Sal Porio, Clip 2: Neighborhood Life in Astoria
Collection: StoryCorps Collection at The Archives at Queens Library
Date: Time Period: 1940s; 2008-06-29; Interview recorded: June 29, 2008
Material: Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:06:17
Creator: Sal Porio interviewed by Laura Porio Silence
Identifier: aql:22296 scc-sp-clip-000002
Description: Sal Porio, describes the area where he grew up in Astoria, including stories about playing slapball, stickball, and ringalevio on John Street, a favorite neighborhood spot. As they got older, he and his friends played baseball and shared rides if someone had a car.
Creator :
Sal Porio interviewed by Laura Porio Silence
Date :
Time Period: 1940s; 2008-06-29; Interview recorded: June 29, 2008
Summary/Description :
Sal Porio, describes the area where he grew up in Astoria, including stories about playing slapball, stickball, and ringalevio on John Street, a favorite neighborhood spot. As they got older, he and his friends played baseball and shared rides if someone had a car.
Subject :
Children; Games; Automobiles; Baseball; Neighborhoods
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: Astoria, Queens, NY Astoria (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: 0:06:17
Identifier :
aql:22296 scc-sp-clip-000002
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
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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