Month: July 2010
Places
Seminole Hotel - Winter Park 1890
Advertising booklet circa 1890 promoting the Seminole Hotel in Winter Park and land sales in Winter Park through the Winter Park Company.
The Seminole Hotel brochure - Click on links below to view
COVER - Front and Back
Mentioned: Seminole...
Topics
Susan Sargeant Interview - July 6, 2010
Oral history interview with Susan Sargeant, retired teacher and long time Orlando resident conducted by Orange County Library librarian Charlie Hoeck.
LISTEN (22:22)
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Topics
Tony Winslow Interview - July 12, 2010
Oral history interview with Tony Winslow, entrepreneur and Orlando native conducted by Orange County Library librarian Charlie Hoeck on July 12, 2010.
Tony tells about his ancestors who arrived in Florida before 1900. His grandparents had a daily farm in Fa...
People
WWII Veteran William M. Turner Interview
Interview with WWII Veteran William M. Turner at Delaney Street Baptist Church, June 30th, 2010.
LISTEN (10:28)
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Veteran Turner served in both WWII and...
Organizations
Orlando Brief - Orlando Chamber of Commerce circa 1939
ABOVE: Photograph looking west on Central Boulevard. The Albertson Public Library is the third large structure on the north side of Central with the Chamber of Commerce Building above it in the photo. Beyond Magnolia, you can see the old...
People
WWII Veteran John J. Broderick and Wife Patricia Interview
Interview with WWII Veteran John J. Broderick's wife, Patricia, at Orlando VA Medical Center, May 26, 2010. Veteran John Broderick served in the 82nd Airborne Paratroopers 504 Division out of Fort Bragg. John J. Broderick was in his second year...
People
WWII Veteran Floyd O. Johnson Interview
WWII Veteran Floyd O. Johnson at Saint Richard's Episcopal Church in Winter Park, FL, July 3rd, 2010.
Veteran Johnson joined the U.S. Navy at age 17 in July 1943 and went on to fly as a Tail Gunner for 30 years....
Organizations
Akerman Law Firm
READ a brief history of the Orlando office of the Akerman Law Firm produced by Robert W. Wilson in June 2009 and provided to Orlando Memory.
"This is not a complete history of the firm, nor the Orlando office, but a...
People
WWII Veteran Tom Connors Interview
Interview with WWII Veteran Tom Connors at St. James Cathedral Church, Orlando, Florida, July 1st, 2010. Veteran Connors served in the Southwest Pacific during the war in extremely native areas such as New Guinea and Okinawa. He is the only...
People
Korean War Veteran Robert L. Claudy, Jr. Interview
Korean War Veteran Robert L. Claudy, Jr. shares his memories with Orlando Memory at Delaney Street Baptist Church in Orlando, FL, June 30th, 2010.
Robert Claudy, Jr. is an Orlando native and remembers playing ball at Hillcrest School when Mills Avenue...
Events
Gift Presented To President Gerald Ford
Orlando resident Kim Peters presented a hand made macramé gift to President and Mrs. Ford in July 1976 during the Bicentennial and wrote a letter expressing that she was inspired by the personal stories of President Ford and Betty Ford....
Organizations
St. Mary Magdalen Church - July 4th Sunday Bulletin
The Sunday Bulletin for July 4, 2010,was like no other I had seen before, with quotes from Founding Fathers, Presidents and others whose names are recognizable to all Americans. The connection between the success of our Republic and our belief...
