Benny Banker, 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: Benny Banker
Date: Time Period: 1998 - 2011; 2011-08-25; Interview recorded: August 25 2011
Material: Digital audio recording made using Olympus Linear PCM Recorder LS-10 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth CS5. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:11:19
Creator: Benny Banker interviewed by Annabel Short
Identifier: aql:18680 banker_benny_full
Description: Benny Banker, originally from Gujarat in India, works for the United States Postal Service and has been delivering mail along 30th Ave. in Astoria for 13 years. He talks about how the work is not as tough as people may think – the really hot days or the snowstorms are only around 10 days in a year – and the importance of a positive attitude. He says that despite its financial difficulties, he thinks the Postal Service will survive, particularly in cities.
Creator :
Benny Banker interviewed by Annabel Short
Date :
Time Period: 1998 - 2011; 2011-08-25; Interview recorded: August 25 2011
Summary/Description :
Benny Banker, originally from Gujarat in India, works for the United States Postal Service and has been delivering mail along 30th Ave. in Astoria for 13 years. He talks about how the work is not as tough as people may think – the really hot days or the snowstorms are only around 10 days in a year – and the importance of a positive attitude. He says that despite its financial difficulties, he thinks the Postal Service will survive, particularly in cities.
Subject :
Letter carriers; Neighborhoods; United States Postal Service
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: 0:11:19
Identifier :
aql:18680 banker_benny_full
Subject:
Letter carriers; Neighborhoods; United States Postal Service
Letter carriers; Neighborhoods; United States Postal Service
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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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