Oral History Archive

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Lois McLohon

Brooklynite who posed for a now iconic 1950's NY Daily News pin-up photo on Coney Island Beach

Stephen Salmieri

Bensonhurst-born photographer whose work documents Coney Island from the mid-1960s to early '70s

Alexander Vindman

Retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who emigrated from Ukraine to Brighton Beach as a child

Mary Engel

Filmmaker and archivist whose parents collaborated on the film Little Fugitive in Coney Island

Sharon Tera

Sharon Tera's family operated Ethel's Restaurant on the Boardwalk in the 1940s and '50s

Yanglun Hsiao

A filmmaker and film editor from Taiwan living in Brighton Beach

Barry Yanowitz

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

Sarah Beetson

UK illustrator based in Australia who created her own summer-long artist residency in Coney Island

Martine Emile

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

Karen Thumann

On her three year photo project

Abe Feinstein

Photographing his Coney Island neighborhood for 50 years

Steve Spak

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

Lily Binder

Artist and photographer