Oral History Archive

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George Ancona

The art of growing up Mexican American in Coney Island in the 1930s and '40s

Mindy Gress

Memories of growing up on Coney Island's first block and working in the Cyclone photobooth's darkroom

Barry Yanowitz

Growing up in Coney Island in the 1970s and '80s and coming back to photograph it

Martine Emile

Longtime Coney Island resident and cinematographer for a series of indie films shot here

Steve Spak

Photographer who worked on a city ambulance for Coney Island Hospital in the late 1970's

Karen Thumann

On her three year photo project

Abe Feinstein

Photographing his Coney Island neighborhood for 50 years

Lily Binder

Artist and photographer