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Playing Bridge with Jonas Salk
"OPEN EXAMINATION" read the sign at the University of Pittsburgh announcing the opportunity for three chemists to work in the health department under Dr. Jonas Salk. Dr. Salk would choose the chemists with the three highest test scores from an open...
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Alexander Means Hyer - Civil War Pension
Alexander Means Hyer civil war pension and other documents.
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Read more about Alexander Means "Doc" Hyer.
Search orlandomemory.org using the surname "HYER" for additional images and information.
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Bill Cordell
Friday, January 28, 2012: Shane Roopnarine speaks with Bill Cordell for the Orlando Memory project during the Zora! Outdoor Festival of the Arts in Eatonville, Florida. Mr. Cordell has worked as an actor in film, television, and commercials. He has...
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Dr. Benjamin Patz Explains Orlando's Charge Particle Accelerometer Project
Before moving to Orlando, research scientist Dr. Benjamin Patz worked at Martin Marietta in Middle River on Orlando's Charge Particle Accelerometer Project. Specifically, he was asked to calculate what the discharge rate would be due to cosmic rays. When he...
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Oil On Beach As WWII Darkens Daytona
We were living in Daytona before my husband was drafted and we had to use a room that was blacked out because we feared the enemy could see the slightest twinkle of light... Then I remember I stood on the...
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Interview with Rev. Dr. John F. Anderson, Jr.
John F. Anderson served as Senior Minister of the First Presbyterian Church of Orlando from December 1, 1958 until July 1965. He left First Presbyterian to serve as Executive Secretary of the Board of National Ministries of the General Assembly. ...
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122 Years of Catholic Education in Orlando
ABOVE: May 1894. Gold medal presented to St. Joseph Academy student, Ellen Mahoney of Sanford, Florida. Side one: Awarded to Miss E. Mahoney for Good Conduct. Side two: St. Joseph's Academy Orlando, Fla. May '94 [1894].
ABOVE: Photo of St. Joseph's...
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Samuel Charlton
Samuel Charlton was interviewed during the Zora! Outdoor Festival of the Arts 2012. In this photo, he is standing in front of his business in Eatonville.
Shane speaks with Samuel Charlton for the Orlando Memory project on January 27, 2012, during...
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Interview with May Hartmyer Allen
Mrs. May Hartmyer Allen (2 parts) - A resident of Taft, Florida for much of her life, May Allen provides a description of Taft in 1912; tells us about transportation between Taft and Orlando; Orlando High School; operation of the...
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Ross Delk Obituary 1956
MR. ROSS DELK
Mr. Ross Delk, wrecking contractor here for the past 25 years, died Monday at his home, 731 Guernsey St. A resident of this area for 31 years, Mr. Delk came here from Murray County, Tenn., his birthplace.
Surviving are...
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W. R. "Doug" Harris - Obituary 1956
MR. W. R. HARRIS
Funeral services for Mr. W. R. [Doug] Harris, 35, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Pine Castle Baptist Church.
The Rev. R. C. Jackson, assisted by the Rev. A. M. Glisson, will officiate, and the...
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George Herbert Bunn - Funeral Notice 1956
BUNN, MR. GEORGE HERBERT
Funeral services for Mr. George Herbert Bunn, age 30, of 1740 Laurel Rd., Winter Park, Fla., who died in Titusville, Fla., Sunday, will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, at the Cox-Parker Chapel. Mr. Bunn was a...
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