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Famous Front Pages in Winter Park History
On April 30, 1969, the Winter Park Sun newspaper included a special supplement featuring 22 front pages spanning the years 1926 to 1961 and including front pages from The Winter Park Herald, The Winter Park Sun, and the Winter Park...
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Oral History Interview with William L. Eagan
The University Club of Orlando... is an integral part of the history of Orlando. Listen as Orlando attorney William L. Eagan and his wife, Marjorie, share their memories of The University Club and our community in this oral history interview at...
People
Gene Klein
Holocaust survivor Gene Klein spoke at The Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida in Maitland, February 21, 2016. Mr. Klein is a resident of Central Florida and spoke at the second program in the yearlong Holocaust Center series...
Events
Carter Tabernacle CME Church Celebrates 100 Years! - Bicycle Tour
Celebrating 100 years of history in Orlando, Carter Tabernacle Christian Methodist Episcopal Church hosted a Centennial Bicycle Tour, which took place on February 6, 2016. It  started  at 8:00 AM  in the parking lot of the Orange County Human Resources...
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First Railroad Chartered in 1875
Written by Henry C. Frey of Stuart, Florida, and published in the Orlando Sentinel on Monday, March 5, 1956. First Railroad Chartered in 1875 Editor: Orlando's first railroad was unique. It was the first and only railroad to this day, owned and...
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Arrival of Engines Put City on Map
This article penned by well-known Orlando resident W. R. O'Neal was published in one of the Orlando newspapers in January 1936. It appears this was an entry in a column called: "Memoirs by W. R. O'Neal." History of Railroad Entry to...
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Seaboard Air Line Railroad - The Dinky Line
The Seaboard Air Line Railroad Dinky Line ran from Orlando to Oviedo through Winter Park's best residential sections and around the lakes on which the homes front. The original wood burner steam locomotive was eventually replaced with a diesel locomotive...
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Civil War Reunions and Other Stories
Excerpts from the autobiographical notes of Captain Charles Albertson composed after his retirement from the  New York City Police Department in 1905.  Some Incidents of Travel Civil War Reunions and Other Stories On my first trip to Florida in the ...
Organizations
Ann Lisbeth Seese Private School
Ann Lisbeth Seese Private School From an undated brochure about the school. The Ann Lisbeth Seese Private School is located in Orlando, Florida. This city, with an altitude of 111 feet and a population of almost 75,000, is the largest inland city...
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Hampden DuBose School for Children of Christian Missionaries
[caption id="attachment_2321" align="alignleft" width="234"] Read the brochure[/caption] Zellwood's Famed Laughlin Estate Sold To DuBose Academy For $50,000 [Newspaper article circa February 1943 - publisher not noted.] The Hampden-DuBose Academy, well ...
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A Mexican Event
From the autobiographical notes of Captain Charles Albertson with memories of his career in the New York City Police Department and his travels and adventures during his retirement beginning in 1905. A MEXICAN EVENT In October 1914, on my way from my...
People
Edward H. Ruloff - Murderer
From the autobiographical notes of Captain Charles Albertson  with memories of his career in the New York City Police Department and his travels and adventures during his retirement beginning in 1905. A handwritten and a typed version of this memory...