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Attorney John "Jack" McEwan Presents His Oral History at Orlando Remembered, May 2023

To begin, if you look at the McEwan, Martinez, Dukes & Hall website, you will see a quote that says, "The past guides us towards the future." So I think that is a perfect quote for Orlando Remembered. And there is also a quote that says, "Our people ... Read more

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Oral History Interview with Interior Designer Mandy Wannen, President of Kaleidoscope Interior Design

Photo by OCLS Photographer Amanda Murphy I was doing a lot of projects, schools for the Department of Defense. And so, I helped design five schools in Germany ... Read more

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Oral History Interview with Senator Toni Jennings

Toni Jennings is the Chairman of the Board for Jack Jennings & Sons, an Orlando based commercial construction firm recognized for national industry awards and outstanding projects throughout Central Florida. Senator Toni Jennings, an Orlando native kn ... Read more

Places

OPL Under Construction 1964-1966

ABOVE: Photo taken December 1, 1965, looking southeast from the AT&T building on Wall Street. Notice how close the new library is to the former Salvation Army Citadel in the lower right corner of the photo. Also, visible is the former staff lounge cal ... Read more

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Oral History Interview with Tom E. Lewis, Jr.

Tom E. Lewis, Jr. Architect, Attorney, and United States Air Force Colonel (retired). Mr. Lewis came to Orlando during the Vietnam War to serve as Director of Programs for McCoy Engineering Programs. He was instrumental in starting Orlando’s first POW-M ... Read more

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Oral History Interview with Donovan Dean

I'm Patrick Donovan Dean born here in Orlando General Hospital 28 September '39. I was born here, but during the war my folks moved to Lakeland. My father, Donovan Dean, was an architect, and became the base engineer for the military base in Lakeland. The ... Read more

People

Oral History Interview with Donovan Dean