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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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Memories of Early St. Michael's by Lucy Bower
ABOVE: 1950 photo of St. Michael's Episcopal Church in College Park at Christmas. St. Michael's used the storefront at 2502 1/2 Edgewater Drive, currently Top Drawer, in College Park from April 1949 to May 1951. The first service at 2499 N. Westmoreland...
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The Nativity Scene at Marks Street Elementary School, 1953
ABOVE IMAGE: Patsy Driggers, Jimmy Cayce, Kathryn Miller, and Richard Czerner dramatize The Nativity at Marks Street Elementary School Christmas Program directed by Mrs. Louise Stanley, December 1953.
Mrs. Milligan's brother, Jimmy Cayce, appears second from ...
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The University Club News, 1972
The University Club News featuring Mr. Leon H. Handley, on the cover, center, with the outstanding moustache he grew while hunting in the Yucatan.
According to The University Club history, the club was granted its first charter in December 1926 and o...
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Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Institutional Church
Awaiting the blessings of Christmas at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Institutional Church at 535 West Washington Street in downtown Orlando, December 2012.
Explore the documents and images below under attachments. Search orlandomemory.org for more informa...
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Remembering the Blessings with Joseph S. Guernsey
One of the strengths in our area it seems to me is the churches. There are so many fine churches in Orlando and generally speaking Orlando's a city of Christian faith. When I was young we rarely had any crime...
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Halloween Fun at St. Michael's Church
Families enjoy good food and fellowship at Saint Michael's Episcopal Church Halloween celebration in College Park.
ABOVE: Pictured are Father Hank and Edie Franklin with their daughter Anna Franklin.
Known by many as a "family church" for its loving community...
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