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Princeton Elementary 5th Grade Class, 1950-51
Princeton Elementary School fifth graders pose for a photo in front of the school on Princeton Street in College Park, 1950-51 school year.
Seated in the first row are the Bell twins, Eleanor Bell, center and fifth from the left, and Patricia Bell, sec ... Read
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On Campus with Joseph S. Guernsey, 2012
ABOVE: Orlando Junior College brochure featuring a photo of the college from North Highland Avenue, the same building which is used today by Lake Highland Preparatory School for classes. Mr. Guernsey served as Board Chairman of Orlando Junior College.
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Orlando Junior College
Orlando Junior College, a two year, independent, coeducational institution of higher learning was chartered under the Laws of Florida in the spring of 1941. In 1969, due to inability to compete with the new Valencia Community College, Orlando Junior Coll ... Read
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Joseph S. Guernsey Congratulates Lake Highland Preparatory School Class of 2012
ABOVE: Photo of Joseph S. Guernsey.
Joseph S. Guernsey is the grandson of Orlando's banking pioneer, Joseph L. Guernsey who came here in 1886, purchased considerable property from the city centre to Colonial Drive, as well as residences on Lake Eola and ... Read
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122 Years of Catholic Education in Orlando
ABOVE: May 1894. Gold medal presented to St. Joseph Academy student, Ellen Mahoney of Sanford, Florida. Side one: Awarded to Miss E. Mahoney for Good Conduct. Side two: St. Joseph's Academy Orlando, Fla. May '94 [1894].
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Events
Desegregation in Orange County Schools
Educator Mary Jane Sevick remembers the day her students cleared their lockers at Robinswood Junior High School in response to a court order to desegregate Carver and Robinswood Junior High Schools. Hear her firsthand account of the event and the transi ... Read
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My Entrance Into the Orlando Jewish Community
We would meet on Orange Avenue with our swimsuits and go to Palm Beach where the shops closed at 5:30. "I really felt like I was on vacation even though I was working." From the Lerner Shop on Orange Avenue to the shores of Palm Beach, centenarian Myrtl ... Read
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It's Always Darkest Before the Dawn
ABOVE: 1983 photo of Saint James School Principal Blanka Roberts, left, with Saint James Cathedral parishioners Fran Krehl and Frank Sevick at the anniversary celebration honoring Blanka's 25 years of outstanding service to the school and our community.
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Community Life at Saint James Cathedral - Jean Wilkes
ABOVE: Photo of the Wilkes family from the St. James Centennial 1885-1985 directory celebrating 100 years of St. James Catholic Cathedral in downtown Orlando. Pictured are Tom and Jean Wilkes with son Kevin and daughter Kelly.
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