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Laurie Greenwald, Clip 1: Hopscotch at PS 117

Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Laurie Greenwald
Date: Time Period: 1960 - 2012; 2012-02-01; Interview recorded: February 1 2012 Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and SoundStudio. Dimension: Total running time: 0:04:51
Creator: Laurie Greenwald interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt Identifier: aql:20628 greenwald_laurie_clip1

Description: Laurie Greenwald attended elementary school during the 1960's at PS 117 and later sent her two daughters there as well. She describes how the ethnic populations changed a great deal in the time between her days there and her daughters'. Children no longer play hopscotch, a game Ms. Greenwald can describe in detail from her memories on the PS 117 playground.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:20664

Creator : Laurie Greenwald interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt

Date : Time Period: 1960 - 2012; 2012-02-01; Interview recorded: February 1 2012

Summary/Description : Laurie Greenwald attended elementary school during the 1960's at PS 117 and later sent her two daughters there as well. She describes how the ethnic populations changed a great deal in the time between her days there and her daughters'. Children no longer play hopscotch, a game Ms. Greenwald can describe in detail from her memories on the PS 117 playground.

Subject : Hopscotch; Playgrounds; P.S. 117 (Queens, 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.

Coverage : Locations discussed: Jamaica, Queens, NY Jamaica (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and SoundStudio.; Total running time: 0:04:51

Identifier : aql:20628 greenwald_laurie_clip1

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Hopscotch; Playgrounds; P.S. 117 (Queens, 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.


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