Donald Hirschhorn, Clip 1: 1939 World's Fair
Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Donald Hirschhorn
Date: Time Period: 1939; 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: 0:01:43
Creator: Donald Hirschhorn interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Identifier: aql:20595 hirschhorn_donald_clip1
Description: Donald Hirschhorn recalls his excitement at attending the 1939 World's Fair as a child. The Fair, held in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, featured exhibits of many futuristic technologies. He describes getting free food samples at the Heinz Building, while his wife Sandy remembers Elsie the Cow and the automatic milking machine.
Creator :
Donald Hirschhorn interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Date :
Time Period: 1939; 2012-08-15; Interview recorded: August 15 2012
Summary/Description :
Donald Hirschhorn recalls his excitement at attending the 1939 World's Fair as a child. The Fair, held in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, featured exhibits of many futuristic technologies. He describes getting free food samples at the Heinz Building, while his wife Sandy remembers Elsie the Cow and the automatic milking machine.
Subject :
Exhibitions
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: Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, NY Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (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: 0:01:43
Identifier :
aql:20595 hirschhorn_donald_clip1
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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