Oral History Archive

Filtering by 1930 - 1939 back to all

Commendatore Aldo Mancusi

Memories of Coney Island in the 1930s and '40s and growing up in Brooklyn in an Italian family

Louise Milano

Louise Milano's mother, Carolina, operated Carolina Restaurant on Mermaid Avenue for 60 years

Mary Loretta Hood

Mary Hood came to Coney Island as a child and worked on the Bowery well into her 90s

Judge Steve Arniotes

The story behind the Boardwalk Lido Restaurant and the family who operated it from 1927 until 1960

Jose Beth Smolensky

Juilliard trained musician whose family owned Washington Baths

Jay Green (Gerald Greenberg)

Three-time International Jugglers Association champion and resident of Southern Brooklyn

George Rudes

Clothing company CEO George Rudes grew up in the shadow of the Half Moon Hotel

Pat Lingenbach

Avid weekender in Coney Island

Joseph Svehlak

Fond memories of Coney Island

Corinne Robbins

Grew up a daredevil in New York City

Harry Gans

Lived in Coney Island from 1938 thru early 1950's

Rose Patton

Lived next door to Luna Park

Ed Radonic

Organist and grandson of B&B Carousell organ doctor

Goldie Durlester

Lived through the Great Depression in Coney Island

Joseph Albanese

87-year-old remembers the Nickel Empire

Jocelyn Cantor

Grew up on Avenue Z in the 1930's and 40's

David Rapaport

Got stuck on the Parachute Jump

Marion Kantrowitz

Rode the Cyclone at 4 years old