Oral History Archive

Filtering by 1940 - 1949 back to all

Goldie Durlester

Lived through the Great Depression in Coney Island

Nicholas Carillo

Son of Richard Carillo, Concession Owner

Jocelyn Cantor

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

Marty Reich

Locker Boy at Oriole Baths who hung out at Washington Baths with his friends

Robert Shapiro

Lived on Mermaid Ave. between 35th and 36th Streets between 1945 and 1965

Peter Agrapides

Owner of Williams Candy and past owner of Fascination Arcade

David Rapaport

Got stuck on the Parachute Jump

Marion Kantrowitz

Rode the Cyclone at 4 years old

Stanley Fox

Ran penny arcades in Coney Island for over 20 years

Sheila Buxbaum Fitlin

Family owned the Shamrock Irish House and Eldorado Arcade

Lorraine Reitman Gorelick

Resident of Coney Island in the 1940's

Ralph Perfetto

Grew up in Coney Island in the 1940's

Alvin Dorfman

1944 Lincoln HS graduate and former West Brighton resident

Linda and Michael Merr

Family of former Coney game and ride owner Jack Merr

Lou Powsner

Coney Island businessman and neighborhood activist

Terry Silverman

Cousin of Beth Allen, incubator baby

Lennie Fogel

Son of West End and Sea Gate shopkeepers in the 1940's and 50's