Oral History Archive

Filtering by bathhouses back to all

Jeffrey Eisenmesser

Former teacher at Mark Twain Junior High School recalls his Coney Island memories

Boris Kotlyar

Mermaid Spa founder talks about bringing the Russian banya tradition to Coney Island

Jose Beth Smolensky

Juilliard trained musician whose family owned Washington Baths

Jan Brown

A Brooklyn native's boyhood memories of Washington Baths and Steeplechase Park

Joseph Svehlak

Fond memories of Coney Island

Harry Gans

Lived in Coney Island from 1938 thru early 1950's

Marty Reich

Locker Boy at Oriole Baths

Melissa Rosson Rappaport

Architectural preservationist

Harold Blumenthal

Offers perspectives on both the heyday and decay of Coney Island

Moire Cuite and Elizabeth O'Boyle

Recollections of summers spent at the Ocean Tide beach club near Sea Gate