![Photo Courtesy of Nasim Almuntaser](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/10100/images/nasim_almuntaser.jpg?itok=jNETckh6&c=8853792c05e070059bf2078536d0a2f4)
Nasim Almuntaser
Brooklyn College history student grew up working in his family's bodega in Brighton Beach
![Ellen and Martin Abrams on Coney Island Beach when they were dating in the 1950s. They got married in Coney Island in February 1961. Photo courtesy of Ellen and Martin Abrams.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/9836/images/marty_and_ellen_abrams.jpg?itok=IBJi2AHr)
Ellen Abrams
Memories of growing up on West 29th Street and meeting her lifeguard husband on Coney Island Beach
![Photo of Tara Altebrando by Peter Lutjen. Courtesy of Tara Altebrando](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/9934/images/altebrando-resize.jpg?itok=pbB9uKIu&c=0f95b252536d304b6b74f224912bb8ab)
Tara Altebrando
Author of Dreamland Social Club, a novel set in Coney Island, who got engaged on the Wonder Wheel
![The saltwater pool at Washington Baths main bathhouse featured high and low diving boards. Photo: Coney Island History Project Collection](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/9899/images/washington-baths_pool_resized.jpg?itok=CNMugwxi&c=b9b353da14a69428db9b9d14bda16b11)
Alan Fine
Memories of Washington Baths Annex in the 1950s and meeting his wife there when they were children
![Lifeguard Martin Abrams on Coney Island Beach in the 1950s. Photo courtesy of Ellen and Martin Abrams.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/9835/images/marty_abrams_photo.jpg?itok=u21CnlUX)
Martin Abrams
Brooklynite who was a lifeguard in the 1950s and met his wife of 60 years on Coney Island Beach
![Ravenhall Pool. Postcard from the Coney Island History Project Collection.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/9812/images/ravenhall_pool.jpg?itok=Osexa1ih&c=7653de7a4cceb88ae16b4343b5da1397)
Natalie Johnson
Memories of having a season locker at Ravenhall and Washington Baths Annex in the 1950s and '60s
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Stanislav Baev
Coney Island resident and founder of the not-for-profit American Alliance for Protection of Animals
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Jeffrey Berman
Longtime Sea Gate resident and watercolor artist who teaches at Seaside Innovative Senior Center
![Cosmo Topper's storefront on Mermaid Avenue.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/9372/images/cosmo_shop.2.jpg?itok=Br-pWCKc)
Carole Scheer
Her father, Anthony Cosmo Pomaro, owned Cosmo Topper's Beauty Parlor on Mermaid Avenue