Sidonia and her husband, Murray Levine, in 1941 (Courtesy of Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation Archives)
NHF_BNYDC_2006_Levin_Sidonia_K
Brooklyn Navy Yard
November 18 2006
In this interview, Sidonia speaks about how she came to work at the Brooklyn Navy Yard after
spending some time at Western Electric. She mentions that she did very well on the Navy Yard test, on which she received the 15th best score out of 500 participants. Sidonia discusses the camaraderie on the Yard and the lasting friendships she made with the women she worked with in Building 4. She also details her job of converting blueprints into wooden templates and
attending extra schooling at the Pratt Institute. Sidonia describes her visit to the Navy Yard in the 1990s as “sterile” compared to the liveliness of the atmosphere while she worked there.
spending some time at Western Electric. She mentions that she did very well on the Navy Yard test, on which she received the 15th best score out of 500 participants. Sidonia discusses the camaraderie on the Yard and the lasting friendships she made with the women she worked with in Building 4. She also details her job of converting blueprints into wooden templates and
attending extra schooling at the Pratt Institute. Sidonia describes her visit to the Navy Yard in the 1990s as “sterile” compared to the liveliness of the atmosphere while she worked there.
Digital
English
1h 37m 1s
Sidonia "Sid" Kessler Levine, Interview, National Home Front Project, Washington College, Chestertown Maryland.
Interview was recorded by Jennifer "Jenny" Egan through the Brooklyn Navy Yard for the Starr Center of the American Experience National Homefront Project
Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, NA [40.6501,-73.94958] [id:5110302]West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Florida, United States, NA [26.71534,-80.05337] [id:4177887]
Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation
C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience (Washington College)
oral histories (literary works)
Shipbuilding--United States--History
Women--Employment--United States--History--20th century
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience (Washington College)
oral histories (literary works)
Shipbuilding--United States--History
Women--Employment--United States--History--20th century
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American