Memories
Places
Las Memorias 1928
This 1928 copy of "Las Memorias"- the yearbook of Orlando Senior High School - belonged to Robert J. Kieser. His children, Betty Jo Stockton and Bob Kieser, donated their father's and their mother's high school yearbooks to the library.
Only pages...
Events
Ted Cruz Town Hall in Orlando
On Friday March 11, 2016, Senator Ted Cruz and Carly Fiorina were interviewed for a Town Hall segment on the Sean Hannity show at the Faith Assembly of God at 9307 Curry Ford Road in Orlando.
The line of enthusiastic and...
Organizations
Orlando High School Class of 1927
The Senior Class of 1927 from Orlando High School, sometimes called Orlando Senior High School, celebrated many reunions here in Orlando. Robert J. Kieser along with many of his former classmates and his wife Elizabeth S. Stalder (Class of 1930),...
Places
Lake Conway
Oral history interview with Mr. James C. Robinson at his home on Lake Conway, March 11, 2016.
Attorney James C. Robinson wrote the Laws of Florida Chapter 57-1643, House Bill No. 1626, to be known as "Lake Conway Water and Navigation...
Events
Marco Rubio in Sanford - March 2016
A number of presidential candidates visited the Orlando area in 2016 during the primary season, but only one visited Sanford -- Florida Senator Marco Rubio. Rubio held a rally in the Million Air hangar at the Sanford-Orlando International Airport on...
Topics
Famous Front Pages in Winter Park History
On April 30, 1969, the Winter Park Sun newspaper included a special supplement featuring 22 front pages spanning the years 1926 to 1961 and including front pages from The Winter Park Herald, The Winter Park Sun, and the Winter Park...
People
Oral History Interview with William L. Eagan
The University Club of Orlando... is an integral part of the history of Orlando.
Listen as Orlando attorney William L. Eagan and his wife, Marjorie, share their memories of The University Club and our community in this oral history interview at...
People
Gene Klein
Holocaust survivor Gene Klein spoke at The Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida in Maitland, February 21, 2016.
Mr. Klein is a resident of Central Florida and spoke at the second program in the yearlong Holocaust Center series...
Events
Carter Tabernacle CME Church Celebrates 100 Years! - Bicycle Tour
Celebrating 100 years of history in Orlando, Carter Tabernacle Christian Methodist Episcopal Church hosted a Centennial Bicycle Tour, which took place on February 6, 2016. It started at 8:00 AM in the parking lot of the Orange County Human Resources...
Topics
First Railroad Chartered in 1875
Written by Henry C. Frey of Stuart, Florida, and published in the Orlando Sentinel on Monday, March 5, 1956.
First Railroad Chartered in 1875
Editor: Orlando's first railroad was unique. It was the first and only railroad to this day, owned and...
Topics
Arrival of Engines Put City on Map
This article penned by well-known Orlando resident W. R. O'Neal was published in one of the Orlando newspapers in January 1936. It appears this was an entry in a column called: "Memoirs by W. R. O'Neal."
History of Railroad Entry to...
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Seaboard Air Line Railroad - The Dinky Line
The Seaboard Air Line Railroad Dinky Line ran from Orlando to Oviedo through Winter Park's best residential sections and around the lakes on which the homes front. The original wood burner steam locomotive was eventually replaced with a diesel locomotive...
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