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Oral History Interview with Holocaust Survivor Helen Greenspun
ABOVE: Photo of Holocaust survivor Helen Garfinkel coming to the United States of America for the first time in 1949. Helen Garfinkel Greenspun and her husband, Joe Greenspun, also a Holocaust survivor, moved to Orlando in 1973. June 15, 2010 oral...
People
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Serros, St. James Parishioners
ABOVE:  Photo of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Serros at Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando, January 9th, 2011. Robert Serros is an Orlando native and has been a member of St. James Church all his life. His wife Carolyn became a...
People
Andrew Meszaros Obituary 1974
Andrew Meszaros died Monday 28 October 1974.  His obituary was published in the Home Edition of the Orlando Sentinel Star on 29 October 1974, page 4B. Mentioned in the obit include: Blessed Trinity Catholic Church, U.S. Steel Company, Miflin Pennsylvania, ...
People
Judge James Gamble Speer
An article published 16 May 1957 provides a photo and brief history of Judge James Gamble Speer's life in Orange County, Florida from the time he arrived just nine years after Florida was admitted to the union until he died...
People
Leona Law, St. James Cathedral Parishioner
Ms. Law's father, Orie Buzzelli, came to Orlando in 1925. After working successfully as a tailor for two years he invited his family to Orlando to live. Leona Buzzelli Law recalls coming to Orlando from Ellwood City, Pennsylvania by train...
People
James R. Smyth, St. James Cathedral Parishioner
Listen to Orlando native James R. Smyth recorded  at the "Sneak Preview" for the restored Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando, November 13th, 2010. LISTEN (4:46) [audio mp3="http://om-staging.ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/James_R._Smyth.mp3...
Places
Bates Motel - Universal Studios
The Bates Motel and house were part of Universal Studios Orlando from 1990 to 1998, replaced by Woody Woodpecker and Curious George. If you have seen the movie or just heard the piercing music that accompanies Hitchcock's famous shower scene,...