Richard Hourahan, Clip 4: Impact of the World's Fairs
Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Richard Hourahan
Date: Time Period: 1900 - 2010; 2010-07-06; Interview recorded: July 6 2010
Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Hindenburg. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:01:55
Creator: Richard Hourahan interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Identifier: aql:20478 hourahan_richard_clip4
Description: According to Mr. Hourahan, the impact of the World's Fairs on Flushing included topographical changes consisting of man made lakes, Flushing Creek, and ash heaps. The perceptions that people came from other countries to work at the fair and then stayed, or that the fair spurred immigration, are not entirely accurate. The proprietor of the Taiwan Exhibition in 1964 remained after the fair and opened a restaurant, but Hourahan contends that he was an unusual case since Flushing had crime and drug problems at the time.
Creator :
Richard Hourahan interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Date :
Time Period: 1900 - 2010; 2010-07-06; Interview recorded: July 6 2010
Summary/Description :
According to Mr. Hourahan, the impact of the World's Fairs on Flushing included topographical changes consisting of man made lakes, Flushing Creek, and ash heaps. The perceptions that people came from other countries to work at the fair and then stayed, or that the fair spurred immigration, are not entirely accurate. The proprietor of the Taiwan Exhibition in 1964 remained after the fair and opened a restaurant, but Hourahan contends that he was an unusual case since Flushing had crime and drug problems at the time.
Subject :
Emigration and immigration; New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
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.
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Locations discussed: Flushing, Queens, NY Flushing (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: 0:01:55
Identifier :
aql:20478 hourahan_richard_clip4
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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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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