Year: 2011
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Kris Woodson
Interview with Kris Woodson - Life in Orlando
June 30, 2011: Kris Woodson talks to Shane Roopnarine about growing up in Orlando, her favorite Orlando memory, and gives us a glimpse of how things have changed in the City Beautiful.
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Charlie French, Aeronautical Engineer
ABOVE: SLAT: Supersonic Low Altitude Target. Pictured here are (left to right) Charlie French (Areodynamics), Mendel Mullinax (Model Mechanic) and Lawrence Gilbert (Aerodynamics.)
Charlie French worked 36 years for Martin Marietta (now Lockheed Martin) and se...
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Betty Hurd Cramer
ABOVE: Betty Hurd Cramer Celebrates 90th Birthday.
Betty Jane Kepler Hurd Cramer and her family moved to central Florida in 1951. Her husband (William P. Hurd) found employment as an accountant and became Orlando General Hospital's first administrator bef...
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STS-135: The Final Mission of Atlantis
The final launch of the Atlantis orbiter and the final mission of the space shuttle program took place on 8 July 2011 at 11:26 a.m. Through the efforts of Congressman John Mica, our family was able to view the launch...
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Joseph J. Cangelose, Staff Sergeant at Orlando's Army Air Base
November 3rd, 1997 Orlando Sentinel obituary article for Joseph J. Cangelose detailing his service to the Orlando community and to our country.
Cangelose served as staff sergeant at Orlando's Army Air Base at Primrose and Robinson Street, worked as an a...
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Joe Cangelose, Supervisory Auditor at the Naval Training Center
December 22, 1981 article from the NAV-A-GATOR, on Joe Cangelose's three service career at the Naval Training Center in Orlando.
Joseph J. Cangelose first came to the Orlando Army Air Base in 1942. The base was located at the corner of...
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Helen Greenspun with Sir Martin Gilbert
Photo of Holocaust survivor Helen Greenspun with British historian Sir Martin Gilbert.
Gilbert has written extensively on the State of Israel, the Holocaust, and World War II. He is the author of what became the most voluminous biography ever written on...
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Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Costco Connection
The Costco Connection magazine mailed to all members of Costco featured an entire page on the grand opening of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at the Universal Orlando Resort Islands of Adventure on June 18, 2010.
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Wizarding World of Harry Potter Grand Opening
The June 18-24 edition of the Orlando Sentinel Calendar section was published under the title of "The Daily Prophet edition" to herald the grand opening of Universal Studio Orlando's Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Complete with color photos and a...
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Wizarding World of Harry Potter Grand Opening - Universal News
ABOVE: The front cover of Universal Orlando Resort's employee magazine "Universal News" publication for June 21-July 3, 2010 features a photo from the Grand Opening celebration with John Williams. Additional photos from the grand opening are featured on page 3...
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Wizarding World of Harry Potter Preview Brochure
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter brochure was given to guests in 2009 and early 2010 to promote the Spring 2010 grand opening at Universal Orlando Resort. Provides artist's renderings of Hogwarts, Hogsmeade, Three Broomsticks, and Ollivanders.
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Wizarding World of Harry Potter Grand Opening - USA Today
USA Today newspaper devoted an entire page to the Spring grand opening of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando Resort in Spring 2010. Included was a map that when held up to your computer camera would reveal...
