Memories
Places
At the Launch: Eyewitness to Central Florida Space History
ABOVE: Dr. Benjamin Patz, computer engineer, electrical engineer, research scientist.
At that time they were having launches, it seemed like a couple a week. There was a tremendous amount of launch activity. You could go out and you could see a...
Places
United States Post Office in Orlando, Florida
ABOVE: September 1st, 1917 photo of the lobby finish of the United States Post Office in downtown Orlando.
Historic photos of the site for the United States Post Office in downtown Orlando, circa 1917.
The contractor for the project was Westchester Enginee...
Organizations
St. James Cathedral... An Opportunity to Serve
"However you can volunteer to help someone enriches your life and makes it better," Mary Jane Sevick shares in this excerpt from an oral history interview at St. James Cathedral on August 15, 2011. She and her husband, Frank Sevick,...
People
Fanny and Donald Cheney
Interview with Fanny and Donald Cheney
Hatabel Hyer interviewed Judge Cheney and his wife Fanny Sophia Robinson Cheney on June 20, 1974. Mrs. Cheney moved to Orlando from Sanford as a child with her parents. After attending public schools in the...
Places
IEEE & Computer Technology in Central Florida
"Who wants to get a computer? Nobody volunteered so I was elected." So I put out a proposal to get a computer system at UCF and we got bids from Data General and Digital Equipment Corporation...
Remembering the assembly language, programming,...
People
A Job Well Done - Ted and Josephine Huggins
Central Florida builder Ted Huggins built Brandywine, the first condominiums in the area of College Park. His grandfather was one of the first contractors in Orange County.
In this oral history interview on May 8th, 2012 Ted and Josephine Huggins, share...
People
Judge Donald Cheney
Judge Donald Cheney - Born January 23, 1889, Donald Alexander Cheney was the son of Judge John Moses Cheney who moved here from Massachusetts in 1885. After attending local public grade schools Donald graduated from Rollins College Academy (prep school)...
Places
Florida Splendid China
Florida Splendid China Theme Park, U.S.A.
During the 1990s, local investors partnered with the Overseas Enterprise of of China Travel Service to build the Splendid China theme park in Central Florida which opened to the public in November 1993 and closed...
People
Joseph S. Guernsey Congratulates Lake Highland Preparatory School Class of 2012
ABOVE: Photo of Joseph S. Guernsey.
Joseph S. Guernsey is the grandson of Orlando's banking pioneer, Joseph L. Guernsey who came here in 1886, purchased considerable property from the city centre to Colonial Drive, as well as residences on Lake Eola and...
People
Memorial Day Remembrances: WWII Pilot Joseph S. Guernsey Recalls the Fine Orlando Men Who Gave Their Lives in WWII
ABOVE: Photo of Lt. Joseph S. Guernsey home on leave from duty in the South Pacific during WWII, Orlando Sentinel, January 28, 1943. Lt. Joseph S. Guernsey is pictured with his father Joseph W. Guernsey and his sister Miss Jean Guernsey.
Mr. Guernsey...
People
Devy Jefferson
Friday, January 27, 2012: Shane speaks with Devy Jefferson for the Orlando Memory project during the Zora! Outdoor Festival of the Arts in Eatonville, Florida.
Ms. Jefferson was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1960, grew up in the Bronx, and...
People
Claudia Moon
Saturday, January 28, 2012: Shane speaks with Claudia Moon for the Orlando Memory project during the Zora! Outdoor Festival of the Arts in Eatonville, Florida.
Ms. Moon was born in Pontiac, Michigan in 1952 and moved to Florida when she was...
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