Filtering by English
![Ellen and Martin Abrams on Coney Island Beach when they were dating in the 1950s. They got married in Coney Island in February 1961. Photo courtesy of Ellen and Martin Abrams.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/9836/images/marty_and_ellen_abrams.jpg?itok=IBJi2AHr)
Ellen Abrams
Memories of growing up on West 29th Street and meeting her lifeguard husband on Coney Island Beach
![Photo of Tara Altebrando by Peter Lutjen. Courtesy of Tara Altebrando](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/9934/images/altebrando-resize.jpg?itok=pbB9uKIu&c=0f95b252536d304b6b74f224912bb8ab)
Tara Altebrando
Author of Dreamland Social Club, a novel set in Coney Island, who got engaged on the Wonder Wheel
![The saltwater pool at Washington Baths main bathhouse featured high and low diving boards. Photo: Coney Island History Project Collection](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/9899/images/washington-baths_pool_resized.jpg?itok=CNMugwxi&c=b9b353da14a69428db9b9d14bda16b11)
Alan Fine
Memories of Washington Baths Annex in the 1950s and meeting his wife there when they were children
![Lifeguard Martin Abrams on Coney Island Beach in the 1950s. Photo courtesy of Ellen and Martin Abrams.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/9835/images/marty_abrams_photo.jpg?itok=u21CnlUX)
Martin Abrams
Brooklynite who was a lifeguard in the 1950s and met his wife of 60 years on Coney Island Beach
![Ravenhall Pool. Postcard from the Coney Island History Project Collection.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/9812/images/ravenhall_pool.jpg?itok=Osexa1ih&c=7653de7a4cceb88ae16b4343b5da1397)
Natalie Johnson
Memories of having a season locker at Ravenhall and Washington Baths Annex in the 1950s and '60s
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Jeffrey Berman
Longtime Sea Gate resident and watercolor artist who teaches at Seaside Innovative Senior Center
![Cosmo Topper's storefront on Mermaid Avenue.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/9372/images/cosmo_shop.2.jpg?itok=Br-pWCKc)
Carole Scheer
Her father, Anthony Cosmo Pomaro, owned Cosmo Topper's Beauty Parlor on Mermaid Avenue
![Photo courtesy of Barbara Unterman Jones](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/9145/images/untermanjones_border_bl.jpg?itok=7OeC2L1E&c=e2fcbb264cf31e7c733e297b22900290)
Barbara Unterman Jones
Memories of being one of the first families to move into Gravesend Houses in 1954 and growing up there
![Silhouette courtesy of Robert Levrini](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/9371/images/robert_levrini_silhouette_2.jpg?itok=cJxxdLsh&c=9a3404b3663ba05bcb1ccadec3f864dd)
Robert Levrini
Memories of growing up on West 5th Street and grandfather's shoe repair shop on Ocean Parkway
![Frederick Brosen with his 2008 watercolor of Grandma's Predictions. Photo: Coney Island History Project Collection](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/8731/images/frederick_brosen.jpg?itok=-VzlVwPN&c=4eff42af27da53f561ae5554b735d90f)
Frederick Brosen
Artist whose watercolors of the Astroland Rocket and Wonder Wheel sign are emblematic of Coney Island
![](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/8540/images/chris_cuomo.jpg?itok=84PODkr2&c=4eff42af27da53f561ae5554b735d90f)
Chris Cuomo
Memories of riding the Steeplechase Horses, Human Roulette Wheel and Parachute Jump 70 years ago
![Engagement photo of Gina and Freddy by Jody Christopherson. Courtesy of Gina Femia](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/8619/images/gina_and_freddy_photo_by_jody_christopherson-236.jpg?itok=A-dFHSgR)
Gina Femia
Brooklyn-born playwright on her plays set in Coney Island and a marriage proposal on the beach
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Linda Zhang
Coney Island homeowner for 19 years enjoys organic gardening and walking on the boardwalk
![Sheila with her sister Sally on the beach in Coney Island. The caption says: Two bathing beauties? Freckle puss and pickle puss. "She wrote the caption being 15 years older than I was then." Photo courtesy of Sheila Levrant de Bretteville.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/8446/images/sheila_levrant_de_bretteville_6.jpg?itok=2jJ-spMA)
Sheila Levrant de Bretteville
Memories of growing up a block from the ocean and being head of Lincoln High School's Art Squad