Ramada Inn Postcard
Cocoa Beach (Fla.)
Hotels--Florida
Restaurants--Florida
A postcard depicting Ramada Inn, located at 900 North Atlantic Avenue in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Adjacent to the hotel was Wolfie's Restaurant and Sandwich Shop, a restaurant chain established by Wilfred Cohen (d. 1986) as Al's Sandwich Shop in Miami Beach. The chain also had branches and franchises in St. Petersburg, Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, Gainesville, and Jacksonville.
Original 9 x 14 centimeter color photographic postcard: Private Collection of Bob Van Horn.
Dukane Press, Inc.
Van Horn, Bob
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Ramada Inn, Cocoa Beach, Florida
Wolfie's Restaurant and Sandwich Shop, Cocoa Beach, Florida
RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 6: Space, the Cocoa Beach Frontier
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Cocoa Beach (Fla.)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
Kennedy Space Center
Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
Merritt Island (Fla.)
Titusville (Fla.)
Episode 6 of RICHES Podcast Documentaries: Space, the Cocoa Beach Frontier. RICHES Podcast Documentaries are short form narrative documentaries that explore Central Florida history and are locally produced. These podcasts can involve the participation or cooperation of local area partners. <br /><br />Episode 6 examines the history of the U.S. Space Program in Florida and how the program affected Cocoa Beach. This podcast includes an interview with Lori C. Walters, a professor of history at the University of Central Florida. In the late 1950s, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) began constructing launch pads and towers on Florida's east coast as the "Missile Firing Laboratory." On July 1, 1962, NASA activated the Launch Operations Center, which was renamed the John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in 1963. KSC has been the United States' launch site for every human space flight since 1968. In 2011, the Space Shuttle program ended, which resulted in the KSC workforce downsizing significantly.
Hermanstorfer, Mark
Original 16-minute and 32-second podcast by Mark Hermanstorfer, May 15, 2011: "RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 6: Space, the Cocoa Beach Frontier." <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/podcastsblog.php" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries</a>, Orlando, Florida.
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
Walters, Lori C.
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Launch Operations Center, Titusville, Florida
John F. Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, Florida
Cocoa Beach, Florida
Cape Canaveral, Florida
Merritt Island, Florida
Patrick Air Force Base, Cocoa Beach, Florida