Year: 2013
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Lynn Whipple: American Artist
Growing up in the Sunshine State...
My name is Lynn Whipple and I'm from Winter Park, Florida. I was born in Winter Park Hospital. I grew up here. I went to Winter Park High School. My mom was a teacher at...
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The McQuaig Pioneers: An Orlando Retrospective
ABOVE: Photo of Ms. Dorothy Nash holding a photo of her father Mr. George Nash.
Dorothy Louise Nash's great grandfather Charles Franklin McQuaig came to Orlando in 1871. Her grandmother, Lorena McQuaig, was born on a little lake in Conway in...
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Mrs. Barbara Ellen Dann Lemay
I was 9 months old when my parents moved to 1203 West Smith Street in College Park. I grew up and we had such a wonderful neighborhood. Everybody knew everybody and it was such an exciting time...
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The Halcyon Days of Orlando - Dann Pottinger
I'm Dann Pottinger and I'm from Orlando, one of those rare creatures that spent all my life here... My career being in the banking business. I was the founder and president of First State Financial and also president later of...
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The Open Air School
The life story of education pioneer Erna Wentzler Achenbach and the legacy of The Open Air School, as told by her daughter Irma Scudder Achenbach.
The Open Air School was the first private school in Orlando.
My mother said that she had...
People
The Reverend Canon Nelson Wardell Pinder
ABOVE: Walter Hawkins and Father Pinder at the Dr. Jerry B. Callahan Exhibit Dedication Ceremony on February 20, 2013. The Reverend Canon Nelson Wardell Pinder (Father Pinder), Rector Emeritus of The Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist, gave the Invoca...
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Father Pinder Speaks
ABOVE photograph: Father Pinder and Walter Hawkins at the Dr. Jerry B. Callahan Exhibit at the Dedication Ceremony on February 20, 2013. The Reverend Canon Nelson Wardell Pinder (Father Pinder), Rector Emeritus of The Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist...
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At Home with Roy and Connie Brand
On this visit to Villa Con Roy in College Park, Roy and Connie Brand share their life experiences with art and the people of Orlando. It is at one and the same an oral history interview detailing the people and...
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Father Pinder Speaks
ABOVE: Father Pinder with City of Orlando guests at the Callahan Neighborhood Center reception for the Dr. Jerry B. Callahan Exhibit Dedication Ceremony on February 20, 2013.
Father Nelson Pinder led the peaceful integration of Orlando's community during the C...
Places
Walt Disney World
Having grown up in Orlando, I have many memories of going to Disney World. In the early 90s my family always had annual passes so we knew the parks like the back of hands. I remember that the first roller...
People
Margaret Ekdahl - "Miss America 1930"
Margaret Ekdahl - Florida's first "Miss America"
While there has been much controversy surrounding her title, there was no doubt about the beauty of Margaret Ekdahl. Born in Sweden in 1912, Margaret and her family arrived in Orlando in 1926....
Organizations
Orlando City Soccer
About Orlando City Soccer Club:
Orlando City Soccer Club (OCSC) is the premier professional soccer sports franchise in the State of Florida. The Lion's pro team has won two regular season titles and one postseason championship during their short time...
