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Saint Michael's Episcopal Church
ABOVE PHOTO: Easter Sunday morning service at St. Michael's Episcopal Church in Orlando's historic College Park neighborhood.
The lovely family church nestled beneath the pines at 2499 North Westmoreland Drive has a strong history of educating and guiding f...
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La Coterie Club
La Coterie was a club formed of couples from the First United Methodist Church, Orlando Florida. They built a clubhouse on two lots adjacent to Lake Conway, land given to them by "Aunt Molly" Randall.
The Coterie Club held a housewarming...
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Pilot Club of Orlando, Florida
Pilot Club International
Pilot International was founded as a professional women's organization on October 18, 1921 in Macon, Georgia.
"Organized and developed by a representative group of business and professional women in Macon, the name Pilot Club Interna...
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Telephone Reference Service Then and Now
ABOVE: Monika Cooper at her computer in Questline 1990s.
Telephone Reference Service - The Albertson Public Library
An article by George Butler published in the Orlando Morning Sentinel in December 1949 mentions telephone reference service provided by librar...
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United Mine Workers Union
The United Mine Workers attempted to unionize Taxi drivers in Orlando in May 1949. An article from the Orlando Post published Friday, May 20, 1949, calls for those on strike to stop the violence towards non-striking Taxi drivers, their managers...
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Friends of the Library Association - Organized March 1949
In the beginning
The 1973 history of the Friends of the Library (above) records the beginnings of the group.
Due to the enthusiastic efforts of Zonta Club, the Friends of the Library of Orlando came into being in 1949. The Winter Park-Orlando...
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Bookmobiles, Traveling Branches and Library Stations
ABOVE: The Orlando Public Library Traveling Branch and County Bookmobile in front of the 1966 Orlando Public Library.
A Bookmobile for the Library
A proposal for the addition of a bookmobile was presented to the board of the Albertson Public Library by...
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Colonial High School
Colonial High School opened In 1958, providing much needed relief for other schools in the area. It began with a dual schedule: High School classes in the morning and Junior High classes in the afternoon.
Rufus E. Jennings was the first...
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Good Shepherd Catholic School
Sister Mary Dorothea and the Sisters of St. Joseph began holding classes in the sanctuary of Good Shepherd Catholic Mission Church in 1956. That same year Bishop Thomas J. McDonough dedicated Good Shepherd Catholic School with a student body of...
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Good Shepherd Catholic Church
Good Shepherd Mission Church was established through the efforts of Monsignor John G. Bishop. Ground breaking took place in 1955 and the first Mass was celebrated on March 18, 1956 by Rev. Roman S. Gromala.
The photo above is of the...
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Azalea Park Baptist School
Azalea Park Baptist Church opened its School in a newly completed building in 1961. From the beginning, the school's co-founder, Rev. James S. Raskins, was determined to offer a quality education superior to that offered by the public school system....
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Azalea Park Swimming Pool
The Azalea Park Swimming Pool was built and originally operated by the developer of the Azalea Park subdivision, Phillips Properties. Officially managed by Marguerite "Peggy" Phillips with the help of Dixie O'Brian and Betty Hurd, the pool was sold to...
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