Memories
People
Loretta Hawkins
Orange County Library System staff member Ashley Taylor interviews Loretta Hawkins at the Washington Park Branch on February 14, 2012.
Ms Hawkins is a long time resident of the Washington Shores area and talks about growing up and living in this...
People
Oral History Interview with Sonar Physicist Vincent Benedetti
Sonar Physicist Vincent Benedetti worked at the naval research lab at the corner of Gatlin and Summerlin Avenue for 35 years. He was the first person in Orlando to own scuba equipment having received his training from the U.S. Navy...
People
Helen Greenspun and Regina Muscovitz at Treblinka
Photo of Holocaust survivors Helen Garfinkel Greenspun, left, and her sister, Regina Garfinkel Muscovitz, taken at Treblinka, Poland.
Helen and Regina are standing in front of the grave marker for Chmielnik, Poland, their hometown.
In 1942 German N...
Organizations
Mayor Langford's Letter to St. James School
Orlando Mayor Carl T. Langford's 1978 congratulations letter to St. James Cathedral School on their 50th anniversary in downtown Orlando.
Mayor Langford notes how "The Orlando community has benefited from, and has been blessed by, the tremendous number of o...
Organizations
Orlando Senior High School - 1924 Yearbook
This is Helen Griffin's copy of the 1924 edition of The Echo - Orlando High School Yearbook.
According to the 1927 Orlando city directory, Orlando Senior High School was located on east Robinson street between north Summerlin Avenue and north Hyer...
Places
Saint James Cathedral: This is where God lives...
September 11th, 2011 oral history interview with Orlando attorney Michael R. Walsh at Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando. Hear highlights from his interview in this excerpt.
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Events
The Wedding
When Frank Sevick came to Orlando the only tall building downtown was the bank on Robinson Street across from Saint James Cathedral. Mary Jane Sevick remembers Orlando ending at Colonial Plaza on the east and Montgomery Ward on the west....
Places
Orlando's African American Libraries - From Booker T. Washington to Washington Park
ABOVE: Alice Grace at the Booker T. Washington Library
Plaque Commemorating the Booker T. Washington Library
On December 30, 2001, the Orange County Library System and the Shiloh Baptist Church celebrated the history of the former Booker T. Washington Library ...
People
WWII Veteran Domineck Monell
Domineck Monell volunteered for service in WWII and entered the Air Force. His military service included a visit to Fort Myers where he fell in love with Florida. He served as a mechanic working on P-51's. When the war ended...
People
WWII Veteran Michael A. Monell
ABOVE: Photo of World War II Veteran Michael A. Monell at Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando, November 9, 2011.
Michael Monell was drafted in 1943 and sent to St. Petersburg, FL to experience "The Jungle" in preparation for service in...
People
Eight Monell Brothers for WWII Service
ABOVE: Orlando resident Michael Monell is pictured in "Eight Monell Brothers", a 1943 news article from Fairmont Times, Fairmont, West Virginia.
Eight brothers from one family all ready to serve their country during World War II. Michael Monell shares that his...
People
General Patton's Barber
WWII Veteran Cosmo Monell started barbering at age 14. He became so good that when he was drafted for service in WWII he took on the assignment of cutting all the GI's, all the soldiers hair. General Patton learned of...
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