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Lake Conway
Oral history interview with Mr. James C. Robinson at his home on Lake Conway, March 11, 2016.
Attorney James C. Robinson wrote the Laws of Florida Chapter 57-1643, House Bill No. 1626, to be known as "Lake Conway Water and Navigation...
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George Stuart Office Supply 1938 - 1989
The November 18, 1989 edition of the Orlando Sentinel brought sadness to many Orlando residents who had frequented George Stuart Office Supply at Robinson and Magnolia since it opened in 1938. The Sentinel reported that the "51-year-old Orlando company that...
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Enyart Field House - Rollins College
The Enyart Field House at Rollins College in Winter Park is no more. It was totally remodeled, enlarged and renamed in 2001. The Rollins College archives describes the its history complete with photographs. Here is an excerpt:"During the late 1950s,...
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Beardall Park
On September 17, 1973 the City of Orlando dedicated Beardall Park in honor of Mayor William "Billy" Beardall. The program created for the dedication includes his photograph, an aerial view of the park, list of dignitaries a brief bio of...
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Azalea Park - An Illustrated History
This Orlando neighborhood was created from the remains of a private air field and was considered at the time to be the crowning achievement for developer Wellborn C. Phillips, Sr.Residents of the neighborhood have reserached and collected the vario...
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Flea World - America's Largest Flea Market
The July 4, 2015 article published in the Orlando Sentinel online edition announced the closing of Flea World on August 30, 2015 instead of the originally announced date in Janaury 2016. The article features interviews with patrons of the sprawling...
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All Souls Catholic Cemetery
The indenture for the purchase of the property on which All Souls Catholic Cemetery stands was signed by the Right Reverend John Moore, D.D., Catholic Bishop of St. Augustine and a representative of the Florida Land and Colonization Company Limited,...
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Showalter Airpark
Howard and Sandy Showalter, and Buck Rogers started Showalter Airpark, the first private airport in Winter Park, in 1945. VIEWSandy Showalter surveys the future home of Showalter Airpark, November 1945. VIEWBuck Rogers on the tractor working to pre...
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The Martin Marietta Orlando Presentations Department, circa 1960's
DOWN TO EARTH: Pulling a ripcord and pushing a launch button really aren't very different. In both cases lives are at stake. And in both cases the product must perform the way it was intended. This calls for careful designing,...
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Concord Park Elementary School
I attended Concord Park Elementary School from 1st thru 6th grade and lived down behind Parkwood Plaza off of highway 50. I took the bus to and from school every day. I was in 4th grade when President Kennedy was...
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All Souls Catholic Church rectory - April 1912
Sanford Herald, April 28, 1911, no page number, col. 1-2.Parochial Residence of Father Bresnahan. The Catholic Church.Among the many changes and improvements, that have been made in Sanford during the past six months, by no means the least was raising...
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