Esther Weinreb, Full Interview
Collection: Queens Museum Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Esther Weinreb
Date: Time Period: 1939; 2014-10-17; Interview recorded: Oct 17, 2014
Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Audition. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:09:44
Creator: Esther Weinreb interviewed by Abigail Banks
Identifier: aql:18434 weinreb_esther_full
Description: Esther Weinreb recounts her experience at the 1939 World's Fair. She was in sixth grade at the time and took at least two trips to visit, both with the school and with her family. She describes her favorite exhibit (the GM exhibit) as well as some of her memories from growing up in Brooklyn, playing games on the streets and watching as the maps of Europe changed at the beginning of World War II. She also talks about her parents' experiences as immigrants and how they instilled a love of America in her and her sisters.
Creator :
Esther Weinreb interviewed by Abigail Banks
Date :
Time Period: 1939; 2014-10-17; Interview recorded: Oct 17, 2014
Summary/Description :
Esther Weinreb recounts her experience at the 1939 World's Fair. She was in sixth grade at the time and took at least two trips to visit, both with the school and with her family. She describes her favorite exhibit (the GM exhibit) as well as some of her memories from growing up in Brooklyn, playing games on the streets and watching as the maps of Europe changed at the beginning of World War II. She also talks about her parents' experiences as immigrants and how they instilled a love of America in her and her sisters.
Subject :
Emigration and immigration; New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
Relation :
Queens Museum Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Esther Weinreb
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Coverage :
Locations discussed: Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, NY Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) 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: 0:09:44
Identifier :
aql:18434 weinreb_esther_full
Subject:
Emigration and immigration; New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
Emigration and immigration; New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
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