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Oral History Interview with The Honorable Linda Chapin, Part I of II
The Honorable Linda Chapin served as the first elected Mayor of Orange County, Florida, from 1990-1998. Her accomplishments in public office include the construction of the nation’s second-largest convention center, a new Orange County Courthouse, the Orang...
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Alafaya: Through the Years
Alafaya Branch Library
The Alafaya branch library serves customers in the UCF, Avalon Park, Bithlo, Christmas, and Lake Nona areas. Alafaya Branch originally opened as the Azalea Park Library in 1965 as one of the first branches of the Orange County...
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Southeast Branch - Blast from 2008
Southeast Branch Library
On Saturday, November 16th, the Southeast Branch will celebrate its 25th Anniversary! Check out the gallery below from photos from 2008! Stay tuned for more pictures from the branch celebration.
According to our records, Southeast ope...
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The Pioneers of Lake Pineloch presented by Joy & Richard Fox, Orlando Remembered 2019
The trip from primitive land to a residential community took 100 years. It involved Indian trails, land speculators, northerners with health problems, and citrus farms that survived freezes, recessions, and a depression. Richard Fox used old aerial photographs...
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Rick Kilby Presents "The Magical Springs of Old Florida"
Rick Kilby, author of: Finding the fountain of youth: Ponce de León and Florida's magical waters speaks on the history and allure of old Florida springs at the Orlando Remembered meeting, July 17, 2019, in the Melrose Conference Room at the Orlando...
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Orlando Army Air Force Base
THE ORLANDO ARMY AIR FORCE BASE
September 1940
ABOVE: Orlando Morning Sentinel - Air Base Edition, August 31, 1940.VIEW the 24-page Air Base Edition
Servicemen with photographs in the Air Base Edition: Captain Charles A. Bassett, Captain Dudley D. Hale, Captai...
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Shiloh Baptist Church
Listen as Orlando native Belvin Perry, Jr. describes the strong role models he had at Shiloh Baptist Church in this excerpt from an oral history interview with Belvin Perry, Jr. at the Orlando Public Library on April 24, 2017.
LISTEN Part...
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Panera Bread Restaurant, Downtown Orlando
The downtown Panera Bread restaurant closed their doors on Tuesday, April 24, 2017 at 5 P.M.
I have great memories of lunches there with coworkers, friends, and family. The place seemed to always be popular; service was great; the staff were...
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Orlando Youth Center
Dedicated on July 13, 1958, the Orlando Youth Center used to be the scene of teen activity for the Orlando crowd in the days before Disney.
Soon to be the new home of the Orlando Ballet, the Loch Haven Community Center,...
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Eau Gallie, Florida
Oral history interview with Reverend Gene Zimmerman and his wife, Emily Ann Zimmerman, as they share details of the friendship between Zora Neale Hurston and Emily Ann's mother, Mrs. H. A. Owen.
Ms. Hurston and Mrs. Owen became friends in Eau...
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Las Memorias 1929
This copy of "Las Memorias" -- the 1929 yearbook of Orlando Senior High School (sometimes referred to as Orlando High School) belonged to Elizabeth Stalder. Her children, Betty Jo Stockton and Bob Kieser, donated their father's and their mother's high...
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Las Memorias 1930
This copy of the 1930 "Las Memorias" - the yearbook of Orlando Senior High School belonged to Elizabeth Stalder. Her children, Betty Jo Stockton and Bob Kieser, donated their father and mother's high school yearbooks to the library.
Only pages with...
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