Filtering by 1970 - 1979
![Photo courtesy of Anatoli Kardiukov/JASA/Scheuer House of CI OAC & Luna Park Annex.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/10831/images/jeanette_bigelson_3.png?itok=MZhtcJ3D&c=cfaf97ce0afad6acab758e0e12da5539)
Jeanette Bigelson
At age 103, Coney Island resident shares her memories and secrets to a long and happy life
![Mermaid Avenue, Coney Island, in the 1950s. Coney Island History Project Collection.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/8983/images/mermaid.siegels.logo_.468.jpg?itok=LimJH9C-&c=78c4c37b885a2df0052e9ada37843f42)
Charles Guariglia
Memories of working a bread route on Coney Island's Mermaid Avenue in the 1950's and '60s
![](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/8277/images/frank_gurrera_photo.jpg?itok=xwJeUo6l&c=37cd95bac5c9ffe863eccd8dff9234e4)
Frank Gurrera
Machinist at MTA's Coney Island Overhaul and Repair Shop and oldest active TWU Local 100 member
![](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/6395/images/anthonywang2.jpg?itok=hdksDyoG)
Anthony Wang
Resident of senior housing in Coney Island was born in Shanghai and survived the Cultural Revolution
![Gargiulo's Restaurant](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/6165/images/gargiulo_restaurant.2.jpg?itok=xfJSTgHp&c=eaa736d181aa8ee3e6284405b1ba0483)
Josephine Gargiulo Cassata
Daughter of Gargiulo's founder was born in an apartment above Coney Island's famous restaurant
![](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/8757/images/lorraine_ross_1.jpg?itok=u_8POVve)
Lorraine Ross
Resident of Coney Island for 47 years and retired transit cleaner at Stillwell Terminal
![Photo of Lu Zhao by Sylvia Ching Man Wong for the Coney Island History Project.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/8732/images/img_7581.jpg?itok=W6F8JVP5)
Lu Zhao
Calligrapher recounts his artistic journey from China's Guangdong Province to Brooklyn's Bensonhurst
![John Hunt with one of his scale models of the Cyclone. Photo courtesy of John Hunt.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/9561/images/img_0395.jpg?itok=062xgkDT&c=232f3aaec3bce557e06733a4f673a5a7)
John Hunt
Model builder of roller coasters and amusement rides including the Cyclone and Deno's Wonder Wheel
![](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/9560/images/yuanhua_zhao_1.jpg?itok=HgFdu56C&c=ee81afc6706a52c23729f0dce29bd353)
Juanhua Zhao
Tai chi teacher at Coney Island's Seaside Innovative Senior Center shares her life story
![Photo: Coney Island History Project Collection](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/9485/images/tornado_postcard_resized.jpg?itok=qUKSoXu-)
Michael Liff
Memories of working at the Tornado roller coaster and other Coney Island rides and games in the 1970s