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Jane Duffy, Clip 3: Living in Woodside

Collection: Queens College Irish Studies Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Jane Duffy
Date: Time Period: 1948 - 2015; 2015-02-01; Interview recorded: February 1, 2015 Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension: Total running time: 0:04:09
Creator: Jane Duffy interviewed by Eileen Sprague Identifier: aql:23152 duffy-jane-clip3

Description: Jane Duffy came to Sunnyside when she got married, a ground floor apartment on 45th street. Jane bought a two family house in Woodside after having two kids and pregnant with the third. She lived in one and rented the other, living rent free for forty years. At that time Woodside was mainly Irish, Italians and Germans. Saint Sebastian School was a big draw back in those days to move to Woodside. It was nearby so Jane didn’t have to drive since she didn’t have an American license.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:18449

Creator : Jane Duffy interviewed by Eileen Sprague

Date : Time Period: 1948 - 2015; 2015-02-01; Interview recorded: February 1, 2015

Summary/Description : Jane Duffy came to Sunnyside when she got married, a ground floor apartment on 45th street. Jane bought a two family house in Woodside after having two kids and pregnant with the third. She lived in one and rented the other, living rent free for forty years. At that time Woodside was mainly Irish, Italians and Germans. Saint Sebastian School was a big draw back in those days to move to Woodside. It was nearby so Jane didn’t have to drive since she didn’t have an American license.

Subject : Irish Americans; Irish American families; Saint Sebastian Academy (Woodside, New York, N.Y.)

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Coverage : Locations discussed: Woodside and Sunnyside, Queens, NY; Ireland Woodside (New York, N.Y.) Sunnyside (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.) Ireland

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth.; Total running time: 0:04:09

Identifier : aql:23152 duffy-jane-clip3

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Irish Americans; Irish American families; Saint Sebastian Academy (Woodside, New York, N.Y.)

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