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In the beginning The 1973 history of the Friends of the Library (above) records the beginnings of the group. Due to the enthusiastic efforts of Zonta Club, the Friends of the Library of Orlando came into being in 1949. The Winter Park-Orlando Zonta Club s ... Read more

ABOVE: The Orlando Public Library Traveling Branch and County Bookmobile in front of the 1966 Orlando Public Library. A Bookmobile for the Library A proposal for the addition of a bookmobile was presented to the board of the Albertson Public Library by th ... Read more

ABOVE: Alice Grace at the Booker T. Washington Library Plaque Commemorating the Booker T. Washington Library On December 30, 2001, the Orange County Library System and the Shiloh Baptist Church celebrated the history of the former Booker T. Washington Lib ... Read more

Above: Librarian Eddie T. Jackson - Story time at the Booker T. Washington Branch Library circa 1927 Eddie Natalie Byrd Thomas Cromartie Jackson Eddie Jackson was born Eddie Natalie Byrd Thomas on March 25th, 1902, in Tampa, Florida. Her mother, Woodie ... Read more