Year: 2012
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WWII Veteran Earl K. Wood, 397th Infantry, 100th Division
World War II Veteran Earl K. Wood, far left, with his fellow veterans at a reunion of the Canon Company 397th Infantry, 100th Division. READ the Reunion Program.
Individuals mentioned in the reunion program: Lt. Ross H. Bearup, Pfc. Robert E....
Places
The Coliseum
The renowned Coliseum where Earl K. Wood and his wife, Mary, danced to the sounds of Big Band music many a night. Earl was voted best dancer at Orlando High School. His seat at the Coliseum was 17 B.
According to...
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Earl K. Wood: 1916-2012
Photo of Earl Kenneth Wood, "Woody" as he was known in the 397th Infantry, 100th Infantry Division where he served as Technical Sergeant during World War II.
Play Video interview.
Photo from video interview in September 2011 when Mr. Wood was 94...
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Lucia Santofimio Interview - Spanish Language
Lucia Santofimio shares her memories and differences between living in Colombia and now living in Orlando, Florida with library staff at the Southeast Branch Library in September 2012.
WATCH the video interview.
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Chris Taylor
WATCH as Chris Taylor shares his Orlando memories with Orange County Library staff at the Southeast Branch Library in October 2012.
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Viola A. Fosgate
Viola and her husband, real estate salesman Charles Francis Fosgate moved to Orlando from Boston in 1919 along with the other Fosgate brothers, Chester Crawford Fosgate (citrus grower) and Stanley P. Fosgate, drawn here by their father, Leo E. Fosgate...
Places
St. Michael's Church Art & Traditions
ABOVE: Featured image is the kneeler at the altar of St. Michael's Episcopal Church in College Park embroidered by Rebecca Thomas Millitzer.
Mrs. Millitzer did a lot of the needlepoint in the main church as seen in the below photos.
Mrs. Millitzer,...
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St. Michael's Episcopal Church: Dedication of the Rose Window
Program for the Dedication of the West End Window at St. Michael's Episcopal Church in College Park, December 8, 2002.
VIEW the program: Front Cover Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
LISTEN (6:47)
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Anita & Jimmy Bryant Move to North Ivanhoe Boulevard
Photos of Anita and Jimmy Bryant in the local newspaper reporting that their new colonial home at 315 North Ivanhoe Boulevard was celebrated with a surprise housewarming party given by friends.
The article was noted in a letter to Postmaster Bryant...
Events
Dedication of the New U.S. Post Office and Court House, 1941
1941 United States Post Office correspondence: letters, telegrams, program, history, regarding the dedication of the new U. S. Post Office and Court House in downtown Orlando on April 15, 1941.
History of the establishment of the Federal Court for the O...
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Edward W. Fishback
Born here in 1911, the son of Davis Erwin and Lillian (Wilmot) Fishback. In this recording Mr. Fishback reads and discusses his recollections of life here in Orlando. This interview was conducted by James R. Spence on November 8, 1994. ...
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College Park Oral History Night with the Dann Family
ABOVE: Featured image 1949 photo of Carl Dann, Jr., son of the founder of Dusbdread Country Club at 549 West Par Street in Orlando, Florida.
College Park Oral History Night with the Dann Family sharing the life and story of Dubsdread...
