Oral History Archive

Filtering by 1950 - 1959 back to all

Commendatore Aldo Mancusi

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

Anthony Martire

A family tradition of raising and racing homing pigeons in Coney Island

Louise Milano

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

Taty and Ralph Alicea

Mother and son remember the Laughing Lady at Coney's Magic Carpet Fun House

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

Eva Zucker

Memories of a Yiddish literary household in 1940's and 1950's Coney Island and Sea Gate

Morris Egert

Polish immigrant finds success with an Italian food stand in 1950s Coney Island

Joe Rysz

Visited Coney Island from Massachusetts as a boy

Stephanie Norr and Betty Cohn

Shared their 1950's childhood under the boardwalk

Dave Galler

Took the 13th Ave. trolley

Tommy Smith

Grew up in a Coney Island bungalow

Karen Levy Fogel

Family owned Levy's Bar and Grill

Vivian Palo

Loved growing up and raising children in Coney Island

Joseph Svehlak

Fond memories of Coney Island

Wally Roberts

The King of Jones Walk

Marie Roberts

A painter with a Coney Island legacy

José Beth Smolensky

Juilliard trained musician whose family owned Washington Baths