopted.
Subject :
Adoption; Bank robberies; Early memories; Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987
Relation :
Queens Museum Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: George Lawler
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: 0:03:55
Identifier :
aql:18417 lawler_george_clip1
Subject:
Adoption; Bank robberies; Early memories; Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987
Adoption; Bank robberies; Early memories; Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987
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