Oral History Archive

Filtering by 1970 - 1979 back to all

Maria Argano with Gwen Sooling

Grew up in Luna Park Houses in the 1970's and worked at Nathan's

Roy Sylvan Sartin

Model Maker and Music Producer

Betty Fair

Lifelong Coney Island resident

Stanley Fox

Ran penny arcades in Coney Island for over 20 years

Bobby Nagy

Roller coaster aficionado

Kevin Rexach

Worked at the B&B Carousell

Sheila Buxbaum Fitlin

Family owned the Shamrock Irish House and Eldorado Arcade

Lily Binder

Artist and photographer

Reginald Sweeny

Life-long resident of Coney Island

Joan and Julie Curran

Longtime residents of Coney Island

Lou Powsner

Coney Island businessman and neighborhood activist

Jimmy Prince

Proprietor of Major Markets, Coney Island's oldest butcher shop

Louis Scarcella

Longtime resident of Coney Island and former President of the Polar Bear Club