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Donald Hirschhorn, Clip 3: Going to the Movies

Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Donald Hirschhorn
Date: Time Period: 1930 - 1945; 2012-08-15; Interview recorded: August 15 2012 Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Audacity. Dimension: Total running time: 0:02:02
Creator: Donald Hirschhorn interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt Identifier: aql:20535 hirschhorn_donald_clip3

Description: Donald Hirschhorn describes going to the movies every Saturday as a child, often at the Community Theater in Queens Village. He and his friends sat in the children's section and enjoyed a double feature and a chapter play, in addition to the chance of winning an ice cream at the nearby Kresge's store. The theater's air conditioning was an added bonus in the hot summer months.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:20666

Creator : Donald Hirschhorn interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt

Date : Time Period: 1930 - 1945; 2012-08-15; Interview recorded: August 15 2012

Summary/Description : Donald Hirschhorn describes going to the movies every Saturday as a child, often at the Community Theater in Queens Village. He and his friends sat in the children's section and enjoyed a double feature and a chapter play, in addition to the chance of winning an ice cream at the nearby Kresge's store. The theater's air conditioning was an added bonus in the hot summer months.

Subject : Motion picture theaters

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: Queens Village, Queens, NY Queens Village (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Audacity.; Total running time: 0:02:02

Identifier : aql:20535 hirschhorn_donald_clip3

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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.


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