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  • Call NumberGEHP_0117
  • Summary(0:33) Moving to Greenpoint in 1947 -- (1:29) Changes on Manhattan Avenue -- (2:15) Churches in Greenpoint -- (2:45) Becoming an electrical engineer during the Cold War -- (3:54) Drafted and sent to Germany -- (4:40) Working for PanAm Airlines -- (6:00) Visiting Hawaii -- (7:21) Population change in Greenpoint -- (8:21) Factories and breweries Greenpoint -- (10:40) Family in NYC -- (12:40) Peter Pan Donuts and local restaurants -- (16:58) Enjoying East River ferry -- (17:00) Trips with senior center
  • Date2018-05-13
  • Physical Description1 sound file (18 min.) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorAnonymous
  • Cite AsGreenpoint Environmental History Project, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Digital Public Library of AmericaThis item is represented in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
  • Formatsound recording-nonmusical
  • GenreinterviewsMP3
  • NoteAudio interview conducted on May 13, 2018, by Acacia Thompson in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Collected through Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is funded through the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund.
  • SubjectCold War ; Electrical engineers ; Eberhard Faber Pencil Company ; Panamerican
  • PlaceGreenpoint (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is covered by a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Users are free to share and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes as long as appropriate credit is given to the source and new material created with this work is shared under the same conditions.
  • TitleOral History interview with Anonymous conducted on 2018 May 13.