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Oral History Interview with Interior Designer Mandy Wannen, President of Kaleidoscope Interior Design

Photo by OCLS Photographer Amanda Murphy I was doing a lot of projects, schools for the Department of Defense. And so, I helped design five schools in Germany ... Read more

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Associated Authors Productions, Inc.

Associated Authors Productions, Inc. Associated Authors Productions, Inc. was an Orlando based company formed in 1922. Formed with the goal of filming six motion pictures in Orlando, based on the works of Hapsburg Liebe and George Allan England, they unf ... Read more

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Oral History Interview with Realtor Pete Vogt

Pete Vogt is the owner of George A. Vogt, Inc. and the current Director of Orlando Regional Realtor Association, Inc. My name is Pete Vogt and I was born in Wauchula, Florida in 1944… My father was in the service and my grandparents and great grandp ... Read more

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Oral History Interview with Industrial Engineer Joseph P. Stine

My name is Joe Stine or Joseph Paul Stine I was born in Sanford, Florida in 1934. We moved to Orlando in 1939. Oral History Interview with Joseph Paul Stine, Part I (18:10) https://orlandomemory.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Stine1.mp3 How did your ... Read more

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Bob and Kim Showalter Oral History Interview

ABOVE: The future leader of Showalter Flying Service, Bob Showalter, seated on the cushion top left, next to Paul Wagner, Jr. Rollins College President Paul Wagner, center, with Howard Showalter, right, and family. Photo circa 1950. Listen as Showalter ... Read more

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Kim Showalter

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) ... Read more

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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 excerp ... Read more

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Ralph Meloon and the Correct Craft Legacy: Gifted Boat Builders and a Gifted Businessman

The Meloon Family... all of these people are boat builders all the way back into the 17th century when we came to the United States we were boat builders. We built our own boat to come across the waters to land. And the reason why we came was because King ... Read more

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Mrs. Saundra Gray Welcomes Mr. Walt Disney to Florida

Stunning Florida native and top flight water skier, Mrs. Saundra Gray welcomes Mr. Walt Disney to the Sunshine State. Pictured from left to right are Walt Disney, Saundra Gray, Charles Gray, and Florida Governor Haydon Burns. Orlando attorney Ch ... Read more

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H. J. High Construction

H.J. High Construction opened for business in the City Beautiful in 1936. Harlem "Johnny" High founded the Orlando company which today is led by his grandson, Robert High, company president, and his father, Steve High, chairman. The legacy of H.J. Hi ... Read more

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Remembering the Blessings with Joseph S. Guernsey

One of the strengths in our area it seems to me is the churches. There are so many fine churches in Orlando and generally speaking Orlando's a city of Christian faith. When I was young we rarely had any crime and one of the reasons we did not have crime I ... Read more