Filtering by 1940 - 1949
![Frieda at 17. Photo courtesy of Frieda Schwelke](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/10621/images/frieda_schwelke.jpg?itok=NGdq_F7V&c=d4d47030f8dd8299f1caa932467646ea)
Frieda Schwelke
Memories of growing up in Coney Island in the 1930s and '40s and moving to Luna Park Houses in 1962
![Photo courtesy of Esther Delgado.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/10325/images/esther_delgado_border.jpg?itok=I4t2Iojb&c=7fc703ad53b9c950a00b19720952e1ea)
Esther Delgado
Growing up in Gravesend and going to Coney Island in the 1940s and living there today
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Stanley Shapiro
Memories of growing up in Coney Island in the 1940s and going back four times a year
![Ellen and Martin Abrams on Coney Island Beach when they were dating in the 1950s. They got married in Coney Island in February 1961. Photo courtesy of Ellen and Martin Abrams.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/9836/images/marty_and_ellen_abrams.jpg?itok=IBJi2AHr)
Ellen Abrams
Memories of growing up on West 29th Street and meeting her lifeguard husband on Coney Island Beach
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Jeffrey Berman
Longtime Sea Gate resident and watercolor artist who teaches at Seaside Innovative Senior Center
![Silhouette courtesy of Robert Levrini](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/9371/images/robert_levrini_silhouette_2.jpg?itok=cJxxdLsh&c=9a3404b3663ba05bcb1ccadec3f864dd)
Robert Levrini
Memories of growing up on West 5th Street and grandfather's shoe repair shop on Ocean Parkway
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Chris Cuomo
Memories of riding the Steeplechase Horses, Human Roulette Wheel and Parachute Jump 70 years ago
![Sheila with her sister Sally on the beach in Coney Island. The caption says: Two bathing beauties? Freckle puss and pickle puss. "She wrote the caption being 15 years older than I was then." Photo courtesy of Sheila Levrant de Bretteville.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/8446/images/sheila_levrant_de_bretteville_6.jpg?itok=2jJ-spMA)
Sheila Levrant de Bretteville
Memories of growing up a block from the ocean and being head of Lincoln High School's Art Squad
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Carmela
Growing up on West 16th Street between Mermaid and Neptune in a cold water flat in the 1940s and '50s