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Rebecca Rushfield, Clip 2: Queens and "the city"

Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Rebecca Rushfield
Date: Time Period: 1970 - 2012; 2012-06-13; Interview recorded: May 13 2012 Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Sound Studio. Dimension: Total running time: 0:02:51
Creator: Rebecca Rushfield interviews by Sheila Williams Identifier: aql:20636 rushfield_rebecca_clip2

Description: Rebecca Rushfield has lived 56 years in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. She began venturing into "the city" (Manhattan) with friends to shop, visit museums and parks, during her teenage years. Today, she observes a sharp divide between her family life in Queens and her professional life in the city.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:20680

Creator : Rebecca Rushfield interviews by Sheila Williams

Date : Time Period: 1970 - 2012; 2012-06-13; Interview recorded: May 13 2012

Summary/Description : Rebecca Rushfield has lived 56 years in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. She began venturing into "the city" (Manhattan) with friends to shop, visit museums and parks, during her teenage years. Today, she observes a sharp divide between her family life in Queens and her professional life in the city.

Subject : Department stores

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: Kew Gardens Hill, Queens and Manhattan, NY Kew Gardens Hills (New York, N.Y.) Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Sound Studio.; Total running time: 0:02:51

Identifier : aql:20636 rushfield_rebecca_clip2

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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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