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Jeanette Bigelson
At age 103, Coney Island resident shares her memories and secrets to a long and happy life
![Mermaid Avenue, Coney Island, in the 1950s. Coney Island History Project Collection.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/8983/images/mermaid.siegels.logo_.468.jpg?itok=LimJH9C-&c=78c4c37b885a2df0052e9ada37843f42)
Charles Guariglia
Memories of working a bread route on Coney Island's Mermaid Avenue in the 1950's and '60s
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Emmanuel Elpenord
An actor's memories of growing up in Sea Rise apartments and a souvenir of the Wonder Wheel
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Frank Gurrera
Machinist at MTA's Coney Island Overhaul and Repair Shop and oldest active TWU Local 100 member
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Anthony Wang
Resident of senior housing in Coney Island was born in Shanghai and survived the Cultural Revolution
![Gargiulo's Restaurant](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/6165/images/gargiulo_restaurant.2.jpg?itok=xfJSTgHp&c=eaa736d181aa8ee3e6284405b1ba0483)
Josephine Gargiulo Cassata
Daughter of Gargiulo's founder was born in an apartment above Coney Island's famous restaurant
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Shavon Meyers
A poet and storyteller on growing up in Coney Island at Gravesend Houses, the beach and Astroland
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Gabriel Valencia
Twenty-five years at Gregory & Paul's and Paul's Daughter on the Coney Island Boardwalk
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Lorraine Ross
Resident of Coney Island for 47 years and retired transit cleaner at Stillwell Terminal