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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0038-accs
  • Summary(0:10) Growing up in Midwood and graduating from Midwood High School in 1967 -- (0:25) Influence of television -- (0:35) 1960s TV show Dr. Kildare -- (1:06) How the issues on the TV show reflected the morals of the time -- (3:05) High school friends producing The Bald Soprano -- (3:48) Working as a waiter at a resort hotel in the Catskills -- (4:10) Trying to send roses for the opening of the play -- (4:34) Winning the class SING! competition in 1966 as a junior -- (5:55) 1960s gender rules for dating -- (6:40) Cautioning against making excuses to get out of a date -- (7:37) Making it through high school.
  • Date2016-10-15
  • Physical Description1 sound file (8 min.) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorChertoff, Andrew
  • Cite AsBrooklyn 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 October 15, 2016, by Taina Evans at Midwood High School. Collected through Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is a partnership with Services for Older Adults and the Brooklyn Collection.
  • SubjectNineteen sixties ; Television ; Gender ; Chamberlain, Richard, 1935- ; 1960s ; Dr. Kildare (Television program) ; Catskill Mountains (N.Y.) ; Dating (Social customs)
  • PlaceMidwood (New York, N.Y.)
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  • TitleOral history interview conducted with Andrew Chertoff on 2016 October 15.