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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Interview with Irving Helpern [Part 2] |
| Date | 5 Feb 1989 |
| Document Type | Oral History (Audio) |
| Name | Helpern, Irving |
| Interviewer | Jacobson Jr, Robert |
| Date of Recording | 5 Feb 1989 |
| Duration | 00:52:47 |
| Library / Archive | Tenement Museum, New York |
| Description | Continued from the previous interview, Irving remembers how he worked whilst in school, making deliveries for local tailors and butchers, working on orange juice stalls and selling shoes until he landed his first job as a department store buyer. When his family moved back into New York, Irving describes his nights out, the politics of the day, the start of trade unionism, different echelons of Jewish society and his marriage and family. |
| Theme(s) | Permanent Settlement and Successive Generations; Religion, Ethnic Identity and Community Relations |
| Places | Detroit, Michigan, Florida, United States |
| Ports | New York City, United States |
| Nationality | German; Russian; Polish |
| Ships | Normandie |
| People | Helpern, Irving; Ellis, J G |
| Keywords | children, employment, prohibition, speakeasy, trade union, politics, class, marriage, entertainment, sport, travel, education, railway, Jewish |
| Language | English |
| Document(s) linked to |
Interview with Irving Helpern [Part 1] |
| Copyright | Tenement Museum, New York |