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Oral History Interview with Senator Toni Jennings
Toni Jennings is the Chairman of the Board for Jack Jennings & Sons, an Orlando based commercial construction firm recognized for national industry awards and outstanding projects throughout Central Florida. Senator Toni Jennings, an Orlando native kn ... Read more
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Paul's Truck Stop: Homemade Pies, Delicious Coffee
The featured photo above is of Paul's Truck Stop on South Orange Blossom Trail facing southbound. Ruth's dad pumped the gas and her mom made the homemade pies. The family lived upstairs over the truck stop with few neighbors and a lot of cows. Occasionall ... Read more
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Pounds Studio
The Orange County History Center honored Pounds Studio for 70 years of teaching dance and manners to Orlando society. Pictured are Mrs. Ruth Pounds, left, founder of the studio, and her daughter, Peggy Jo Pounds van den Berg. The mother and daughter inst ... Read more
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A Celebration of Jewish Life in Orlando
My son was born at Orange Memorial Hospital which it was called at that time. We had a circumcision in a downstairs room ...It was during Passover. And my sister in law baked a sponge cake and she placed powdered sugar over it and they served wine. And th ... Read more