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Orlando Newspapers
The history of newspapers in Orlando features prominently in books written about the history of Orlando and Orange County by William Fremont Blackman and E. H. Gore.
Blackman's book History of Orange County Florida written in 1925, 22 years prior to...
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Oral History Interview with Pano John Camichos
My name is Pano John Camichos. I was born in Orlando on March 3, 1933. My name as it appears on the birth certificate is PANOYOTIS. However, I think because of the accents of my father at the time I...
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Marjorie Maull Rogers Oral History Interview
My name is Marjorie Alice, maiden name is Maull, Rogers. I married a Rogers. He was a Yankee from Chicago. I was born and raised in Pine Castle and I'm still a Pine Castle girl. I know I live right,...
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Alice Morgan Oral History Interview
My name is Alice Macy Morgan, I'm from Pine Castle, Florida. I'm was actually born in Conway. I was born in my grandmother's home, but we lived in Pine Castle. Hilda Arnett. I'm named after both grandmothers. They were early...
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College College Park Oral History Night: Bertie Hunt, Lynda Swenk, Bunny Parish, and Dann Pottinger
College Park Oral History Night with special guests Bertie Hunt, Lynda Swenk, Bunny Parish, and Dann Pottinger sharing memories about growing up in College Park.
The oral history event was held at the College Park Community Center located at 2393 Elizabeth...
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Ralph Meloon and the Correct Craft Legacy: Gifted Boat Builders and a Gifted Businessman
The Meloon Family... all of these people are boat builders all the way back into the 17th century when we came to the United States we were boat builders. We built our own boat to come across the waters to...
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Grand Ave. Elementary Yearbook of 2001-02
Grand Avenue Elementary School Yearbook of 2001-02. VIEW.
Explore additional treasures in the Grand Avenue School archives.
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James Doyle Mallory Oral History Interview
My name is James Doyle Mallory and I was born in the Conway area and grew up in the Taft area. I started to school in Concord Park Elementary School over on the corner of '50 and the Orange Blossom...
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November 1963 - The Orlando Sentinel
This series of Orlando Sentinel newspapers covering just a few days in November 1963 chronicle President Kennedy's assassination in Dallas and the international response to the horrific event.
Read pages 1-3 from the November 22, 1963 Orlando Sentinel -...
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Bobby Bandy Oral History Interview
My dad bought the place up on Orange Avenue in 1934. He paid $800.00 for it. Ten dollars down and ten dollars a month. And at that time it was the only road to Miami and Tampa. Orange Blossom Trail...
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Charles Gray and Florida Governor Reubin Askew
Photo of Charles Gray and Reubin Askew as pictured in Mr. Gray's Gray Robinson law office overlooking Lake Eola in downtown Orlando.
LISTEN below as Charles Gray tells the story of how he beat Reubin by eight votes in their run...
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RADA: Random Access Discrete Address
Martin Company poster for RADA: Random Access Discrete Address, circa 1950s, drawn by Martin illustrator Roy Gronnell.
LISTEN (2:10) as Robert Buck, Martin Orlando Presentations Chief, describes the poster in this excerpt from an oral history interview.
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