Tag: 1960s Orlando
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Oral History Interview with Attorney Jim Robinson
My name is James C. Robinson, I'm Jim Robinson, I'm from Rock Hill, South Carolina. My family moved here in about 1925 and I was just a little boy. After I started school, I went to Hillcrest Elementary School two years and then the family moved to Conway ... Read
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The Martin Marietta Orlando Presentations Department, circa 1960's
DOWN TO EARTH: Pulling a ripcord and pushing a launch button really aren't very different. In both cases lives are at stake. And in both cases the product must perform the way it was intended. This calls for careful designing, the correct materials, and p ... Read
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Zero Defects Graphics From The Martin Marietta Orlando Presentations Department, circa 1960s
DOWN TO EARTH: Pulling a ripcord and pushing a launch button really aren't very different. In both cases lives are at stake. And in both cases the product must perform the way it was intended. This calls for careful designing, the correct materials, and p ... Read
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College College Park Oral History Night: Bertie Hunt, Lynda Swenk, Bunny Parish, and Dann Pottinger
College Park Oral History Night with special guests Bertie Hunt, Lynda Swenk, Bunny Parish, and Dann Pottinger sharing memories about growing up in College Park.
The oral history event was held at the College Park Community Center located at 2393 Eliza ... Read
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Ruth Butler's Oral History Interview
My father gets to Lake Monroe with his truck and at that time there was no I-4, he was going around Lake Monroe with their palm trees and just fell in love. And he sent my mom a postcard and he said, "We're moving to Florida. Start packing!"
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Ruth Schankweiler Butler
My father gets to Lake Monroe with his truck and at that time there was no I-4, he was going around Lake Monroe with their palm trees and just fell in love. And he sent my mom a postcard and he said, "We're moving to Florida. Start packing!"
LISTEN Par ... Read
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Joe Sikora, Lockheed Martin 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 in Orlando we landed at Executive Airport which a lot of ... Read
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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 in Orlando we landed at Executive Airport which a lot of ... Read
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Barry Nager
Orange County Library System staff member Caitlin talks to Central Florida resident Barry Nager for the Orlando Memory project. Listen to this interview with Barry Nager recorded at the Zora! Outdoor Festival of the Arts on Saturday, January 28, 2012.
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