Oral History Archive

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Roy Omori

Growing up Japanese American in Coney Island in the 1950s and '60s

Patricia Casola

Daughter of Coney Island artist, banner painter and Cyclops creator Dan Casola

Wesley Casola

Son of Coney Island artist, banner painter and Cyclops creator Dan Casola

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

Michael Borruto

Revisiting the Spook-A-Rama and Wonder Wheel of his boyhood

Carmen Arcendiga

Memories of family picnics under the Boardwalk and making new memories at Spook-A-Rama

Tommy Smith

Grew up in a Coney Island bungalow

Gary and Betty Stein

Mother and Son, Residents of Coney Island