Oral History Archive

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John Hunt

Model builder of roller coasters and amusement rides including the Cyclone and Deno's Wonder Wheel

Robert Serrano Jr.

Ride operator at Deno's Wonder Wheel Park for 11 years and Michael Jackson impressionist

Jewel Hough

Working at Coney Island's Deno's Wonder Wheel Park for 18 Years

Ronald Kannatt (The Prince of Coney Island)

Twenty years at Deno's Wonder Wheel Park's Karaoke on the Boardwalk

Lola Glass (Lola the Illustrator)

A nine-year-old artist whose favorite place is Coney Island paints a mural at Deno's Wonder Wheel Park

Joel Zika

The founder of the Dark Ride Project on documenting Spook-A-Rama and other historic dark rides

Marie Martorano

Bensonhurst native recalls riding Spook-A-Rama and playing Fascination in the 1970s

Jorge Gallegos

Working year-round at Deno's Wonder Wheel Park for 30 years

Happy New Year 2016!

New Year's Day greetings and Coney Island memories recorded at Deno's Wonder Wheel

Max and Stef

Getting engaged on the Wonder Wheel, the most romantic ride in the world

Louis Beard

Arcade game repairman

D.J. Vourderis

D.J. Vourderis adds solar panels to the Wonder Wheel