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Robert E. Lee Junior High School
ABOVE: Alyce Blau Shames in front of Lee Middle School were she served as school librarian for 22 years. (Robert E. Lee Junior High School, also known as Lee Middle School, is now College Park Middle School.)
Orlando Memory interviewed Alyce...
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Marco Polo Park
Marco Polo Park Inc. was a short-lived 1970s amusement park in Flagler County Florida themed around the travels of Marco Polo. Read about the history of the park at the Flagler County Historical Society.
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Grandpa's House
ABOVE: My granddad's house on Ellwood Street in College Park., Joseph G. Martin (1865-1953). Photo from College Park resident Bertie Hunt.
The house was built in 1913-14. My Grand Mom, Bertie Carrie Lee Martin, was the postmistress in Lake Mary.
They are...
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Designzillas Lair
ABOVE: Our new custom made sign for our brand new office!
The team at Designzillas moved from the Cave to the Lair in 2009. The Lair was bigger, unique, and renovated to fit the creative needs of the team. As the...
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The Open Air School
Education pioneer Erna Wentzler Achenbach was trained in Germany by Maria Montessori and Friedrich Froebel. She and her husband came to settle in College Park where she started the Open Air School and introduced our community to the concept of...
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Albertson Public Library
Captain Charles L. Albertson
On November 10, 1921, Captain Charles L. Albertson, a winter resident of Orlando and a retired Police Inspector from Waverly, New York, met with the Orlando City Commissioners and a committee from the Chamber of Commerce to...
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Walt Disney World
Having grown up in Orlando, I have many memories of going to Disney World. In the early 90s my family always had annual passes so we knew the parks like the back of hands. I remember that the first roller...
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Bertie Hunt's Concord Park School Day Memories
ABOVE: The 4th grade Girl Scout Troop of Concord Park Elementary School, circa 1950.
Concord Park Elementary School was truly a beautiful school... pristine white, bells in the towers, built about 1925, as Bertie Hunt remembers it from her school days...
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A Visit to Mrs. Wallace's Garden
The beauty of a garden in Florida is a year around joy as seen in these photos of Mrs. Wallace's garden, November 2012. Mrs. Wallace, an Orlando native, does all the work herself. She is a retired school teacher who...
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Interview with Kathy Boyle
Central Florida native, Kathy Boyle, shares her memories of growing up in Pine Castle, Florida with Sharon Ricket at the West Oaks Library on November 1, 2013. She was born at the old Orlando Regional Hospital. The sixties were a...
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"See All Florida This Year: Plan Your Stay Thru May"
Florida Junior Chamber of Commerce promotional which appeared in the Tampa Tribune, October 1, 1933, welcoming winter visitors to stay in Florida thru May.
The promotional ad appeared on sign boards and posters sponsored by the Florida Junior Chamber of Comme...
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Guernsey Park
ABOVE: Lovely Guernsey Park at 1320 Guernsey Street and Northumberland Avenue in College Park.
The park was named for the Guernsey family who made so many outstanding contributions to the City Beautiful.
Many Orlandoans will remember the Guernsey Goo...
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