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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0115
  • Summary(02:00) Calling from Cobble Hill -- (03:00) Not going outside as much, parks closed, no basketball -- (06:00) Dislikes wearing a mask -- (07:00) Describes his neighborhood, people wearing masks -- (07:55) First realization of Covid -- (8:30) Misses school, friends -- (10:15) Online schooling -- (13:45) Daily activities -- (15:45) Connecting with friends through video games -- (16:50) Conditions in his building -- (17:20) Stressed, dislikes social distancing -- (18:00) New and challenging experience.
  • Date2020-05-08
  • Physical Description1 sound file (22 min) : digital, WAV
  • CreatorZinoman, Jonah 
  • CollectionBrooklyn Covid-19 Stories
  • 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
  • Genreinterviews
  • NoteAudio interview conducted on May 8, 2020, by Maria Gambale. Collected for the Covid-19 Oral History Project 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.
  • SubjectQuarantine ; COVID-19 (Disease) ; Epidemics ; Coronaviruses ; Computer-assisted instruction
  • PlaceCobble Hill (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 Jonah Zinoman on 2020 May 8