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Purim Comes in the Springtime
ABOVE: Photo of Orlando centenarian Myrtle Skop Rutberg.
"We're fortunate enough to celebrate both the secular and the religious Jewish holidays," says Orlando Hebrew teacher, Myrtle Skop Rutberg. She describes the Jewish high holidays, historical holidays, a...
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Orlando Memory Visits the Zora! Outdoor Festival of the Arts 2012
ABOVE: Outreach team members Amanda and Caitlin at the Orlando Memory table during the Zora! Outdoor Festival of the Arts.
The Orange County Library System shared information about the Orlando Memory project with visitors to the Zora! Outdoor Festival of the...
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Welcome to MUSIC CLUB!
In 2012, the South Creek branch launched the "Welcome to MUSIC CLUB!" program, held every 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month at 6:30pm. The program gave individuals a venue to perform and share in their favorite musicians, bands, songs,...
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Valentine's Day at St. James Cathedral
Valentine's Day at St. James Cathedral - 1992.
February 1992 photo of Jim and Cathy Steiger at a Valentine's Day celebration at St. James Cathedral in downtown Orlando.
LISTEN (9:37) Catherine Buning Steiger, November 13, 2010. Interview with Cat...
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The Wedding
When Frank Sevick came to Orlando the only tall building downtown was the bank on Robinson Street across from Saint James Cathedral. Mary Jane Sevick remembers Orlando ending at Colonial Plaza on the east and Montgomery Ward on the west....
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The Creche at Saint James Cathedral, Christmas 1984
Christmas at Saint James Cathedral 1984.
Photo of the Christmas creche at Saint James Catholic Cathedral in downtown Orlando for Christmas 1984.Photo courtesy of the Mario Mesa Photo Archives.
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Christmas Cakes, Plum Pudding, and Chocolate for Breakfast
Listen as Dublin born Father John McCormick, Rector of Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando, shares his childhood memories of Christmas in this excerpt from an oral history interview at Panera Bread on Eola Drive, July 12th, 2011. He says,...
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Thanking God for the Blessings of Our Nation
ABOVE: 1984 photo of parishioners at Thanksgiving Mass at Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando. Pictured front and center are Kelly Wilkes, age 2, with her mother, Jean Wilkes, holding her hand and Tom Wilkes, center, walking towards his wife. Several ...
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Brooklyn Grammar School No. 106 - 1908
Photo copy of the front and back covers of the 1908 Brooklyn Grammar School No. 106 found in the Brouard Family files in the Genealogy collection at the Orange County Library System. Note, however, that the graduate is Emilie M....
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Gettysburg Reunion 1888
Newspaper clippings and personal account of the Gettysburg Reunion 1888, in the Genealogy Collection at the Orange County Library System.
Personal account is not signed. Pages 1-2 3-4
Newspaper articles from The World newspaper.
June 3...
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Grand Millennium Celebration - Reflections of Earth
A celebration was hosted at Epcot on 2 October 1999 to recognize the people who created the Tapestry of Nations parade and Illuminations 2000: Reflections of Earth to celebrate the new millennium.
Images are of an actual invitation and guest pass...
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Helen Greenspun and Her Sisters Share Their Holocaust Experiences with Boca Raton Students
Holocaust survivors Helen Greenspun and her three sisters, Sonia Nothman, Regina Muscovitz and Bela Hurtig speak to students at Pine Crest School in Boca Raton about their Holocaust experiences.
Helen Greenspun has lived in Central Florida since 1973 and wa...
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