Levent Cimkentli, Full Interview

Collection: Queens Museum Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Levent Cimkentli

Date: Time Period: 1964 - 1965; 2014-10-05; Interview recorded: Oct 5, 2014 Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Audition. Dimension: Total running time: 0:10:44

Creator: Leven Cimkentli interviewed by Deena Bak Identifier: aql:18431 cimkentli_levent_full

Description: Levent Cimkentli describes his family's strong connections to the World's Fair. They arrived in the U.S. in 1963, and his father's first job on American soil was as a janitor at the Ford exhibit. Though he has no personal recollections of the Fair (since he was only a year old), he describes his family's sense that the Fair was part of the "promise of tomorrow" and that it was a magical place. He also talks about his own collection of World's Fair memorabilia, including several items related to the Hall of Magic and the magicians who performed at the Fair as well as the prized piece of his collection, a photograph from the 1939 Fair. He also expresses his hope that the New York Pavilion will be restored to its former grandeur.

Title : Levent Cimkentli, Full Interview

Collection : aql:20455; aql:18354

Creator : Leven Cimkentli interviewed by Deena Bak

Date : Time Period: 1964 - 1965; 2014-10-05; Interview recorded: Oct 5, 2014

Summary/Description : Levent Cimkentli describes his family's strong connections to the World's Fair. They arrived in the U.S. in 1963, and his father's first job on American soil was as a janitor at the Ford exhibit. Though he has no personal recollections of the Fair (since he was only a year old), he describes his family's sense that the Fair was part of the "promise of tomorrow" and that it was a magical place. He also talks about his own collection of World's Fair memorabilia, including several items related to the Hall of Magic and the magicians who performed at the Fair as well as the prized piece of his collection, a photograph from the 1939 Fair. He also expresses his hope that the New York Pavilion will be restored to its former grandeur.

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: Levent Cimkentli

Rights : Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

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: 0:10:44

Identifier : aql:18431 cimkentli_levent_full