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The Third Friday Book Club
A Condensed History of the Third Friday Book Club from 1954 to 2010, written by Mrs. James C. Robinson the former Elizabeth "Betty" Thornton, a member since 1977, provides a glimpse of the club's activities and books reviewed from June...
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Lake Mary Dance Academy
Lake Mary Dance Academy was founded by Karen Capoun in 1987. Karen is a Nebraska native who majored in dance at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She was a principal dancer with the Lincoln City Ballet Company, taught for 9 years...
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Citrus Council Girl Scouts
The Citrus Council of Girl Scouts here in Central Florida was formed in the 1950s.
In the 1970s, a group of Junior Girl Scouts met at a little white concrete block church located at 1901 West Oak Ridge Road called West...
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Showalter Corporation
Above: Buck Rogers, Arlyne Wilson, Sandy and Howard Showalter, and Bob Schutz hanging out at Showalter Airpark, circa 1950.
Showalter Flying Service owners Bob and Kim Showalter share the history of the aviation company and our community in this excerpt from...
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Grand Avenue School
Grand Avenue School 1926 Part I - Handwritten notes from the first Grand Avenue Parent Teacher Association Meeting on October 22, 1926 to the end of the school year May 4, 1927.
Grand Avenue School 1926 Part II - PTA meeting...
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The Showalter Motorette Company
Above: The Showalter Motorette Company at 671 Orange Avenue in Winter Park, Florida. The Showalter Motorette Company started by J. S. Showalter and his business partner, Ford Rogers, opened for business on November 28, 1945.
The three wheeled motor vehic...
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Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Institutional Church
ABOVE: The first church structure of Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Institutional Church was according to church history, "a bush harbor or bush arbor, so called because it was an open area enclosed by loose bushes, vines and branches bent over...
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All Souls Catholic Parish History
Bishop John Moore purchased land for All Souls parish in 1881 in Sanford, Florida, however, that would not be the land upon which the first church was built. The property on which the first church was ultimately constructed was purchased...
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Ku Klux Klan
There is not much information to be found on the Ku Klux Klan members that tormented Catholics and Blacks in Central Florida in the 1920s but some disturbing mentions have been found in local newspapers and church histories.
These excerpts from...
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Orlando Rubber Stamps
[Essay and photos submitted by Virginia de Guehery Bruton]
Rudolph C. de Guehery opened his rubber stamp business in 1939 in the O'Neal Arcade at 120 North Orange Avenue in downtown Orlando. The business then moved to this photographed location (105...
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Showalter Flying Service
Listen as Showalter Flying Service owners Bob and Kim Showalter share the history of the aviation company and our community in this oral history interview at Showalter Flying Service at Orlando Executive Airport on January 14, 2015.
LISTEN Part I (18:42)
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Orlando Rebels - 1969 Souvenir Program
The Orlando Rebels Ladies Softball Team was found in 1954. This 1969 program features photos of the team members, their bios and advertisements from local businesses that have faded with time. Peruse all the images and documents under Attachments at...
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