Year: 2011
Places
Autobiography of Captain Charles L. Albertson
The Autobiography of Captain Charles L. Albertson provides a glimpse into the life of retired Police Inspector Charles Albertson of New York City, who has ties to Orlando and the history of the Orange County Library System. His short piece entitled...
People
"My Small Part In The War" by Johnnie H. Noles
First person account of WWII written by Orlando resident Johnnie Herman Noles, and first person account of WWII, Korean War and Vietnam War by Forest Reid Noles, his brother.
After retiring from the United States Air Force as a Master Sergeant,...
Events
St. Mary Magdalen Church - Celebrate Marriage Sunday 2011
ABOVE: Some of the couples who participated in Celebrate Marriage Sunday at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church on Sunday, January 23, 2011 at the 12 noon Mass gather in front of the Altar.
Over 50 couples renewed their vows and celebrated...
People
Orville Victor Lewis
The obituary for Orville Victor Lewis was published in the Orlando Morning Sentinel on 12 February 1954, page B7. Mr. Lewis passed away on Wednesday, February 10, 1954.
Mentioned in the obituary: First Methodist Church Orlando, Wesleyan Men's Bible Cl...
People
Oral History Interview with Holocaust Survivor Helen Greenspun
ABOVE: Photo of Holocaust survivor Helen Garfinkel coming to the United States of America for the first time in 1949. Helen Garfinkel Greenspun and her husband, Joe Greenspun, also a Holocaust survivor, moved to Orlando in 1973.
June 15, 2010 oral...
People
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Serros, St. James Parishioners
ABOVE: Photo of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Serros at Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando, January 9th, 2011.
Robert Serros is an Orlando native and has been a member of St. James Church all his life. His wife Carolyn became a...
People
Andrew Meszaros Obituary 1974
Andrew Meszaros died Monday 28 October 1974. His obituary was published in the Home Edition of the Orlando Sentinel Star on 29 October 1974, page 4B.
Mentioned in the obit include: Blessed Trinity Catholic Church, U.S. Steel Company, Miflin Pennsylvania, ...
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Judge James Gamble Speer
An article published 16 May 1957 provides a photo and brief history of Judge James Gamble Speer's life in Orange County, Florida from the time he arrived just nine years after Florida was admitted to the union until he died...
People
Leona Law, St. James Cathedral Parishioner
Ms. Law's father, Orie Buzzelli, came to Orlando in 1925. After working successfully as a tailor for two years he invited his family to Orlando to live. Leona Buzzelli Law recalls coming to Orlando from Ellwood City, Pennsylvania by train...
People
James R. Smyth, St. James Cathedral Parishioner
Listen to Orlando native James R. Smyth recorded at the "Sneak Preview" for the restored Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando, November 13th, 2010.
LISTEN (4:46)
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Places
Bates Motel - Universal Studios
The Bates Motel and house were part of Universal Studios Orlando from 1990 to 1998, replaced by Woody Woodpecker and Curious George. If you have seen the movie or just heard the piercing music that accompanies Hitchcock's famous shower scene,...
