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Pulse Memorial Paver Garden - Orlando Health
49 pavers with the names of the 49 lives lost on June 12, 2016 at the Pulse Nightclub circle the entrance of Lake Beauty Park at Orlando Health.
"Orlando Health has unveiled their Memorial Paver Garden on the shore of Lake...
Events
Six-Month Remembrance of the Pulse Nightclub Tragedy
December 12, 2016 marked the six-month anniversary of the Pulse nightclub tragedy which took 49 lives and injured 68 people. The Orange County Regional History Center hosted a special event with community leaders, local singers, and community members paying ...
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Pulse: Memorials
Following the tragic loss of 49 lives on June 12, 2016 in Orlando, the Pulse nightclub has become a memorial to the lives lost, the lives fighting for recovery, and the love and support Orlando and the world has for...
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Historic Orlando
ABOVE: The Orlando Opera House. The Opera House was located on Court Street in the middle of block between Pine and Church streets and across from Richards Undertaker business. It can be found on the 1884 Orlando Business District map.
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History of the Orange County Library System
Sorosis Club of Orlando
The beginnings of the current Orange County Library System can be traced to the circulating library collection of the Sorosis Club of Orlando. The collection was initially housed on the second floor of the old Armory building...
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Orange County Mayor Jerry L. Demings Presents His Oral History at Orlando Remembered, February 2021
Mayor Jerry L. Demings is the fifth Mayor of Orange County, and is the first African-American to lead the office. Mayor Demings became Orlando’s first African-American police chief in 1998. He was elected as the first African-American Orange County Sheriff...
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Orlando Senior High School - Senior Class of 1929
Orlando Senior High School
Senior Class of 1929
Board of Education
L B MATTHEWS, Chairman
Mrs. F E GODFREY
C E HOWARD
James H PARK, Supervisor of Schools
Eunice DeLANEY, Asst. Supervisor
Faculty
J B Walker, Principal
Gordon H MAY,...
Organizations
The Florida Sanitarium
The Florida Sanitarium
The sanitarium was the brainchild of Dr. W. K. Kellogg (Yes, the cornflakes Kellogg!). The following excerpts from an article entitled "Florida Hospitals Traveled Long Road From Sanitarium" by Mark Andrews published in the Orlando Senti...
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Circus World
ABOVE: Photo of the Circus World billboard from Interstate 4 in the 1970s.
Circus World History
The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows, Inc., opened Circus World in Haines City, Florida on February 21, 1974. While the location was great...
Places
Davis Park Motel
Davis Park Motel 1960s
The Davis Park Motel was located at 221 East Colonial Drive for decades. It was family owned and operated. VIEW a black and white photo of David Park Motel from the 1960s at FloridaMemory.com
ABOVE Featured Image: 1960s...
Places
The Mercado - International Drive
The Mercado
The Mercado was a lively and vibrant destination frequented by 1000s of tourists and locals alike with the free nightly entertainment, dining and shopping. The free entertainment in the outdoor courtyard and Blazing Piano's Red Hot Rock n Roll...
Places
Haberkamp Family of Pine Hills
ABOVE: Marilyn Haberkamp with her sons Tim, Tom and Robert.
The Haberkamp Family in Pine Hills
Marilyn Haberkamp and her family moved to the Pine Hills area of Orlando from the Village of Mount Prospect, Illinois in 1966 to open a Burger...
Events
Celebrating at the Buffalo Trading Company - 1989
In 1989, six buddies celebrated the boss' (Tim Glaze) birthday and retirement at the Buffalo Trading Company which used to be located at Orlando's Church Street Station.
From left to right, back row first: Jeff Karr, Richard Kellor, Ken Muller; front...
People
Roger Atmar Barker
Judge Roger Atmar Barker, an Orlando native and graduate of Orlando Senior High School, served on the 9th Judicial Court in Orlando for 22 years.
Listen to oral history interview below with Judge Roger A. Barker conducted on March 6, 1993....
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Christmas Sharing at the Country Club
PLAYING SANTA CLAUS TO ORLANDO'S NEEDY KIDDIES: Wives of Junior Chamber of Commerce members who spent the entire day Thursday shopping for toys for the children who have written letters to the Good Fellows. They are standing with Claude Wolfe,...
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Oral History Interview with Orange County Art Legend Texann Ivy Buck, Parts I and II
[caption id="attachment_21026" align="alignnone" width="656"] 1979 portrait of Orange County Art Legend Texann Ivy Buck painted by Steve Lotz.[/caption]
Oral History Interview with Orange County Art Legend Texann Ivy Buck, Part I of II
LISTEN (56:19)
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People
Interview with Harry P. Leu
Harry P. Leu - Interviewed by Hatabel Hyer on June 1, 1974.
Miss Hyer knew just about everyone and liked to visit and chat with them. This recording lets us listen in on one of her visits with Mr. Leu in...
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