Summary(0:17) The Premier House and Tiny Tim -- (0:17) Ocean Avenue Congregational Church -- (3:02) History of the church and the neighborhood -- (5:22) The history of Robert Magaw -- (6:35) Fighting in the revolutionary war around New York -- (7:58) Magaw getting the property on Ocean Avenue -- (9:55) Neighborhood changes since 1976 -- (11:27) Working at the food & drug administration -- (11:56) Relationship to Brooklyn (12:18) Advice for future generations.
NoteAudio interview conducted on April 20, 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.
SubjectLocal history ; Tiny Tim, 1932-1996 ; Genealogy ; Congregational churches ; Brooklyn Historical Society (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) ; Municipal archives ; Brooklyn Public Library ; Immigrants ; Magaw, Robert, 1738-1790 ; Washington, George, 1732-1799 ; Revolutionary War, American, 1775-1783 ; Orthodox Judaism
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TitleOral history interview conducted with Rona Goldwitz on 2018 April 20.