Month: November 2011
Topics
Saint James Cathedral Holiday Boutique
ABOVE IMAGE: Community plant sale at Saint James Cathedral Community LIfe Center in downtown Orlando.
Photo from Saint James Cathedral Holiday Boutique in downtown Orlando.
In 1978, preparing for Christmas meant helping one's neighbor for parish...
Events
Thanking God for the Blessings of Our Nation
ABOVE: 1984 photo of parishioners at Thanksgiving Mass at Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando. Pictured front and center are Kelly Wilkes, age 2, with her mother, Jean Wilkes, holding her hand and Tom Wilkes, center, walking towards his wife. Several ...
Places
The Veterans Trailer Park
Fran Abeel came to Orlando in 1947, because her husband, a disabled veteran, needed to live in a warm climate. Housing was scarce so for their first 2-3 years in Orlando, the Abeels lived in the Veterans Trailer Park.
In this...
Events
Brooklyn Grammar School No. 106 - 1908
Photo copy of the front and back covers of the 1908 Brooklyn Grammar School No. 106 found in the Brouard Family files in the Genealogy collection at the Orange County Library System. Note, however, that the graduate is Emilie M....
People
LBJ's Lake Eola Handshake
President Lyndon B. Johnson, the first president ever to sleep in Orlando, stayed at the Cherry Plaza just around the corner from the Buning's family home on Lake Eola during his 1964 campaign visit. Alice Buning remembers competing with her...
Organizations
The Brouard Family
Sampling of original photographs and documents found in the Orange County Library System Genealogy collection of the Brouard Family. There are two folders full of documentation including copies of deeds, information on cemeteries, etc. Many of the photos have ...
