David Mamasoff - His father sold frozen seafood to Nathan's

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Selling frozen seafood to Nathan Handwerker
Dance lessons with Woody Guthrie's wife

Date

June 2008

People/Organizations

David Mamasoff (interviewee)
Marjorie Guthrie (describes)
Nathan Handwerker (describes)
Amanda Deutch (interviewer)

Places

Nathan's Famous

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David grew up in Sheepshead Bay and shares two particular memories of Coney Island. He remembers his father, an early importer of frozen seafood, being the first person to sell frozen seafood to Nathan Handwerker of Nathan's Famous. David remembers bringing him samples of peeled shrimp. He also recalls Woody Guthrie's wife, Marjorie, giving dance lessons to his friend on Mermaid Avenue.