Jon Sperling, Full Interview
Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Jon Sperling
Date: Time Period: 1939-1965; 2015-07-29; Interview recorded: July 29, 2015
Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR 07 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:06:04
Creator: Jon Sperling interviewed by Jennifer Sanchez
Identifier: aql:33800 spearling_jon_full
Description: Jon is a lifelong resident of New York and is currently a Biology Professor at Queens College. He briefly discusses his only two memories of the 39/40 World’s Fair –television and the “Highway of the Future”– which he visited when he was three years old. Paul explains that at the time of the fair he lived in Brooklyn and moved to Forest Hills in 1941 where he often visited Flushing Meadows Park. He reflects on his memories of visiting the park after the fair had already been taken down. When asked about his memories of the 64/65 World’s Fair he explains that he doesn’t remember it because he just wasn’t interested.
Creator :
Jon Sperling interviewed by Jennifer Sanchez
Date :
Time Period: 1939-1965; 2015-07-29; Interview recorded: July 29, 2015
Summary/Description :
Jon is a lifelong resident of New York and is currently a Biology Professor at Queens College. He briefly discusses his only two memories of the 39/40 World’s Fair –television and the “Highway of the Future”– which he visited when he was three years old. Paul explains that at the time of the fair he lived in Brooklyn and moved to Forest Hills in 1941 where he often visited Flushing Meadows Park. He reflects on his memories of visiting the park after the fair had already been taken down. When asked about his memories of the 64/65 World’s Fair he explains that he doesn’t remember it because he just wasn’t interested.
Subject :
Exhibitions; New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.)
Rights :
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Coverage :
Locations discussed: Flushing, Queens, NY Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.) Forest Hills (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR 07 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth.; Total running time: 0:06:04
Identifier :
aql:33800 spearling_jon_full
Subject:
Exhibitions; New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.)
Exhibitions; New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.)
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