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Interview with John Priester. 1980.

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Title: Interview with John Priester
Contributor: Susman, Warren, 1927-1985
Subject: New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
Subject: Ford Motor Company
Subject: Entertainment events
Subject: General Motors Corporation
Subject: Calisthenics
Subject: Work
Date: 1980
Description: Mr. Priester worked in the Amusement Area of the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair guessing how much people weighed. He recalls the exhibits of the European nations, participating in athletic events, and riding inside a car for the first time at the Ford Motors exhibit. Transcript dated August 23rd; part of an oral history project under the direction of Warren Susman in 1980. Some transcripts may be incomplete or may not follow the interview verbatim.

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collection(s): Queens Museum and Museum of the City of New York 1939-1940 and 1964-1965 New York World’s Fairs Collection
Identifier: aql:2283
Identifier: 1980.8.70WF39
Identifier: QMOA
Format: height: 11 x width: 8 1/2 inches, 4 pages
Coverage: Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: Soviet Union
Language: eng
Relation: Collection on the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair
Rights: This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.
Type: transcripts
Source: Queens Museum
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