Oral History Archive

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Sheldon Krimsky

Memories of growing up on West 29th Street in Coney Island in the 1940s and '50s

Carol Polcovar

Writer and playwright who grew up in Coney Island from 1943 to 1956

George Rudes

Clothing company CEO George Rudes grew up in the shadow of the Half Moon Hotel

Steve Larkin

Memories of working at a Coney Island beach chair and umbrella rental company as a teen in the 1970s