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"Orlando: Familiar Places, Familiar Faces" An Oral History Presentation by Allie Myers for Orlando Remembered, September 2025
My dad delivered, well back then, a lot of ladies came to Orlando to have their babies. He delivered babies from people from Saint Cloud, from Osteen, from New Symrna, all around. He delivered several, about three or four generations of children here... ... Read more
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First Methodist Church of Orlando 1916 Souvenir Directory and Year Book
The 1916 Souvenir Directory and Year Book of the First Methodist Church at the corner of Main (Magnolia) and Jackson in downtown Orlando, while it may be often overlooked due to its small size and faded photocopied images, contains a wealth of historical ... Read more
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Oral History Interview with Bill Jennings, President of the College Park Historical Society
Bill Jennings, President of the College Park Historical Society at the Orlando Public Library, October 25, 2023. Photo by Orange County Library System Staff Photographer Amanda Murphy. College Park has produced a lot of great people. I was in a meetin ... Read more
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First Baptist Church of Pine Castle
Read the 125th Anniversary publication for the First Baptist Church of Pine Castle, 1887-2012, with church history, mission, chronology of events, community history and photos. Excerpt: The First Baptist Church of Pine Castle began in 1887 when seve ... Read more
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Sunday Morning Service at St. Michael's Church
ABOVE: Felicia Marley, Roger Wade, Christopher Wade, Michael Wade, and Arthur Barksdale prepare for Sunday morning service at St. Michael's Episcopal Church in College Park.  The lovely family church nestled beneath the pines at 2499 N. Westmoreland D ... Read more
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Episcopal Youth Community Retreat, Spring 1964
Young adults from Saint Michael's Episcopal Church in College Park enjoy recreational activities at the Episcopal Youth Community Retreat, Spring 1964. Above: Dockside photo of the young people of Saint Michael's Episcopal Church in College Park at the ... Read more
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Easter Egg Hunt at St. Michael's Church
Below: Gina Driesbach and her basket with eggs at the Saint Michael's Episcopal Church Easter egg hunt, 1984. Above: Kim and Gregory Case discover an egg at the Saint Michael's Episcopal Church Easter egg hunt, 1984. Above: A treasured Easter bask ... Read more
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The Easter Cross at St. Michael's Church
Above: the Easter Cross with fresh flowers, an Easter tradition at Saint Michael's Episcopal Church in College Park. ABVOE: Julia, William, and Kay Shuman decorate the Easter cross with flowers at Saint Michael's Church in College Park, Easter 1986. E ... Read more
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Palm Sunday at St. Michael's Episcopal Church
Above: Decorating for Palm Sunday at St. Michael's Episcopal Church in College Park, 1970. Palm Sunday Mass at Saint Michael's Episcopal Church in College Park, 1970. SEARCH orlandomemory.org using the term "St. Michael's" to find many more memori ... Read more
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Altamese Pritchett: Mount. Zion Missionary Baptist Institutional Church Oral History
ABOVE: Atlamese Pritchett. It took 7 years to build the church because nobody, no institution would loan Mt. Zion the money to build the church...Because they wouldn't let black folk do it. But guess how we got it? The officers of the church that owned p ... Read more
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Lenten Seder at St. Michael's Church
Lenten Seder at Saint Michael's Episcopal Church in College Park, circa 1980s. Father Quigley led the Judeo-Christian Lenten Seders at Saint Michael's Episcopal Church in College Park. Reverend Vernon Quigley, the third Rector of St. Michael's ... Read more
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Living Christian Service and the Cross
ABOVE image: December 18, 1966 photo of Confirmation Mass at St. Michael's Episcopal Church in College Park. When Ormund Powers was asked to oversee the  Fresh Start Program of the Christian Service Center he said that he would and did. He and his wife, ... Read more