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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...
People
Oral History Interview with Robert K. Banks
Photo: Jesse Bumby, Jr. seated with his family, first daughter, with Tom Bumby, and his two children, Tommy and Faye.
Jesse Bumby, Jr. has his ten foot bullwhip made by Lewis Johnson which is now at the Orange County Regional History...
People
Oral History Interview with Robert Kahn
My name is Robert Kahn, I was born in Orlando at Orange General Hospital, July 23, 1945... I grew up in Orlando. My family's first home was a garage apartment on Palmer Avenue. They didn't have numbers back in the...
People
John L. Tracy: A Patriot
Born on September 7th, 1927, John L. Tracy was too young to enlist in the military for World War II. But as soon as he was of age, he entered the U.S. Armed Forces because he wanted to serve his...
People
Aeronautical Engineer Charlie French
Please click on this link for information on aeronautical engineer, Raymond Holliday French, Jr. - know to coworkers and friends as Charlie French.
Variously known as Skip, Charlie, Charlie Hop Jr., Timer, and by a select few, Chuck.
Raymond Holliday F...
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Dr. Benjamin W. Patz, Martin Marietta Company
1967 photo of Dr. Benjamin W. Patz, center, in a meeting with Martin engineers, management, and research scientists on the Solar Probe Project at Martin Marietta in Orlando, Florida.
Dr. Phil Gregory, engineer, is seated to the far left.
Dr. Donald Beatty...
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The Honorable Glenda Hood for Florida Libraries, Part IV
The Honorable Glenda Hood at the Orlando Public Library with the commemorative artwork she donated honoring Florida Libraries.
Photo by Viviana Valencia-Serrano, October 25, 2017.
Plaque inscription:
These prints were donated to the Orange County ...
People
Oral History Interview with the Honorable Glenda E. Hood, Part V
Oral history interview with the Honorable Glenda Evans Hood at the Orlando Public Library on February 20, 2018.
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Honorable Glenda Hood, you worked regarding Lak...
Places
Orlando Army Air Force Base
THE ORLANDO ARMY AIR FORCE BASE
September 1940
ABOVE: Orlando Morning Sentinel - Air Base Edition, August 31, 1940. VIEW the 24-page Air Base Edition
Servicemen with photographs in the Air Base Edition: Captain Charles A. Bassett, Captain Dudley D. Hale, Capta...
Organizations
The Martin Company
In 1956, Orlando was the growing center of a citrus industry. In September of that year the Baltimore based Glenn L. Martin Company announced that it had bought nearly 12 square miles of land southwest of Orlando to build their...
People
Oral History Interview with the Honorable Glenda E. Hood, Part II of II
Oral history interview with The Honorable Glenda Evans Hood, Part I of II on October 25, 2017.
Oral history interview with the Honorable Glenda Evans Hood at the Orlando Public Library on February 20, 2018.
LISTEN Part VI (29:46)
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Holocaust Remembrance Day 2018
Mickey Bielski presented at the International Holocaust Remembrance Day Program at The Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida, January 27, 2018.
Program description:
International Holocaust Remembrance Day is January 27, 2018. The day c...
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