Month: September 2012
People
Edward W. Fishback
Born here in 1911, the son of Davis Erwin and Lillian (Wilmot) Fishback. In this recording Mr. Fishback reads and discusses his recollections of life here in Orlando. This interview was conducted by James R. Spence on November 8, 1994. ...
Events
College Park Oral History Night with the Dann Family
ABOVE: Featured image 1949 photo of Carl Dann, Jr., son of the founder of Dusbdread Country Club at 549 West Par Street in Orlando, Florida.
College Park Oral History Night with the Dann Family sharing the life and story of Dubsdread...
People
Charlie Finley
Charlie Finley was well known around town for the family's paint and wallpaper business but he also had a small cattle business on the side and was an avid hunter. In the late 1930s he served the state of Florida...
Organizations
Back to School Blessings at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Institutional Church
Lucas Boyce of Orlando Magic, Fabiola Gaines of Hebni Nutrition, Mr. Modeste, inspirational poet, and Orange County School Board's Kat Gordon speak at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Institutional Church's Back to School Celebration & Conversation. Community...
Places
Academic Excellence at Dr. Phillips High School
Featured image, above, is of Anna Mae Patz, Advanced Placement Calculus Instructor at Dr. Phillips High School, with Kathi Brooks Myers, award winning math student at Dr. Phillips, photo circa 1980s.
Anna Mae Patz coached the Dr. Phillips High School Math...
Places
Edgewater High School, Class of '58
ABOVE: Palm Terrace Beauty Salon corner of Princeton Street and Edgewater Drive in College Park, 1950s. Bertha Huth opened the salon in May 1952 and sold it in September 1960.
CJ and Sandy walked to Edgewater High School together in the 1950s...
Places
The Tunnel
ABOVE: Concord Park Elementary School
When Katherine Beasley went to Concord Park Elementary School what fascinated her was the tunnel. Students coming from the Country Club area of Orlando walked through an underpass or "The Tunnel", as most called it, under...
