Oral History Archive

Filtering by signage back to all
Frederick Brosen
Artist whose watercolors of the Astroland Rocket and Wonder Wheel sign are emblematic of Coney Island
Stephen Gaffney
Artist and educator who restored the old signs and painted new ones for Paul's Daughter
Sam Moses
Sign-painting legend, musician and Sea Gate resident
Courtney King
Jamaican-born artist and Coney Island resident
Gabriel Valencia
Twenty years as part of the family at Gregory & Paul's and Paul's Daughter on the Coney Island Boardwalk
Hector George Wallace
An immigrant sign painter recounts his journey from Jamaica and the UK to Coney Island.