Ralph Almaz and Yury Almaz, Full Interview
Collection: This recording is part of the 30th Ave - A Year in the Life of a Street Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Ralph and Yury Almaz
Date: Time Period: 1985 - 2011; 2011-09-25; Interview recorded: September 25 2011
Material: Digital audio recording made using Olympus Linear PCM Recorder LS-10 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth CS5. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:06:50
Creator: Ralph and Yury Almaz interviewed by Annabel Short
Identifier: aql:18661 almaz_ralph_full
Description: Ralph and Yury Almaz are brothers from Uzbekistan, who set up their own jewelry store on Astoria's 30th Ave in 1985. They specialize in engagement and wedding jewelry. They buy many of their products at the bi-annual jewelry fairs at Jacob Javits Convention Center in Manhattan but then customize it themselves. Ralph focuses on the front of shop work, and Yury on customizing the jewelry. Yury's son is in the diamond cutting business in Israel, and they import some of their diamonds from there. At the moment a lot of people are coming into the shop to sell their old gold items.
Creator :
Ralph and Yury Almaz interviewed by Annabel Short
Date :
Time Period: 1985 - 2011; 2011-09-25; Interview recorded: September 25 2011
Summary/Description :
Ralph and Yury Almaz are brothers from Uzbekistan, who set up their own jewelry store on Astoria's 30th Ave in 1985. They specialize in engagement and wedding jewelry. They buy many of their products at the bi-annual jewelry fairs at Jacob Javits Convention Center in Manhattan but then customize it themselves. Ralph focuses on the front of shop work, and Yury on customizing the jewelry. Yury's son is in the diamond cutting business in Israel, and they import some of their diamonds from there. At the moment a lot of people are coming into the shop to sell their old gold items.
Subject :
Jewelry stores
Rights :
Contact the Archives at Queens Library (718-990-0770) for research and reproduction requests.
Coverage :
Locations discussed: Astoria, Queens, NY Astoria (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using Olympus Linear PCM Recorder LS-10 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth CS5.; Total running time: 0:06:50
Identifier :
aql:18661 almaz_ralph_full
Rights Notice
Contact the Archives at Queens Library (718-990-0770) for research and reproduction requests.
Contact the Archives at Queens Library (718-990-0770) for research and reproduction requests.
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