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Circus World
ABOVE: Photo of the Circus World billboard from Interstate 4 in the 1970s.
Circus World History
The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows, Inc., opened Circus World in Haines City, Florida on February 21, 1974. While the location was great...
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Davis Park Motel
Davis Park Motel 1960s
The Davis Park Motel was located at 221 East Colonial Drive for decades. It was family owned and operated.
ABOVE Featured Image: 1960s postcard of the Davis Park Motel at 221 East Colonial Drive.
Davis Park Motel 1990 Marketing...
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The Mercado - International Drive
The Mercado
The August 27, 1984, edition of Central Florida Business, announced that construction would begin soon on the 100,000 square foot plus Plaza International Mercado on the east side of International Drive across from the Viscount Hotel and Justus Aqu...
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Haberkamp Family of Pine Hills
ABOVE: Marilyn Haberkamp with her sons Tim, Tom and Robert.
The Haberkamp Family in Pine Hills
Marilyn Haberkamp and her family moved to the Pine Hills area of Orlando from the Village of Mount Prospect, Illinois in 1966 to open a Burger...
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Oral History Interview with Colonel Peggy Medvedev, USAF, RN
Orlando Health, Orlando Regional Medical Center – Orlando, FL.
I'm Peggy Medvedev. I was born Margaret Ann Sebold and I was born in Summit, New Jersey, but I moved to Florida to a little town called DeLeon Springs just north of...
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Oral History Interview with the Honorable Mable Butler, Part I of II
Book cover for 1820 Mable Butler Avenue by The Honorable Mable Butler with a photo of her on the cover. The Honorable Mable Butler was the first African American female to be elected to the Orlando City Council and the...
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Oral History Interview with The Honorable Linda Chapin, Part II of II
"Growing Concern" by Linda Chapin Reprinted with Permission from The Orlando Sentinel, Sunday, July 31, 2005.
The second oral history interview with The Honorable Linda Chapin on October 28, 2019 at the Orlando Public Library. In this second meeting we disc...
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Oral History Interview with The Honorable Linda Chapin, Part I of II
The Honorable Linda Chapin served as the first elected Mayor of Orange County, Florida, from 1990-1998. Her accomplishments in public office include the construction of the nation’s second-largest convention center, a new Orange County Courthouse, the Orang...
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Alafaya: Through the Years
Alafaya Branch Library
The Alafaya branch library serves customers in the UCF, Avalon Park, Bithlo, Christmas, and Lake Nona areas. Alafaya Branch originally opened as the Azalea Park Library in 1965 as one of the first branches of the Orange County...
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Southeast Branch - Blast from 2008
Southeast Branch Library
On Saturday, November 16th, the Southeast Branch will celebrate its 25th Anniversary! Check out the gallery below from photos from 2008! Stay tuned for more pictures from the branch celebration.
According to our records, Southeast ope...
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The Pioneers of Lake Pineloch presented by Joy & Richard Fox, Orlando Remembered 2019
The trip from primitive land to a residential community took 100 years. It involved Indian trails, land speculators, northerners with health problems, and citrus farms that survived freezes, recessions, and a depression. Richard Fox used old aerial photographs...
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Rick Kilby Presents "The Magical Springs of Old Florida"
Rick Kilby, author of: Finding the fountain of youth: Ponce de León and Florida's magical waters speaks on the history and allure of old Florida springs at the Orlando Remembered meeting, July 17, 2019, in the Melrose Conference Room at the Orlando...
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