Month: November 2013
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Indian Friend
Dorothy Louise Nash's great grandfather Charles Franklin McQuaig came to Orlando in 1871.
Her grandmother, Lorena McQuaig, was born on a little lake in Conway in 1878. Dorothy tells the story of the day her great grandfather's friend, a seven...
People
Willa Vick Griffin
Willa Vick Griffin was interviewed by Hattabel Hyer for the "Pioneer Party Line" on December 12. She was the daughter of Sheriff John Henry Vick and wife of Samuel Sevier Griffin. They had three daughters and at one time owned...
People
Agnes Person and Jean Person Floyd
Agnes Person (Orlando) and Jean Person Floyd (Leesburg) were interviewed by Hatabel Hyer on December 1, 1971, for her Pioneer Party Line project. Hatabel Hyer refers to these sisters as representative of the backbone of the early community. They were...
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Grand Avenue School Friends Joyce & Herkie
ABOVE: Joyce (Bossi) Erickson's Florida souvenir photo album with Grand Avenue School photos of her happy times growing up in the City Beautiful. Joyce Bossi is pictured in the center left, 1940-1941 student at Grand Avenue School.
Joyce and I were...
People
Wayne A. Cooper
Wayne A. Cooper, a long time "real estate man" in Orlando was interviewed by Frank Manual on January 30, 1978. We are grateful for the Orange County Regional History Center's making this recording available for Orlando Memory.
Mr. Cooper came to...
Organizations
Adventures in Christian Writing
Local authors share original stories of life in the City Beautiful at the Adventures in Christian Writing meeting, October 19, 2013.
We invite you to share in this literary and auditory treasure of Orlando writers.
LISTEN Part I (19:59)
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People
Joe Sikora, Engineer
The Martin Company - so they put me on the company plane with a few other guys and down to Orlando we come. When we left Baltimore it was snowing, cold, messy, you know really bad and when we landed...
People
Will abstract of Luron H. Geer
According to local historian Eve Bacon, Luron H Geer was the first professional photographer in Orlando. Mr. and Mrs. Geer came to Orlando sometime in the 1870s and settled on the land around the lake which is named after them...
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Holocaust Survivor Panel Discussion
Local Holocaust survivors Eva Ritt, Harry Lowenstein, and Sonja Marchesano share their remembrances of Kristallnacht and their Holocaust experiences in this four part oral history recording.
LISTEN Part I (15:36) Introduction by Holocaust Center Execu...
Events
Lecture: Memories of Kristallnacht: Last Glimpses of a Dying World
ABOVE: Holocaust Resource Educator Mitchell Bloomer presents "Memories of Kristallnacht: Last Glimpses of a Dying World" at the Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Central Florida November 5, 2013 as part of the 75th Anniversary of Kristallnach...
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Oral History Interview with School Principal Irma Achenbach Scudder
I came from Germany when I was 4 1/2 years old. It was 1924 and it was very different from it is now. We lived in College Park and there was no water no lights no street paving... My father......
Places
Designzillas Lair
ABOVE: Our new custom made sign for our brand new office!
The team at Designzillas moved from the Cave to the Lair in 2009. The Lair was bigger, unique, and renovated to fit the creative needs of the team. As the...
