Month: February 2012
People
WWII Veteran Felix Monell
Known as the Bazooka Man by his platoon, Felix Monell spent days behind enemy lines stringing up wire for U.S. troop communications in Italy during WWII. He was awarded the bronze star with the oak leaf cluster for his service to...
Places
Tony and Cecy
Tony and Cecy have been residents of Orlando for 15 years. In 1997 they decided to take a family vacation to Orlando. After a week or so in Orlando, they enjoyed the weather and beauty of the city that a...
Events
Welcome to MUSIC CLUB!
In 2012, the South Creek branch launched the "Welcome to MUSIC CLUB!" program, held every 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month at 6:30pm. The program gave individuals a venue to perform and share in their favorite musicians, bands, songs,...
Events
Valentine's Day at St. James Cathedral
Valentine's Day at St. James Cathedral - 1992.
February 1992 photo of Jim and Cathy Steiger at a Valentine's Day celebration at St. James Cathedral in downtown Orlando.
LISTEN (9:37) Catherine Buning Steiger, November 13, 2010. Interview with Cat...
People
Debra Pate
WATCH an interview of Debra Pate at the Washington Park Library on February 14, 2012, conducted by Orange County Library System staff member Ashley Taylor.
LISTEN (10:31)
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Ms. Pate talks about growing up and living in the Washington Shores area.
People
Linus Rawlins
WATCH this interview of Linus Rawlins at the Washington Park Branch on February 12, 2012, with Orange County Library System staff member Ashley Taylor.
Mr. Rawlins moved to the Washington Shores area as an adult and talks about his life here.
LISTEN...
People
Loretta Hawkins
Orange County Library System staff member Ashley Taylor interviews Loretta Hawkins at the Washington Park Branch on February 14, 2012.
Ms Hawkins is a long time resident of the Washington Shores area and talks about growing up and living in this...
People
Oral History Interview with Sonar Physicist Vincent Benedetti
Sonar Physicist Vincent Benedetti worked at the naval research lab at the corner of Gatlin and Summerlin Avenue for 35 years. He was the first person in Orlando to own scuba equipment having received his training from the U.S. Navy...
People
Helen Greenspun and Regina Muscovitz at Treblinka
Photo of Holocaust survivors Helen Garfinkel Greenspun, left, and her sister, Regina Garfinkel Muscovitz, taken at Treblinka, Poland.
Helen and Regina are standing in front of the grave marker for Chmielnik, Poland, their hometown.
In 1942 German N...
Organizations
Mayor Langford's Letter to St. James School
Orlando Mayor Carl T. Langford's 1978 congratulations letter to St. James Cathedral School on their 50th anniversary in downtown Orlando.
Mayor Langford notes how "The Orlando community has benefited from, and has been blessed by, the tremendous number of o...
Organizations
Orlando Senior High School - 1924 Yearbook
This is Helen Griffin's copy of the 1924 edition of The Echo - Orlando High School Yearbook.
According to the 1927 Orlando city directory, Orlando Senior High School was located on east Robinson street between north Summerlin Avenue and north Hyer...
Places
Saint James Cathedral: This is where God lives...
September 11th, 2011 oral history interview with Orlando attorney Michael R. Walsh at Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando. Hear highlights from his interview in this excerpt.
LISTEN Part I (6:21)
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