Year: 2009
Events
Sarah Palin in Orlando - November 24, 2009
Sarah Palin supporters began lining up at the Barnes and Noble at Colonel Drive and Bumby around 8 p.m. on Monday, November 23rd. By 6 a.m., November 24th there were about 400 people in a line that completely circled the...
People
Interview with Janet Nixon - Nov. 16, 2009
November 16, 2009, interview with Janet Nixon, director of the Russell Home for Atypical Children and daughter of the home's founder Vantrease Russell conducted by Orange County Library System staff member Nick Martinolich.
The Russell Home was the first no...
Events
Glenn Beck - November 20, 2009
ABOVE: Glenn Beck - New York Times best selling author, radio talk show host and Fox News television host was at the Barnes and Noble at Colonial Plaza in Orlando on Thursday 4 December 2008. A bookstore staff member said...
People
Interview with Angela Jacobe
Interview with Angela Jacobe, long time employee of the Orange County Library System conducted on October 29, 2009 by Orange County Library System staff member Nick Martinolich. Angela discusses coming to the United States from the Philippines, working at a...
Topics
Interview with Mike Worrell and Charlie Hoeck
Listen to segments of an oral history interview with Mike Worrell and Charlie Hoeck, long time employees of the Orange County Library System, conducted by Nick Martinolich on October 21, 2009. The two discuss the history of the library and...
Places
Orlando Senior High School - 1927 Yearbook
According to the 1927 Orlando city directory, Orlando Senior High School was located on east Robinson street between north Summerlin Avenue and north Hyer Avenue. If you are familiar with Orlando, you know that this is the location of present...
Events
Reflections of Earth - Earth Globe Barge
VIEW Images and information from WDMagic.com. View a narrated video on the meaning of each aspect of Reflections of Earth.
• Earth Globe
o The show's video segment, which is displayed on the "Earth Globe" located in the center of the World...
Events
Reflections of Earth Notes
IllumiNations 2000: Reflections of Earth officially debuted on October 1, 1999. Previously called "IllumiNations 2000: Reflections of Earth," name change to "IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth," on January 1, 2001, following the close of the Walt Disney W...
Events
Reflections of Earth - Fireworks
The spectacular cosmic explosion which begins the show is made possible through the use of Disney's patented Air Launch Fireworks (ALF) technology. 1,105 shells are fired during each show. Two special floating fireworks effects were created specifically for th...
Events
Reflections of Earth - Abbey Road
The original music heard every night at EPCOT's Illuminations: Reflections of Earth was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, known worldwide as the home of most of the Beatles recording sessions between 1963 and 1967.
The three photos linked to...
Topics
Oral Histories of Orlando
Enjoy these oral histories of well known Central Florida residents.
Orange County Commissioner Scott Boyd, March, 2010 (Video)
Orange County Mayor Richard T. Crotty, October 19, 2009 (Video)
City of Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, December 2011 (Video)
Long ti...
Events
Century III - Rock N Soul Museum in Memphis, Tennessee
Century III Teleproductions created video history for Smithsonian's first permanent exhibition outside of Washington, D.C. - Rock N Soul Museum in Memphis, Tennessee.
When the Smithsonian Institution needed to visually capture the tempo of a vivid and chari...
