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Professor S. James Gates, Jr. Presents at Orlando Remembered for Black History Month, February 2022
Dr. S. James Gates, Jr. is the Brown Theoretical Physics Center Director, Ford Foundation Professor of Physics, an Affiliate Mathematics Professor, and a Faculty Fellow, Watson Institute for International Studies & Public Affairs at Brown University. He is...
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College Park Historic Homes Tour - West Lake Adair / South College Park, 1998
818 Ellwood Avenue home featured in the College Park Historic Homes Tour, West Lake Adair/South College Park - Nov. 22, 1998.
Photo provided by College Park Historical Society Board Member Julie Northlake.
In the 1910's and 20's the area north of Colonial...
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Orange County Mayor Jerry L. Demings Presents His Oral History at Orlando Remembered, February 2021
Mayor Jerry L. Demings is the fifth Mayor of Orange County, and is the first African-American to lead the office. Mayor Demings became Orlando’s first African-American police chief in 1998. He was elected as the first African-American Orange County Sheriff...
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Celebrating at the Buffalo Trading Company - 1989
In 1989, six buddies celebrated the boss' (Tim Glaze) birthday and retirement at the Buffalo Trading Company which used to be located at Orlando's Church Street Station.
From left to right, back row first: Jeff Karr, Richard Kellor, Ken Muller; front...
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Christmas Sharing at the Country Club
PLAYING SANTA CLAUS TO ORLANDO'S NEEDY KIDDIES: Wives of Junior Chamber of Commerce members who spent the entire day Thursday shopping for toys for the children who have written letters to the Good Fellows. They are standing with Claude Wolfe,...
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Oral History Interview with Orange County Art Legend Texann Ivy Buck, Parts I and II
Oral History Interview with Orange County Art Legend Texann Ivy Buck, Part I of II
My name is Texann Ivy Buck, but it really on my birth certificate says, Mary Ellen. And everybody says, "Ha! Oh, I knew it." But ever...
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The Pine Castle Woman's Club Fifth Grade Essay Contest Winners for 2020
The First Place Essay written by Miss Myla Evans of Blankner School of Innovation.
I joined Girl Scouts about a year ago. My favorite thing about Girl Scouts is it's all about learning to be a successful woman of the future....
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Pine Castle Pioneer Days Local History Presentations on February 22, 2020
Pine Castle Pioneer Days, February 2020, magazine featuring cover art by local artist Mark Baird. As noted in the magazine, his original artwork depicts Will Harney's original Pine Castle on the shores of Lake Conway...
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Alafaya Branch Library's 20th Anniversary Celebration
Thank you all for contributing to Alafaya's awesome 20th anniversary celebration. it was an amazing success thanks to all of your efforts. Here's to 20 more years!
-Lynette Schimpf Alafaya Branch Manager
Peruse the images under Attachments below!
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The Honorable Bakari F. Burns Presents at Orlando Remembered, February 2020
City of Orlando Commissioner for District 6, The Honorable Bakari F. Burns spoke on the history of healthcare for black people in Orlando and politics at the Orlando Remembered meeting on February 19, 2020, Black History Month, at the Orange...
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Mrs. Nils M. Schweizer and Architect Jerry Uhran Special Guest Speakers at Orlando Remembered, January 2020
Mrs. Nils M. Schweizer and Architect Jerry Uhran were the Special Guest Speakers at the Orlando Remembered meeting on January 15, 2020 in the Melrose Center at the Orlando Public Library.
Mrs. Schweizer is the widow of Architect Nils M. Schweizer...
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Southeast Branch's 25th Anniversary Celebration
On Saturday November 16, 2019, the staff at the Southeast Branch were honored to host an anniversary celebration to commemorate our service to the community for the past twenty five years. Many customers attended the various cultural and entertainment events...
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