Year: 2014
People
Marjorie Rogers Oral History Interview
My name is Marjorie Alice, maiden name is Maull, Rogers. I married a Rogers. He was a Yankee from Chicago. I was born and raised in Pine Castle and I'm still a Pine Castle girl. I know I live right,...
Places
All Souls Catholic Church rectory - April 1911
The photograph is from the Sanford Herald, April 28, 1911, no page number, col. 1-2.
Parochial Residence of Father Bresnahan. The Catholic Church.
Among the many changes and improvements, that have been made in Sanford during the past six months, by no ...
Places
All Souls Catholic Church, rectory and school circa 1914
Postcard of All Souls Catholic rectory, constructed in early 1911 for their first resident pastor, Father Patrick "P.J." Bresnahan, the first church constructed 1887, and the school and convent constructed in 1912.
It is a black and white photographic post card...
Events
Drowned on Lake Apopka
The Sanford Herald, March 28, 1913, p. 7, col. 3.
Drowned on Lake Apopka.
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock the bodies of Mr. E. P. Lewis and F. Garner of Apopka and Frank and Clarence Garner of Orlando, the victims of Sunday's...
People
Orlando Man Disappears - Jerome Palmer Wanders Away
ORLANDO MAN DISAPPEARS. This May be a Case of Self Destruction.
JEROME PALMER WANDERS AWAY. Sanford Herald, front page, March 28, 1913, p. 1, col. 5
Jerome Palmer, an old resident and business man of Orlando, is missing and circumstances all point...
People
Deaconess Lillian Lancaster: Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Institutional Church Oral History Interview
ABOVE: Deaconess Lillian Lancaster in the sanctuary of Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Institutional Church, August 16, 2012.
The earliest memory would be the day that we came to Orlando in July 1972 because Deacon Lancaster had a job interview. And I...
Topics
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 Elizabeth...
People
Chirs Subero
Interview with Chris Subero. Mr. Subero joined us at the North Orange Library to share his memories of visiting, living and working in the Apopka area since 1980.
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People
Barbara Goggin
North Orange Orlando Memory Event : Barbara Goggin sits down with Orlando Memory.
Orlando Memory oral history interview with Barbara Goggin
Video: https://orlandomemory.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Orlando-Memory-edited-Barbara-Goggin.wmv
Topics
Ralph Meloon and the Correct Craft Legacy: Gifted Boat Builders and a Gifted Businessman
The Meloon Family... all of these people are boat builders all the way back into the 17th century when we came to the United States we were boat builders. We built our own boat to come across the waters to...
People
Howard Phillips
The firstborn son of Dr. Philip Phillips, Howard served as president of Dr. Phillips, Inc. and a director on the board of the Jacksonville Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. As a philanthropist he founded the Committee of 100...
Places
Orlando Centennial 1875-1975 / Pocket History of Orlando Florida
The Pocket History of Orlando Florida brings you a thumbnail sketch of Orlando's fascinating history, in word and through pictorial views of a nostalgic past.
Its goal is to stimulate an interest in the City's history, to take care that necessary...