Tag: College Park
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College Park Neighborhood Association Historical Committee’s Lake Concord and Lake Adair Historic House Tour, December, 1993
College Park Historic Homes Tour House at 804 Alameda Drive featured in the Third Annual Historic Homes Tour sponsored by the College Park Neighborhood Association through its Historical Committee.
The Lake Concord/Adair area of College Park was the subj ... Read
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College Park Neighborhood Association Historical Committee’s Lake Concord's Southwest Shore Historic House Tour, December, 1994
The McEwan House, 407 Peachtree Road designed by James Gamble Rogers II featured in the College Park Neighborhood Association Historical Committee’s Lake Concord's Southwest Shore Historic House Tour, December 4,1994.
At the turn of the century, the La ... Read
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College Park Neighborhood Association Historical Committee’s Ivanhoe Area Historic House Tour, 1995
On the shores of Lake Ivanhoe, near where Dartmouth Street meets the lake, ground was broken Feb. 26, 1925 for the first subdivision to be called College Park (north to Princeton, west to Edgewater, east to University). The developers of this former citru ... Read
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College Park Neighborhood Association Historical Committee's Ivanhoe Historic House Tour, 1992
Margaret Ark New Era Markets at Edgewater Drive and Princeton Street.
Photo provided by College Park Historical Society Board Member Julie Northlake.
College Park Neighborhood Association Historical Committee's Ivanhoe Historic House Tour, ... Read
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College Park Neighborhood Association Dubsdread Area Historic House Tour, 1991
College Park Historic Homes Tour House at 375 Niblick Avenue featured in the 1991 Dubsdread Area Historic Homes Tour sponsored by the College Park Neighborhood Association through its Historical Committee.
The Dubsdread area got its start in 1923 ... Read
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Oral History Interview with Robert Kahn
My name is Robert Kahn, I was born in Orlando at Orange General Hospital, July 23, 1945... I grew up in Orlando. My family's first home was a garage apartment on Palmer Avenue. They didn't have numbers back in the day and that first home that they bought ... Read
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City Leaders Bring a Holiday Welcome to All!
For many growing up in Orlando, the lighting of the Merry Christmas sign overlooking Lake Ivanhoe marked the beginning of the holiday season.
Pictured clockwise from top left are District 4 Commissioner Patty Sheehan, District 6 Commissioner Samu ... Read
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Fishing on Lake Adair
ABOVE IMAGE: Eddie Martin, age 6, with the fish he caught at Lake Adair, circa 1952.
Eddie's grandparents, Joseph and Bertie Carrie Martin, moved to College Park in 1915.
Grandpa and his free range chickens. College Park circa 1940s.
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Grandpa's House
ABOVE: My granddad's house on Ellwood Street in College Park., Joseph G. Martin (1865-1953). Photo from College Park resident Bertie Hunt.
The house was built in 1913-14. My Grand Mom, Bertie Carrie Lee Martin, was the postmistress in Lake Mary.
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College Park Oral History Night with the Stuart Family
ABOVE: Charlie Stuart who grew up on Gerda Terrace in College Park speaks at the College Park Oral History Night with the Stuart Family at Infusion Tea, August 26, 2013.
ABOVE: Front page excerpt of Urban Renewal: A Way to Keep Orlando The City Beautiful ... Read
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The Open Air School
The life story of education pioneer Erna Wentzler Achenbach and the legacy of The Open Air School, as told by her daughter Irma Scudder Achenbach.
The Open Air School was the first private school in Orlando.
My mother said that she had to go around and ... Read
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Pals and Gals by Miss Joan Cayce
Peek into the life of Orlando's It Girl with a look at Joan Cayce's "pasteup book", circa 1950s.
The parties, invites, photos and newsy clippings tell the story of an Orlando debutante enjoying the good life!
Edgewater High School football games, fetes ... Read
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