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David Kass, Clip 2: Favorite NY Places

Collection: This recording is part of the StoryCorps Collection at The Archives at Queens Library and is available in digital audio.
Date: Time Period: 1960s; 1970s; 2007-03-10; Interview recorded: March 10, 2007 Material: Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth . Dimension: Total running time: 0:03:30
Creator: David Kass interviewed by Lori Kass Identifier: aql:22251 scc-dk-clip-000002

Description: David Kass talks about his favorite places as a child, such as the Queensboro Bridge, which he wasn't allowed to cross. He also went to the Bronx Zoo almost every week because his parents grew up in the Bronx. He also frequented Sagamore Hill in Long Island, the home of Teddy Roosevelt. David's family went to Rockaway Amusement Park more often than Coney Island, where he and his sister flipped coins onto dots on a big board, which would win them a prize.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:22325

Creator : David Kass interviewed by Lori Kass

Date : Time Period: 1960s; 1970s; 2007-03-10; Interview recorded: March 10, 2007

Summary/Description : David Kass talks about his favorite places as a child, such as the Queensboro Bridge, which he wasn't allowed to cross. He also went to the Bronx Zoo almost every week because his parents grew up in the Bronx. He also frequented Sagamore Hill in Long Island, the home of Teddy Roosevelt. David's family went to Rockaway Amusement Park more often than Coney Island, where he and his sister flipped coins onto dots on a big board, which would win them a prize.

Subject : Children; Bronx Zoo; Sagamore Hill National Historic Site (Oyster Bay, N.Y.)

Rights : Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.; Produced by John White with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the stories of our lives. www.storycorps.org

Coverage : Locations discussed: Rockaway Beach, Queens, NY; Bronx, NY ; Queensboro Bridge, NY Queensboro Bridge (New York, N.Y.) Rockaway Beach (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth .; Total running time: 0:03:30

Identifier : aql:22251 scc-dk-clip-000002

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Subject:
Children; Bronx Zoo; Sagamore Hill National Historic Site (Oyster Bay, N.Y.)

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Rights Notice
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.; Produced by John White with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the stories of our lives. www.storycorps.org


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