Interview with Marcia
Collection: Collection on the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair
Date: 1980
Material: height: 11 x width: 8 1/2 inches, 8 pages
Contributor: Susman, Warren, 1927-1985
Identifier: aql:2277 1980.8.60WF39 QMOA
Description: Interview with Marcia (last name unknown) who was eight years old when she attended the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair. She recalls the long lines to see the Futurama exhibit; Heineken's on the Zuider Zee; and viewing the babies at the incubator exhibit. Transcript from oral histories conducted under the direction of Warren Susman in conjunction with the "Dawn of A New Day" exhibition at the Queens Museum of Art in 1980. Some transcripts may be incomplete or may not follow the interview verbatim.
Contributor :
Susman, Warren, 1927-1985
Date :
1980
Summary/Description :
Interview with Marcia (last name unknown) who was eight years old when she attended the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair. She recalls the long lines to see the Futurama exhibit; Heineken's on the Zuider Zee; and viewing the babies at the incubator exhibit. Transcript from oral histories conducted under the direction of Warren Susman in conjunction with the "Dawn of A New Day" exhibition at the Queens Museum of Art in 1980. Some transcripts may be incomplete or may not follow the interview verbatim.
Subject :
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); General Motors Corporation; Lines; Incubators (Pediatrics)
Rights :
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.
Coverage :
Queens (New York, N.Y.) Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
transcripts
Format :
height: 11 x width: 8 1/2 inches, 8 pages
Identifier :
aql:2277 1980.8.60WF39 QMOA
Subject:
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); General Motors Corporation; Lines; Incubators (Pediatrics)
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); General Motors Corporation; Lines; Incubators (Pediatrics)
Rights Notice
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.
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