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City of Orlando Historic Preservation Officer Jennifer Fritz-Hunter Presents "The Men Who Signed the Articles of Incorporation" for Orlando's 150 Year Anniversary
City of Orlando Historic Preservation Officer Jennifer Fritz-Hunter at the 150th Anniversary of Orlando Kickoff Celebration. Photo by Jane Tracy
The men, it was all men who signed our incorporation papers and notice to the legislature petition to become a ...
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Ocoee Centennial Celebration
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The Ocoee Centennial Celebration occurred May 9, 2025. Mayor Rusty Johnson welcomed the community to a time of celebration, with music and food. Guests enjoyed carnival games and rides. In honor of the centennial, a time caps...
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A Journey Towards Freedom: Celebrating Juneteenth
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The Eatonville Branch celebrated Juneteenth with a variety of speakers.
On June 18, 2024, the Eatonville Branch of the Orange County Library System hosted a Juneteenth Celebration. Sara Brown, the manag...
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Eatonville History Preservation Project 2025
About the Project
The Eatonville History Preservation Project is a collaboration between the Orange County Library System’s Eatonville Branch and eSTEAMED Learning, Inc., merging the arts of quilting and storytelling to preserve the history and culture o...
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Ocoee Centennial Time Capsule Celebration
Time capsule contents for the Ocoee Centennial celebration were contributed by a variety of businesses, civic groups, and government partners.
The Time Capsule will be buried in a small plot beside the Withers-Maguire House.
Time Capsule...
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Oral History Interview with Carol Ann Dykes Logue, Director of Programs & Operations for the University of Central Florida's Innovation Districts and Business Incubation Program
In all the time I've been here, just by the nature of the kinds of companies that have been part of the UCF Program, companies in Research Park, the work UCF does, I've always had the opportunity to be engaged...
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The 150 Year Celebration of Orlando: 1875 - 2025
City of Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, center, and from left to right, City of Orlando Commissioners Bakari Burns, District 6, Shan Rose, District 5, Patty Sheehan, District 4, and Jim Gray, District 1, at the 150th Anniversary kickoff event at...
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Happy 100th Birthday OCLS!
As part of the year-long 100th Anniversary celebration of the opening of Orlando's first public library in 1923, the Orange County Library System invited visitors to share their birthday wishes with birthday cards designed for the occasion.
Birthday wishes...
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Oral History Interview with Coralie Claeysen-Gleyzon, Chief Curator of the Orlando Museum of Art
It's really exciting to me that Orlando is a young city. It's like a teenage city still trying to find itself. The art scene is actually really exciting because we can play a part in actually helping to shape it,...
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1974 Central Florida Film Festival
The 1974 Central Florida Film Festival was the first of its kind, presented in January 1974. Sponsored by PESO, the festival honored actress Gloria Swanson, presenting six of her most popular films over five days.
Central Florida's First Film Festival
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Barber - Mizell Feud
The Barber - Mizell Feud was a Reconstruction Era feud between the Barber Family, a cattle herding family and the Mizell Family, two of whom were appointed to local government. The formal reason for the feud can be stated simply...
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Oral History Interview with Attorney Tanisha Nunn Gary, President and CEO of the African American Chamber of Commerce of Central Florida
Orlando is a wonderful place to visit not just for vacations. Love to come and we're going to hit all the theme parks: Sea World, Universal, Disney. But also, to bring conventions. You know, if you are looking to bring...
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