Interview with Bernard Rosenfeld
Collection: Collection on the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair
Date: 1980
Material: height: 11 x width: 8 1/2 inches,12 pages
Contributor: Susman, Warren, 1927-1985
Identifier: aql:2287 1980.8.77WF39 QMOA
Description: In depth interview with World's Fair enthusiast and collector Bernard Rosenfeld, who attended the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair as a school child. He particularly enjoyed the St. Augustine's quote on the Medicine and Public Health Building, the Polish Pavilion, and the towering height of the Soviet Pavilion. He also discusses how the 1940 season was different from 1939, his hobby collecting World's Fair memorabilia, and subsequent Fairs he attended. 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 :
In depth interview with World's Fair enthusiast and collector Bernard Rosenfeld, who attended the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair as a school child. He particularly enjoyed the St. Augustine's quote on the Medicine and Public Health Building, the Polish Pavilion, and the towering height of the Soviet Pavilion. He also discusses how the 1940 season was different from 1939, his hobby collecting World's Fair memorabilia, and subsequent Fairs he attended. 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.); Collectors and collecting; New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.); Then & now comparisons; Exhibitions; Travel; Childhood and youth
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.) Soviet Union Poland
Type :
transcripts
Format :
height: 11 x width: 8 1/2 inches,12 pages
Identifier :
aql:2287 1980.8.77WF39 QMOA
Subject:
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Collectors and collecting; New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.); Then & now comparisons; Exhibitions; Travel; Childhood and youth
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Collectors and collecting; New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.); Then & now comparisons; Exhibitions; Travel; Childhood and youth
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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