Filtering by 1930 - 1939
![Photo courtesy of Anatoli Kardiukov/JASA/Scheuer House of CI OAC & Luna Park Annex.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/10831/images/jeanette_bigelson_3.png?itok=MZhtcJ3D&c=cfaf97ce0afad6acab758e0e12da5539)
Jeanette Bigelson
At age 103, Coney Island resident shares her memories and secrets to a long and happy life
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Frank Gurrera
Machinist at MTA's Coney Island Overhaul and Repair Shop and oldest active TWU Local 100 member
![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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Juanhua Zhao
Tai chi teacher at Coney Island's Seaside Innovative Senior Center shares her life story
![Postcard: Coney Island History Project Collection](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/9515/images/steeplechase_pool_2.jpg?itok=818V6UQe&c=19be1538dcf139e61eb84f0025b83c51)
Nancy Gabriel
Memories of visiting Uncle Pete, who ran a food concession at Steeplechase Pool in the 1930s-50s
![Greg Birbil as a boy with his sisters Katina and Fevronia. Photo by Tilyou Studio Photographers. Courtesy of Greg Birbil.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/9484/images/birbil_3_1.jpg?itok=MLrr7WLV)
Greg Birbil
Greg Birbil's father, Paul, was a candy maker who owned the Paradise Ice Cream Parlor on Surf Avenue
![Steven Feinstein, owner of Wilensky Hardware store. Photo © Charles Denson.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/8842/images/steve_6575.jpg?itok=0uc8tIJJ)
Steven Feinstein
Reflections on running Wilensky Hardware, a 100-year-old family business on Mermaid Avenue
![Yeva Novik, 2019. Photo by Julia Kanin for the Coney Island History Project.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/8510/images/yeva_novik_1_.jpg?itok=-LZKnkqr)
Yeva Novik
A 90-year-old Coney Island resident recounts her journey from Moscow to Southern Brooklyn
![Connie Scacciaferro (bottom left) and friends Ann, Marilyn and Terry on the beach at Coney Island in the 1940s. Photo courtesy of the Scacciaferro family.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/7686/images/connie_scacciaferro_1.jpg?itok=2kGvWSjW&c=a73bdf29aecc9723bf62aaf57a2650bc)
Connie Scacciaferro
Memories of going to Coney Island Beach as a child in the 1930's and a teenager in the '40s
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Mort Shatzkin
Memories of growing up in Coney Island and the family business, Shatzkin's Famous Knishes