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Edna Davis, Clip 1: 1940s Hangouts

Collection: StoryCorps Collection at The Archives at Queens Library: Edna Davis
Date: Time Period: circa 1945; 2008-01-13; Interview recorded: January 13, 2008 Material: Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth CS5. Dimension: Total running time: 0:02:29
Creator: Edna Davis interviewed by Christopher Mazura Identifier: aql:22308 scc-ed-clip-000001

Description: Edna Davis talks about hanging out in her younger years. She hated fishing in Brooklyn, but she loved choosing her own bottle soda out of a huge ice chest afterwards. She also talks about Lehman's Ice Cream Parlor, where she hung out with her friends all the time. She compares the feelings there to one she's seen in West Side Story.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:22325

Creator : Edna Davis interviewed by Christopher Mazura

Date : Time Period: circa 1945; 2008-01-13; Interview recorded: January 13, 2008

Summary/Description : Edna Davis talks about hanging out in her younger years. She hated fishing in Brooklyn, but she loved choosing her own bottle soda out of a huge ice chest afterwards. She also talks about Lehman's Ice Cream Parlor, where she hung out with her friends all the time. She compares the feelings there to one she's seen in West Side Story.

Subject : Children; Fishing; Ice cream parlors

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: Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Glendale (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth CS5.; Total running time: 0:02:29

Identifier : aql:22308 scc-ed-clip-000001

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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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