Nettie and Lisa Stewart, Clip 4: Kissena Park
Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Nettie and Lisa Stewart
Date: Time Period: circa 1960; 2011-10-21; Interview recorded: October 21 2011
Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Hindenburg. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:01:33
Creator: Nettie and Lisa Stewart interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Identifier: aql:20571 stewart_nettie_lisa_clip4
Description: Lisa Stewart describes walking to Kissena Park in the snow and going on a special trip with her mother, Nettie Stewart, each year. Mrs. Stewart would take her children and their friends from the building down to the park at the end of every school year. All the children who had been "promoted" to the next grade were invited. Lisa also notes that the Islanders hockey team practiced at the park.
Creator :
Nettie and Lisa Stewart interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Date :
Time Period: circa 1960; 2011-10-21; Interview recorded: October 21 2011
Summary/Description :
Lisa Stewart describes walking to Kissena Park in the snow and going on a special trip with her mother, Nettie Stewart, each year. Mrs. Stewart would take her children and their friends from the building down to the park at the end of every school year. All the children who had been "promoted" to the next grade were invited. Lisa also notes that the Islanders hockey team practiced at the park.
Subject :
Parks; Skating; Snow; Children; New York Islanders (Hockey team); James A. Bland 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: Kissena Park, 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: 0:01:33
Identifier :
aql:20571 stewart_nettie_lisa_clip4
Subject:
Parks; Skating; Snow; Children; New York Islanders (Hockey team); James A. Bland Houses
Parks; Skating; Snow; Children; New York Islanders (Hockey team); James A. Bland Houses
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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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