Summary(0:15) Born on Huron Street, playing at the park on Dupont Streets -- (1:06) McCarren Park -- (1:41) Being a middle child, daydreaming by the pier -- (2:57) Going to Straubenmuller Textile High School -- (4:10) First job as a stenographer at a shoe factory -- (5:25) Father working at Domino Sugar Factory -- (6:07) Starting a family in the neighborhood -- (6:53) Sister working at Eberhard Faber -- (7:17) The old wooden bridge and her older sister working at Jack Frost Sugar Refinery -- (8:04) Raising her daughter -- (10:04) The Newtown Creek Murder -- (10:44) The dock area starting to crumble -- (11:34) The boat rides from Noble Street -- (12:48) A good neighborhood to grow up in.
NoteAudio interview conducted on May 12, 2018, by Acacia Thompson at the Pete McGuinness Senior Center. 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.
SubjectMiddle-born children ; Waterfronts ; Eberhard Faber Pencil Company ; Shorthand ; Factories ; Piers ; Pollution ; Crime ; East River (N.Y.) ; Bear Mountain State Park (N.Y.) ; Catholic schools
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TitleOral history interview conducted with Mary Korba on 2018 May 12.