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Bobby Bandy Oral History Interview
My dad bought the place up on Orange Avenue in 1934. He paid $800.00 for it. Ten dollars down and ten dollars a month. And at that time it was the only road to Miami and Tampa. Orange Blossom Trail...
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Ralph Meloon Oral History Interview
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...
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Thomas R. Kohler
Thomas R. Kohler, current Senior Principal at Real Estate Research Consultants, Inc., shares his memories of the growth of the city of Orlando. Mr. Kohler worked as a senior executive with the City of Orlando for over 25 years, most...
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Walter Trippe, Martin Director of Research and Technology
Introduction
My name is Walter Trippe and I am from Alabama. I grew up in a small town called Greensboro. Went to high school there. After high school I joined the Air Force. Spent four years in the Air Force. Most...
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David Olea and Jasmine Hargrove
Ocoee High School students David Olea and Jasmine Hargrove talk about the school's new all-digital curriculum at West Oaks Library in Ocoee on May 8, 2014.
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Jasmine Hargrove and David Olea
Ocoee High School students David Olea and Jasmine Hargrove talk about the school's new all-digital curriculum at West Oaks Library in Ocoee on May 8, 2014.
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Annie Lewis Lyon
Annie Lewis Lyon was the daughter of Ralph and Hilder Augusta Sherblum Lewis. Annie and Hatabel Hyer discuss the Swedish community in central Florida and in particular the All State Parade of March 14, 1928 which featured the Viking Society's float....
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James Carson Robinson - Jim Robinson
Jim Robinson was born in Rock Hill, South Carolina and became an Orlando citizen when his father brought his family to Florida in 1926.
Jim attended Hillcrest Elementary School for the first two years and was in the class with a...
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Glenn F. Miller - Library Director 1970-1995
Glenn F. Miller
Glenn F. Miller was born December 5, 1937 in Saginaw, Michigan, 4th of 11 children to Herbert and Evelyn Miller. Miller attended elementary school, junior high and senior high school in Saginaw, Michigan. An avid reader, Miller began...
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Clara Elizabeth Wendel - Library Director 1943-1970
Early Years
Clara Mathilde Elizabeth Wendel was born on June 1, 1904 in Harvey, Cook County, Illinois. Her family moved from Chicago, Illinois to Gotha, Florida in or around 1916.
Their home was a typical Florida home from that era, with wrap...
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