Month: August 2012
Places
Saint James Cathedral: Come to Learn, Leave to Serve
Children engaged in learning at Saint James Cathedral at the corner of Robinson Street and Orange Avenue in downtown Orlando, photo circa 1970s.
Photo courtesy of the Mario Mesa Photo Archives.
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Places
Youth Bible Study at St. Michael's Episcopal Church
ABOVE: 1960's photo of Youth Bible Study at Saint Michael's Episcopal Church in College Park.
Girls engaged in Bible study at Saint Michael's Episcopal Church in College Park. Circa 1960s.
Boys engaged in learning at Youth Bible Study at Saint ...
Organizations
Princeton Elementary Report Card, 1946-47
Miss Eleanor Bell's Princeton Elementary first grade report card for school year 1946-47.
"We believe in the SPIRITUAL welfare of your child and to this end we urge that he be regularly identified with a CHURCH and SUNDAY SCHOOL organization" -...
Events
The Old Amway Arena Implosion
The old Amway Arena, also known as the O-rena and the TD Waterhouse Centre, was brought down in a controlled implosion around 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 25, 2012.
Many memories were made at the venue since the grand opening in...
People
Donald S. Evans
Donald Samuel Perry Evan's parents came here in 1889. He ran a local downtown pharmacy for many years. At the time of this interview he was a retired pharmacist and a former chairman of the county board of commissioners.
This interview...
Places
Edgewater High School Renovation
Edgewater High School Comprehensive for renovation of the 1952 building at 3200 Edgewater Drive in Orlando, FL
Construction Manager: W.G. Mills / Mims Construction, a joint venture.
Architect: C.T. Hsu & Associates.
Estimated cost of completion: $68,003,636.
GMP: $55,033,175.
Construction Start: 2/3/2009
Construction Completion: 10/21/2011
Places
School Days
Air raid drills to Apopka, Elvis in Orlando, and the Concord School tunnel, school days remembered in this excerpt from an oral history interview with Edgewater High School graduates Katherine Beasley Bornstein, Patricia Bell Peters, and Eleanor Crawford. In the...
Places
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...
Organizations
The Duda Family
The Duda family arrived in central Florida in 1911 and bought 40 acres between Sanford and Oviedo. After years of hard work Andrew Duda and his family's small farm grew to an international agricultural corporation and the small Slavac colony...
People
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.
Jose...
Places
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 College v...
Topics
The Pioneer Party Line
Hatabel Hyer discusses her oral history project, which she named the Pioneer Party Line, reminiscent of the old multiparty telephone lines residents used to share. She elaborates on the topic and shares anecdotes from her personal life as well as...
