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Farrah Williams Morgan
Oral History interview with Orlando native Farrah Williams Morgan conducted by Jane Tracy at the Washington Park Library on February 17, 2012. She remembers attending Callahan Elementary School in the former Jones High School building.
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Anthony Jones Sr.
Watch and listen to this February 17, 2012 oral history interview with Anthony Jones Sr. conducted by Jane Tracy at the Washington Park Library.
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Robert Harris
Enjoy this interview with Robert Harris recorded at the Zora! Outdoor Festival of the Arts in Eatonville, Florida, on Saturday, January 28, 2012.
Mr. Harris shares his memory of his daughter's move to Orlando and her job at Walt Disney World.
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Yvette Jones
Caitlin speaks with Central Florida resident Yvette Jones for the Orlando Memory project during the Zora! Outdoor Festival of the Arts in Eatonville, Florida on Saturday, January 28, 2012.
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Cecelia Chambers
ABOVE: Photo of Cecelia Chambers taken during the Zora! Outdoor Festival of the Arts on Saturday, January 28, 2012.
Caitlin speaks with Cecelia Chambers for the Orlando Memory project during the Zora! Outdoor Festival of the Arts in Eatonville, Florida on...
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Purim Comes in the Springtime
ABOVE: Photo of Orlando centenarian Myrtle Skop Rutberg.
"We're fortunate enough to celebrate both the secular and the religious Jewish holidays," says Orlando Hebrew teacher, Myrtle Skop Rutberg. She describes the Jewish high holidays, historical holidays, a...
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Constance Hills
Listen to an oral history interview with Constance Hills conducted at the Zora! Outdoor Festival of the Arts on Saturday, January 28, 2012.
Orange County Library System staff member Caitlin speaks with Central Florida resident Constance Hills for the Orland...
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Michael Reese
Library staff member Caitlin speaks with Central Florida resident Michael Reese at the Zora! Outdoor Festival of the Arts in Eatonville, Florida on Saturday, January 28, 2012.
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Rodney Dean Peck Obituary - 1973
MR. RODNEY DEAN PECK, 52 of 304 W. Palmetto Ave., Deland, died Sunday in Orlando.
Born in Hudson, N.Y., he had been a DeLand resident one year. He was in the trucking business and was a veteran of World War II....
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Dijon Brett
Interview with Dijon Brett during the Zora! Outdoor Festival of the Arts. Saturday, January 28, 2012: Caitlin speaks with Central Florida resident Dijon Brett for the Orlando Memory project.
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Elizabeth Baumgartner Ziegler Obituary
Article and Funeral Notice accompanied by Mrs. Ziegler's photo published in the Orlando Sentinel on Sunday, April 22, 1951.
Funeral Monday For Mrs. Ziegler
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Baumgartner Ziegler, 94, mother of G. Clarence Ziegler and All...
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Bemory Puckett Whidden Obituary - 1950
Prominent Local Druggist Dies
Mr. Bemery Puckett Whidden, 53, prominent Orlando cattleman and pharmacist died Tuesday in a Sanford hospital after being admitted from his Volusia County ranch.
A resident of Orlando since 1919, Mr. Whidden lived at 1311 No...
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