Oral History Archive

Filtering by 1930 - 1939 back to all

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

Minnie Pinkwas

Moved to Coney Island in 1934

Sheila Buxbaum Fitlin

Family owned the Shamrock Irish House and Eldorado Arcade

Ralph Perfetto

Grew up in Coney Island in the 1940's

Freda Aron

Radio broadcaster and Coney Island native

Goldie Durlester

Depression-era resident and survivor of the 1932 fire