Gertrude McDonald, Clip 1: Mother picked the top floor
Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Gertrude McDonald
Date: Time Period: 1920s; 2011-06-20; Interview recorded: June 20 2011
Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Hindenburg. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:02:22
Creator: Gertrude McDonald interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Identifier: aql:20470 mcdonald_gertrude_clip1
Description: In 1923, Mrs. McDonald's family moved to Sunnyside from Yorkville where most of the apartments were cold water flats. In this clip, she describes living in those old cold water flats. Her family's Sunnyside apartment was a considerable improvement with its heat and hot water.
Creator :
Gertrude McDonald interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Date :
Time Period: 1920s; 2011-06-20; Interview recorded: June 20 2011
Summary/Description :
In 1923, Mrs. McDonald's family moved to Sunnyside from Yorkville where most of the apartments were cold water flats. In this clip, she describes living in those old cold water flats. Her family's Sunnyside apartment was a considerable improvement with its heat and hot water.
Subject :
Apartments; Moving, Household; Families; Metropolitan Houses
Rights :
This recording is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Coverage :
Locations discussed: Sunnyside, Queens, NY Sunnyside (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Hindenburg.; Total running time: 0:02:22
Identifier :
aql:20470 mcdonald_gertrude_clip1
Subject:
Apartments; Moving, Household; Families; Metropolitan Houses
Apartments; Moving, Household; Families; Metropolitan Houses
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Rights Notice
This recording is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
This recording is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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