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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0219-accs
  • Summary(0:19) Growing up in Midwood in the 40s & 50s -- (1:49) Villages based on shopping streets -- (2:22) Midwood Theatre and Woody Allen -- (3:03) The Jewish community -- (3:23) Kings Highway shopping street -- (4:51) Trolley’s (5:22) Summers at Coney Island, Brighton Beach and Jacob Riis Park -- (6:52) A safe neighborhood for children -- (8:02) Television shows for kids -- (8:38) Watching television with grandfather -- (9:32) Grandfathers origin from Odessa -- (10:30) Childhood freedom -- (11:12) Community changes and segregation -- (12:37) Different schools in the area -- (14:03) Taking subway to Manhattan -- (14:32) Prospect Park Zoo and The Botanical garden -- (15:13) Watching Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets field -- (15:44) Bungalow in Long Island during polio epidemic -- (16:51) Reasons that the neighborhood hasn’t changed -- (18:49) Working as a babysitter and delivery boy -- (20:09) Community with a village feel -- (22:28) Midwood Library and the old library on Avenue M -- (23:07) Food culture (24:14) Lessons learned from growing up in Midwood -- (25:00) Advice for future generations.
  • Date2018-03-23
  • Physical Description1 sound file (26.46 min.) : digital, mp3
  • CreatorKrupp, David
  • 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 March 23, 2018, by Johan Norberg at Brooklyn College. 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 forties ; Nineteen fifties ; Trolley cars ; Howdy Doody show (Television program) ; Immigrants ; Segregation ; Orthodox Judaism--New York (State) ; Prospect Park (New York, N.Y.) ; Brooklyn Botanic Garden ; Brooklyn College ;Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Ebbets Field (New York, N.Y.) ; Allen, Woody ; Sanders, Bernie ; Community development--New York (State)--Brooklyn
  • PlaceBrighton Beach (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)Midwood (New York, N.Y.)
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  • TitleOral history interview conducted with David Krupp on 2018 March 23.