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American Association of University Women Orlando-Winter Park Branch
American Association Of University Women The 1928-1978 50th anniversary yearbook of the American Association of University Women, Orlando - Winter Park Florida Branch states: "Fifty years ago, Mrs. Edgar Hyatt, a charming and accomplished Orlando lady, invited...
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Sorosis of Orlando
ABOVE: Sorosis Club at 108 Liberty Street in Orlando circa 1923. Sorosis of Orlando Sorosis of Orlando has a long history of service in Orlando: "In 1893, ten soft-spoken women of Orlando met at the home of Mrs. Robert Howe to organize...
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Pine Castle Historical Society
The Pine Castle Woman's Club was organized as a 501(c)(3) non-profit service organization in 1940. For many years one of its primary objectives was the preservation of local history. In 2014, they decided to formalize this effort by organizing the...
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Bob and Kim Showalter Oral History Interview
ABOVE: The future leader of Showalter Flying Service, Bob Showalter, seated on the cushion top left, next to Paul Wagner, Jr. Rollins College President Paul Wagner, center, with Howard Showalter, right, and family. Photo circa 1950. Listen as Showalter Flyi...
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Kim Showalter
Listen as Showalter Flying Service owners Bob and Kim Showalter share the history of the aviation company and our community in this oral history interview at Showalter Flying Service at Orlando Executive Airport on January 14, 2015. LISTEN Part I (18:42) [au...
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Bob Showalter
ABOVE: The future leader of Showalter Flying Service, Bob Showalter, seated on the cushion top left, next to Paul Wagner, Jr. Rollins College President Paul Wagner, center, with Howard Showalter, right, and family. Photo circa 1950. Listen as Showalter Flying...
Events
Wine & Dine Half Marathon
The 6th Annual run Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon weekend was on November 6th and 7th, 2015.  Starting at ESPN's Wide World of Sports and ending at EPOCT, the course was suppose to weave it's way down Osceola Parkway,...
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Azalea Park Ice Cream Party
More than 300 youngsters flocked to Azalea Park Saturday for an ice cream party on September 19, 1953. Wellborn C. Phillips, president of Phillips Industries, was host and residents of the Azalea Park development turned out en masse for the event. View...
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Volos Food Relief Effort: The Orlando Plan
ABOVE: A banquet for dignitaries collecting for Orlando's Relief Effort to Volos, Greece during 1946-1947. The banquet was held in the Marine Room of the Southland Restaurant at 13 N. Orange Avenue in Orlando. Mr. John P. Camichos, the restauran...
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Neil Wittenstein Speaks at College Park Oral History Night
College Park Resident Neil Wittenstein My name is Neil Wittenstein and I was born on Rio Grande Street right across from Lake Silver School. My parents met in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and my grandfather [Peter David Wittenstein] came here around 1912 and...
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Howard Showalter
Showalter Flying Service owners Bob and Kim Showalter share the history of the aviation company and our community in this excerpt from an oral history interview at Showalter Flying Service at Orlando Executive Airport on January 14, 2015. LISTEN (18:41)  ...
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The Florida Collection
The Florida Collection at the Downtown Orlando Public Library holds many unique and interesting literary Florida gems. Items dating back to the 1800s and up to present day show hints of previous ownership, like an author's  scribbled  signature or  a...