Esther Weinreb Clip 2: Immigrating to the United States

Collection: Queens Museum Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Esther Weinreb

Date: Time Period: 1905; 1922; 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: 0:00:47

Creator: Esther Weinreb interviewed by Abigail Banks Identifier: aql:18437 weinreb_esther_clip2

Description: Esther Weinreb's parents both took her to the World's Fair in 1939 with the train. They found it very interesting because they were both European immigrants, her mother from Poland and her father from Russia. Her mother didn't speak English well but had a great love and admiration for America.

Title : Esther Weinreb Clip 2: Immigrating to the United States

Collection : aql:20455; aql:18354

Creator : Esther Weinreb interviewed by Abigail Banks

Date : Time Period: 1905; 1922; 2014-10-17; Interview recorded: Oct 17, 2014

Summary/Description : Esther Weinreb's parents both took her to the World's Fair in 1939 with the train. They found it very interesting because they were both European immigrants, her mother from Poland and her father from Russia. Her mother didn't speak English well but had a great love and admiration for America.

Subject : Emigration and immigration; Patriotism; 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

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

Coverage : Locations discussed: Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, NY Russia 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: 0:00:47

Identifier : aql:18437 weinreb_esther_clip2