Pillow Talk: Come Fly With Us
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Music--Florida
subject: Dance--United States
description: A poster for the Orlando Gay Chorus concert "Divas on the Halfshell". The event was held at The Plaza Theater in Orlando, Florida on May 17 &amp
description: 18, 2014. The poster features artwork depicting the city of Orlando in the backgroung with colorful blotches and an airplane flying over the city's skyline. A black panel at the bottom of the page contains information like time, location, with the OGC header at the top of the page. The Orlando Gay Chorus is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts and humanitarian organization part of GALA Choruses. Founded on Valentines Day 1990, OGC is not only one of the largest mixed gay choirs in the United States at over 100 members, but they also boast four smaller ensembles that perform annual concerts, cabarets, and a whole host of community events like Come Out With Pride, Orlando Museum of Art’s Festival of Trees, and World Aids Day memorial services. In 2017, the group performed at over 105 events, including 15 performances for the first anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub tragedy. Members come from all walks of life and all sexual and gender orientations, including straight allies. OGC lives by the motto “Singing the World to a Better Place” and strives to use music to change attitudes and build a stronger community.
creator: Orlando Gay Chorus
source: Original color poster, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
publisher: Orlando Gay Chorus
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: The Plaza Live Theatre, Orlando, Florida

Pine Crest Elementary Fifth Grade Class, 1990-1991
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Elementary schools--United States
subject: Fifth Grade (Education)--United States
subject: Students--Florida
subject: Teachers--Florida
subject: Schools
subject: Educators--Florida
description: Pine Crest Elementary School fifth grade teachers and students for the 1990-1991 school year. The principal for the school year was Tim Seibert and the assistant principal was Kathy Cody. Pine Crest Elementary opened in 1955 at 405 West 27th Street in Sanford, Florida. The school was built in order to accommodate the growing population of baby-boomers that led to overcrowding at Southside Elementary and Westside Grammar Elementary School. Margaret Reynolds, the daughter of the owners of Kader's Jewelry store on Park Avenue, was the school's first principal. Several of the teachers and staff at Southside, including Reynolds, transferred to Pine Crest when it opened.
source: Original color photograph: Private Collection of Christine Kinlaw-Best.
contributor: Woodworth, Darlene
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Pince Crest Elementary School, Sanford, Florida

Pine Crest Elementary First Grade Class, 1986-1987
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Elementary schools--United States
subject: First grade (Education)--United States
subject: Students--Florida
subject: Teachers--Florida
subject: Schools
subject: Educators--Florida
description: Ms. Hopkins' first grade class at Pine Crest Elementary for the 1986-1987 school year. The principal for that school year was C. Carroll. Pine Crest Elementary opened in 1955 at 405 West 27th Street in Sanford, Florida. The school was built in order to accommodate the growing population of baby-boomers that led to overcrowding at Southside Elementary and Westside Grammar Elementary School. Margaret Reynolds, the daughter of the owners of Kader's Jewelry store on Park Avenue, was the school's first principal. Several of the teachers and staff at Southside, including Reynolds, transferred to Pine Crest when it opened.
source: Original color photograph: Private Collection of Darlene Woodworth.
contributor: Woodworth, Darlene
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Pine Crest Elementary School, Sanford, Florida

Pine Crest Elementary First Grade Class, 1989-1990
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Elementary schools--United States
subject: First grade (Education)--United States
subject: Students--Florida
subject: Teachers--Florida
subject: Schools
subject: Educators--Florida
description: Ms. Hopkins' first grade class at Pine Crest Elementary for the 1989-1990 school year. Pine Crest Elementary opened in 1955 at 405 West 27th Street in Sanford, Florida. The school was built in order to accommodate the growing population of baby-boomers that led to overcrowding at Southside Elementary and Westside Grammar Elementary School. Margaret Reynolds, the daughter of the owners of Kader's Jewelry store on Park Avenue, was the school's first principal. Several of the teachers and staff at Southside, including Reynolds, transferred to Pine Crest when it opened.
source: Original color photograph: Private Collection of Darlene Woodworth.
contributor: Woodworth, Darlene
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Pine Crest Elementary School, Sanford, Florida

Pine Crest Elementary Fourth Grade Class 1989-1990
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Elementary schools--United States
subject: Fourth grade (Education)--United States
subject: Students--Florida
subject: Teachers--Florida
subject: Schools
subject: Educators--Florida
description: Ms. Francis' fourth grade class at Pine Crest Elementary for the 1989-1990 school year. Other teachers photographed are Mrs. Redisky, Mrs. Franica, and Mrs. Kooy. Students in the photograph include: Roxsan[sp] Strine, Patrik[sp] Helms, Andra[sp] Hays, Ricky Holcomb, Thksha[sp] Hines, and Charle[sp] McLane in the bottom row; Heather Bell, Thimothy[sp] M. Honey, Heather Secore, Gregory Legons, Shanon Jackson, Greg Grafis, and Terver[sp] Oleve in the middle row; and Carie Beton, Justin Carbone, Kin Moore, Jeanie Box, Deabra[sp] Tembltin, Jimmy Parsons III, Harry Sanders, and Kristin Woodworth in the top row. Pine Crest Elementary opened in 1955 at 405 West 27th Street in Sanford, Florida. The school was built in order to accommodate the growing population of baby-boomers that led to overcrowding at Southside Elementary and Westside Grammar Elementary School. Margaret Reynolds, the daughter of the owners of Kader's Jewelry store on Park Avenue, was the school's first principal. Several of the teachers and staff at Southside, including Reynolds, transferred to Pine Crest when it opened.
source: Original color photograph: Private Collection of Darlene Woodworth.
contributor: Woodworth, Darlene
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Pine Crest Elementary School, Sanford, Florida

Pine Crest Elementary Fourth Grade Class, 1992-1993
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Elementary schools--United States
subject: Fourth grade (Education)--United States
subject: Students--Florida
subject: Teachers--Florida
subject: Schools
description: Patty Johnson Swann's fourth grade class at Pine Crest Elementary for the 1992-1993 school year. The principal for that school year was Tim Seibert. Students photographed include: Yessinia Grtiz, Sherri Jackson, Robby Ford, Terrica Zimmerman, Jimmy Mudica, Jennifer Raulerson, Bhrett Jones, Amanda Lunsford, and Vanessa Liggons in the front row; Brian Mack, Jeremy Hammock, Jackie Davis, Richard Luper, Mary Bradley, Breeze D'Anza, Chelsea Guckenberger, and Kendrick Clark in the second row; Curtis Woodworth, Andrew Beatty, Heather Bailey, Shannon Marshall, Catora Davis, Andrew Goldberg, and Derrick Eason in the third row. Students not pictured include Lorenzo Collier, Robert LaClair, Steven Lowie, Christy Smith, and Angela Covington. Pine Crest Elementary opened in 1955 at 405 West 27th Street in Sanford, Florida. The school was built in order to accommodate the growing population of baby-boomers that led to overcrowding at Southside Elementary and Westside Grammar Elementary School. Margaret Reynolds, the daughter of the owners of Kader's Jewelry store on Park Avenue, was the school's first principal. Several of the teachers and staff at Southside, including Reynolds, transferred to Pine Crest when it opened.
source: Original color photograph: Private Collection of Darlene Woodworth.
contributor: Woodworth, Darlene
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Pine Crest Elementary School, Sanford, Florida

Pine Crest Elementary Kindergarten Class, 1985-1986
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Elementary schools--United States
subject: Kindergarten
subject: Schools
subject: Students--Florida
subject: Teachers--Florida
subject: Elementary school teachers--Florida
description: Ms. Jarand's kindergarten class at Pine Crest Elementary for the 1985-1986 school year. The principal for that school year was C. Carroll. Pine Crest Elementary opened in 1955 at 405 West 27th Street in Sanford, Florida. The school was built in order to accommodate the growing population of baby-boomers that led to overcrowding at Southside Elementary and Westside Grammar Elementary School. Margaret Reynolds, the daughter of the owners of Kader's Jewelry store on Park Avenue, was the school's first principal. Several of the teachers and staff at Southside, including Reynolds, transferred to Pine Crest when it opened.
source: Original color photograph: Private Collection of Darlene Woodworth.
contributor: Woodworth, Darlene
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Pine Crest Elementary School, Sanford, Florida

Pine Crest Elementary Kindergarten Class, 1988-1989
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Elementary schools--United States
subject: Kindergarten
subject: Students--Florida
subject: Schools
subject: Elementary school teachers--Florida
subject: Teachers--Florida
description: Mrs. Smith's kindergarten class at Pine Crest Elementary for the 1988-1989 school year. Students photographed include Stephanie, Christina Brown, Oren, Edard[sp], Micheal[sp] Randall, and Crystal in the first row; Erika, Melme, Jennifer, Lindsey, Nichole, Alteberto, Leslie, and Willie Hampton in the middle row; and Jamie Box, Denise, Eric, Jessica Poole, Jeremy Holloway, Matthew, Curtis Woodworth, Steven, and Dustin in the last row. Pine Crest Elementary opened in 1955 at 405 West 27th Street in Sanford, Florida. The school was built in order to accommodate the growing population of baby-boomers that led to overcrowding at Southside Elementary and Westside Grammar Elementary School. Margaret Reynolds, the daughter of the owners of Kader's Jewelry store on Park Avenue, was the school's first principal. Several of the teachers and staff at Southside, including Reynolds, transferred to Pine Crest when it opened.
source: Original color photograph: Private Collection of Darlene Woodworth.
contributor: Woodworth, Darlene
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Pine Crest Elementary School, Sanford, Florida

Pine Crest Elementary School Principal's Monthly Payroll Report, August 15, 1955-September 12, 1955
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Education--Florida
subject: Schools
subject: Teachers--Florida
description: Pine Crest Elementary School's Monthly Payroll Report for the period of August 15, 1955-September 12, 1955. The principal was Margaret Reynolds and her secretary was June Vance. The payroll included eleven teachers: Polly Daniels and Ann F. Echols, first grade; Margaret Barnes and Rosine Carnes, second grade; Eleanor Bennett and Mary Walter, third grade; Mary T. Barnes and Marguerite Paul, fourth grade; and Lucile Campbell, William N. Lavender, and Inez Manos, sixth grade. Lavender resigned on September 6, 1955, and was presumably replaced by Inez Manos the day before. S. G. Weeks was the janitor, Pine Crest Elementary School opened in 1955 at 405 West 27th Street in Sanford. The school was built in order to accommodate the growing population of baby-boomers that led to overcrowding at Southside Elementary and Westside Grammar Elementary School. Margaret Reynolds, daughter of the owners of Kader's Jewelry store on Park Avenue, was the school's first principal. Several of the teachers and staff at Southside, including Reynolds, transferred to Pine Crest when it opened.
creator: Reynolds, Margaret
source: Original payroll report, 1955: Sanford Grammar Collection, Archives Box 4B, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Pine Crest Elementary School, Sanford, Florida

Pine Crest Elementary Second Grade Class, 1990-1991
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Elementary schools--United States
subject: Second grade (Education)--United States
subject: Students--Florida
subject: Teachers--Florida
subject: Schools
description: Ms. Hicks' second grade class at Pine Crest Elementary for the 1990-1991 school year. Pine Crest Elementary opened in 1955 at 405 West 27th Street in Sanford, Florida. The school was built in order to accommodate the growing population of baby-boomers that led to overcrowding at Southside Elementary and Westside Grammar Elementary School. Margaret Reynolds, the daughter of the owners of Kader's Jewelry store on Park Avenue, was the school's first principal. Several of the teachers and staff at Southside, including Reynolds, transferred to Pine Crest when it opened.
source: Original color photograph: Private Collection of Darlene Woodworth.
contributor: Woodworth, Darlene
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Pine Crest Elementary School, Sanford, Florida

Pine Crest Elementary Third Grade Class, 1988-1989
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Elementary schools--United States
subject: Third grade (Education)--Florida
subject: Students--Florida
subject: Teachers--Florida
subject: Schools
description: Mrs. Hudick's third grade class at Pine Crest Elementary for the 1988-1989 school year. Students photographed include Charlie McLain, Stephanie Murray, Donald Cadman, Jennifer Elwell, Bret Whitte, Cherie May, Micheal[sp] Arington, and April Micheals[sp] in the first row; Ricky Holcomb, Tomika Graves, Erika Burch, Ralph Rash, Heather Bell, Billy Dunn, Emily Richarde[sp], and Jeromy Gardner in the middle row; and Kristin Woodworth, Darrell Foster, Chris Bresher, Tracey Bass, Denise Parker, William Posey, Josha McCann, Gregory Legans, and Kim Moor in the last row. Pine Crest Elementary opened in 1955 at 405 West 27th Street in Sanford, Florida. The school was built in order to accommodate the growing population of baby-boomers that led to overcrowding at Southside Elementary and Westside Grammar Elementary School. Margaret Reynolds, the daughter of the owners of Kader's Jewelry store on Park Avenue, was the school's first principal. Several of the teachers and staff at Southside, including Reynolds, transferred to Pine Crest when it opened.
source: Original color photograph: Private Collection of Darlene Woodworth.
contributor: Woodworth, Darlene
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Pine Crest Elementary School, Sanford, Florida

Pine Crest Elementary Third Grade Class, 1991-1992
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Education--Florida
subject: Schools
description: Mrs. Francis' third grade class at Pine Crest Elementary for the 1991-1992 school year. Pine Crest Elementary opened in 1955 at 405 West 27th Street in Sanford, Florida. The school was built in order to accommodate the growing population of baby-boomers that led to overcrowding at Southside Elementary and Westside Grammar Elementary School. Margaret Reynolds, the daughter of the owners of Kader's Jewelry store on Park Avenue, was the school's first principal. Several of the teachers and staff at Southside, including Reynolds, transferred to Pine Crest when it opened.
source: Original color photograph: Private Collection of Darlene Woodworth.
contributor: Woodworth, Darlene
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Pine Crest Elementary School, Sanford, Florida

Pine Needle Basket Weaved by a Geneva Resident
subject: Baskets--Florida
subject: Pine needle crafts
description: Pine needle basket woven by Mrs. Nixon, a Geneva resident, in 1917. Geneva is a community in Seminole County. The area was originally inhabited by the Timucuan tribe as early as 2000 B.C.E. Between 1765 and 1766, John and William Bartram explored the St. John's River, including the area that would become Geneva, which was inhabited at the time by the Seminole tribe formed in the 1760s. New settlers arrived and settled in Harney Cove during the 1843-1845 period. Harney Cove was renamed Geneva in 1880.
creator: Nixon
source: Original 12 x 12 inch pine needle basket by Mrs. Nixon, 1917: Museum of Geneva History, Geneva, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Physical Object
coverage: Geneva, Florida

Pine Street Postcard
subject: Fitzgerald (Ga.)
description: A postcard with a scene of Pine Street, looking East, in Fitzgerald, Georgia. The dirt road is lined with business buildings. Horse-drawn buggies are parked outside the businesses. On the left side of the road is the Commercial Hotel. Power line poles are on the right side of the street, indicating the town had power at this time. On the back of the postcard is a handwritten message addressed to Mrs. Sarah Field of Fitzgerald, Georgia. The message reads, "737 Peachtree, May 22 [28?]. Your card rec'd. Saw Mrs. C. today. We are doing all we can for Mrs. F. with God's help. Knowing His law is the only law. Let us hear how he improves. There is no hear in discouragement. Love is the only power. Lovingly, A. [...]" This postcard is part of a private collection kept by Roger Hipel of St. Cloud, Florida.
creator: A. S. Field
source: Original 5 x 3 black and white postcard: Private Collection of Roger Hipel.
publisher: A. S. Field
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Fitzgerald, Georgia

Pinewood Estate at Bok Tower Gardens
subject: Lake Wales (Fla.)
subject: Gardens--United States
subject: Tourism--Florida
description: The Pinewood Estate at Bok Tower Gardens, located at 1151 Tower Boulevard in Lake Wales, Florida. The Pinewood Estate is a mansion that was constructed for Charles Austin Buck, the vice president of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation. In 1929, William Lyman Phillips, an architect at Frederick Law Olmstead, Jr.'s (1822-1903) firm, began designing the gardens. In 1930, Charles Wait began designing the house in the Mediterranean style of architecture. Originally called "El Retiro," which means "The Retreat" in Spanish, the estate was acquired by Nellie Lee Holt Bok , the daughter of Bok Tower Gardens founder Edward W. Bok (1863-1930), and renamed the "Pinewood Estate" in 1970.These images were taken by Russell Moore in 2010.
creator: Moore, Russell
source: Original color digital images by Russell Moore, March 7, 2010: Private Collection of Russell Moore.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Pinewood Estate, Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wales, Florida

Pioneer Palm Crafts from Geneva
subject: Palms--Florida
subject: Arts & crafts
subject: Hats--United States
subject: Baskets--Florida
subject: Fans
subject: Neckties
subject: Toys--United States
description: Palm crafts designed by pioneers in Geneva, Florida, between 1850 and 1920. The crafts pictured include a State Fair award-winning palm hat, a fan, an unfinished necktie, a turtle toy with head and tail that move, a utility basket, and a finger trap. Geneva is a community in Seminole County. The area was originally inhabited by the Timucuan tribe as early as 2000 B.C.E. Between 1765 and 1766, John and William Bartram explored the St. John's River including the area that would become Geneva, which was inhabited at the time by the Seminole tribe formed in the 1760s. New settlers arrived and settled in Harney Cove during the 1843-1845 period. Harney Cove was renamed Geneva in 1880.
source: Original palm crafts: Pioneer Craft Case: Museum of Geneva History, Geneva, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Physical Object
coverage: Geneva, Florida

Plane and Patches for Lieutenant Dean N. Post, Jr.
subject: World War II, 1939-1945
subject: Army
subject: Veterans--Florida
description: The plane and patches for Lieutenant Dean N. Post, Jr. (1921-1944). Lt. Post was a pilot from Tampa, Florida, who served in the U.S. Army during World World II with the 357th Fighter Group of the 264th Fighter Squadron. His airplane crashed in Martimpré, France, on May 27, 1944, and was executed by German authorities after being hidden by French citizens in Gérardmer. Lt. Post is buried at Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial in Dinozé, France.
creator: Jean-Loup Frommer
source: Original 1-page typed document.
format: image/jpg
language: fre
type: Text
coverage: Gérardmer, France

Plant Railroad Station
subject: Plant System
subject: Buildings--Florida
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Railroads--Florida
description: A railroad station in the Plant System in 1872. The Lake Monroe and Orlando Railroad was organized in 1875. The charter planned to construct a railroad from the St. Johns River port in Sanford south to Orlando. On October 16, 1878, the South Florida Railroad was incorporated, but did not receive a charter until December 9, 1879, when it gained control over the Lake Monroe and Orlando Railroad charter. The first train on the new railroad ran between Sanford and Orlando on November 11, 1880. Henry B. Plant (1819-1889) and his Plant System purchased three-fifths of the South Florida Railroad stock on May 4, 1883. Plant standardized the track sizes, stations, and equipment of the existing railroads and began laying tracks towards Tampa, whose railroad station opened on December 10, 1883. In 1893, the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway, which was also a part of the Plant System, acquired the South Florida Railroad. The Atlantic Coast Line (ACL) Railroad Company acquired the entire Plant System in 1902. In 1967, the ACL merged with the Seaboard Coast Line (SCL) Railroad, which is now operated by CSX. By the mid-1880s, Sanford, Florida had become a major distribution center due to the city's strategic location along Lake Monroe and the St. Johns River.
creator: Ensminger Brothers
source: Original 8.5 inch x 5.25 inch black and white photograph by the Ensminger Brothers, 1892: Vincent Collection, Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Sanford, Florida

Plant System Hospital No. 1
subject: Plant System
subject: Hospitals--Florida
subject: Health care--United States
description: Plant System Hospital No. 1 in 1872. The Lake Monroe and Orlando Railroad was organized in 1875. The charter planned to construct a railroad from the St. Johns River port in Sanford south to Orlando. On October 16, 1878, the South Florida Railroad was incorporated, but did not receive a charter until December 9, 1879, when it gained control over the Lake Monroe and Orlando Railroad charter. The first train on the new railroad ran between Sanford and Orlando on November 11, 1880. Henry B. Plant (1819-1889) and his Plant System purchased three-fifths of the South Florida Railroad stock on May 4, 1883. Plant standardized the track sizes, stations, and equipment of the existing railroads and began laying tracks towards Tampa, whose railroad station opened on December 10, 1883. In 1893, the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway, which was also a part of the Plant System, acquired the South Florida Railroad. The Atlantic Coast Line (ACL) Railroad Company acquired the entire Plant System in 1902. In 1967, the ACL merged with the Seaboard Coast Line (SCL) Railroad, which is now operated by CSX. By the mid-1880s, Sanford, Florida had become a major distribution center due to the city's strategic location along Lake Monroe and the St. Johns River. The other major hub for the Plant System of railways was located in Waycross, Georgia. Both towns benefited from the building of a Plant System Hospital that served Plant’s employees and the community. The Plant System Hospital #1 was Sanford’s first hospital. It was later moved to Waycross.
creator: Ensminger Brothers
source: Original 8.5 inch x 5.25 inch black and white photograph by the Ensminger Brothers, 1892: Vincent Collection, Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Sanford, Florida

Plaque for Kenneth W. Hunter, Jr.
subject: World War II, 1939-1945
subject: Army
subject: Veterans--Florida
description: A plaque for First Lieutenant Kenneth W. Hunter, Jr. (1922-1944), an Army pilot during World War II. Hunter died during his service in France and is currently buried at the Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial in Dinozé, France. He is one of 85 Florida residents interned at Epinal. Hunter was born in Jacksonville, Florida, on November 21, 1922. He enlisted into the U.S. Army Reserve (USAR) on June 10, 1942. Hunter was assigned to the 394th Fighter Squadron of the 367th Fighter Group, which was activated on July 15, 1943. The 394th Squadron provided air support in the European Theater for the invading Allied Forces. Hunter died as a result of a training accident on November 3, 1944. During his career as a pilot, Hunter received the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Army Air Medal with nine Oak Leaf Clusters.
source: Digital reproduction of original plaque: War Department Files, National Archives & Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
publisher: National Archives & Records Administration
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial, Dinozé, France

Plaque for Lieutenant Dean N. Post, Jr. at Kléber Barracks
subject: World War II, 1939-1945
subject: Army
subject: Veterans--Florida
description: Kleber Barracks, where American Lieutenant Dean N. Post, Jr. (1921-1944) was executed by German authorities on May 27, 1944. Lt. Post was a pilot from Tampa, Florida, who served in the U.S. Army during World World II with the 357th Fighter Group of the 264th Fighter Squadron. His airplane crashed in Martimpré, France, on May 27, 1944, and was executed by German authorities after being hidden by French citizens in Gérardmer. Lt. Post is buried at Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial in Dinozé, France.
creator: Frommer, Jean-Loup
source: Digital reproduction of original black and white photograph by Jean Didier, May 29, 1944.http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=2675.
format: image/jpg
language: fre
type: Still Image
coverage: Kléber Barracks, Gérardmer, France

Plaque for Major Jack Cameron Heist at Greenwood Cemetery
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: World War II, 1939-1945
subject: Army
subject: Veterans--Florida
subject: Cemeteries--Florida
description: The plaque for Major Jack Cameron Heist (1919-1944) at Greenwood Cemetery in Orlando, Florida. Maj. Heist was born to Henry S. Heist and Christina Heist on November 6, 1919, in Eustis, Florida. He received his commission on May 29, 1941, to serve in World War II. Maj. Heist was an Ammunition Officer for the XIX Corps. He died during his service in an ambush on September 2, 1944, near Thiant, France. He is currently buried at the Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial in Dinozé, France. Maj. Heist is one of 85 Florida residents interned at Epinal.
creator: Smith, Tom
creator: Smith, Gloria
source: Original color digital image by Tom Smith and Gloria Smith, April 8, 2013: Private Collection of Tom Smith and Gloria Smith.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Greenwood Cemetery, Orlando, Florida

Plat of Survey for Pilgrim Black
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Property--Florida
description: Plat of survey for Pilgrim Black (1905-2002). This document certifies that V. K. Smith, a land surveyor for A. C. Doudney Surveyors, Inc., completed the location survey of Pilgrim Black's property on the corner of East Tenth Street and South Bay Avenue. The map surveys one of the homes built and owned by Maggie Benjamin Black (ca.1870-ca.1934) in the 1800s, who was the daughter of former slaves, Isaac Benjamin and Roseanna Benjamin, and the sister of Nathan Benjamin, Pledge Benjamin, Sam Benjamin, Louis Benjamin, Chainey Benjamin, Lara Benjamin, Melvina Benjamin, and Katie Benjamin. Maggie and her husband Harry Black (d. 1911) were the parents of parents of Leckward Black, Mustar Black, Malachi Black, Leatha Black Walker (1889-1976), Pilgrim Black (1905-2002), Margaret Black Jones (1889-1976), and Harriett Black Lawson. They were also the grandparents of David Harry Black (1929-2012), Vivian Louise Black (1940- ), Lula Yvonne Black (1942- ), Charles Samuel Black (1945- ), Pilgrim Black Jr. (ca.1947- ), and Patricia Ann Black (1956- ). The Black family migrated from South Carolina during the 19th century. In 1911, Harry owned a grocery store at 206 South Sanford Avenue. One day, he came home from work with pneumonia and passed away shortly thereafter. Pilgrim was nine years old when his father passed away. Harry and Maggie had their wood house built in the 1880s or 1890s at the corner of East 25th Street and South Sanford Avenue. Their house served as a meeting place for many of the elite members of the African-American community in Sanford. At one point, a business had asked to purchase the six acres of land that the Black family owned. Maggie agreed to sell the land, under the condition that the lumber could be reused to build houses on East Tenth Street. Maggie built a large home for herself and her children and several three-room houses for rental. She later gave the houses to Pilgrim and two of her grandsons, who made several additions to convert them into homes…
creator: Smith, V. K.
source: Original plat of survey by V. K. Smith, January 7, 1966: A. C. Doudney Surveyors, Inc., Sanford, Florida, 1966: Private Collection of Patricia Ann Black.
publisher: A. C. Doudney Surveyors, Inc.
contributor: Black, Patricia Ann
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Sanford, Florida

Playback Head Selector Equipment at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Blockhouse
subject: Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Project Mercury (U.S.)
description: Electronic equipment at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Blockhouse, mounted in racks similar to the way modern computer servers are, was used to monitor the rocket during Project Mercury launches. Instead of digital readouts and big screen displays, this equipment used various gauges to display readings and dials and buttons to adjust the equipment and the rocket. Ampex made magnetic tape drives and recorders, which were used to record data and/or audio.
source: Original black and white photographic print: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Blockhouse, Cape Canaveral, Florida

PO Box Receipt for R. C. M. Zachary (September 30, 1954)
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Post offices
description: A receipt for a PO box for R. C. M. Zachary with the box number that he paid for, listed along with the dates of purchase and when the rent for the PO box expires. In addition, the receipt shows the exact amount of $4.52 that Zachary paid along with the stamp of approval from postmaster L. A. Bryant Jr.
creator: Bryant, L. A., Jr.
source: Original receipt, September 30, 1954: Orlando Remembered Exhibit, Downtown Orlando Post Office, Downtown Orlando, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Downtown Orlando Post Office, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Point of Battery and Statue, Showing Junction of Ashley and Cooper Rivers Postcard
subject: American Civil War, 1861-1865
subject: Civil wars
description: A postcard depicting The Battery at the junction of Ashley River and Cooper River in Charleston, South Carolina. The Battery is a defensive seawall and promenade named for a Civil War-era defense artillery battery located at the site. This postcard is part of a collection of postcards kept by Lucile Campbell, a schoolteacher in Sanford, Florida, for 30 years. In 1931, she took advantage of a special rate for teachers and sailed to Europe, where she traveled for several months and is thought to have acquired many of these postcards. During the 1940-1941 school year, Campbell taught at Sanford Grammar School. Before her retirement in 1970, she taught at many other area schools, including the Oviedo School, Westside Grammar School, and Pinecrest Elementary School. Campbell used these postcards as aids in her classrooms to teach advanced subjects, such as Shakespearean drama. The collection, along with her other teaching aids, papers, and photographs, was later found at Sanford Grammar School after it became the University of Central Florida's Public History Center. Campbell's postcard collection and photographs provide insight into the life of a respected Florida educator.
creator: Charleston News Company
source: Original 4 x 6 inch color postcard by the Gulf Stream Card and Distributing Company: ACC# SM-00-243, file folder 1 (U.S. blanks), box 10A, Lucile (Mary Lucile) Campbell Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
publisher: Curt Teich and Company
contributor: Campbell, Lucile
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: The Battery, Charleston, South Carolina

Police Arrest Youths
subject: Oviedo (Fla.)
subject: Crime--Florida
subject: Burglary--United States
subject: Juvenile delinquency--Florida
subject: Schools
subject: Elementary schools
description: A newspaper article published by The Oviedo Outlook on May 26, 1977. The article details the arrest of three youths who were committing burglary at T. W. Lawton Elementary School, located at 151 Graham Avenue in Oviedo, Florida. Originally called the T. W. Lawton Elementary School, the one-room schoolhouse was first constructed in 1876 in order to serve the three families that lived on Old Orlando Road, near Bear Bully. Julia Golden was the first teacher and most of the students were African Americans. When one of the families moved to Clonts Quarters during the first year, the school moved with them. In 1899, the school was moved to the middle of town. In 1922, Seminole County built a four-room brick schoolhouse with an auditorium seating 500. White students attended the new schoolhouse, while black students remained at the Original school, then called Oviedo Elementary School and later renamed Jackson Heights. In 1923, the new school had its first graduating class. H. J. Laney was the school principal at the time that this photograph was taken and Thelma Lee Clonts, the contributor of the picture, was beginning her education at the school with Katy Walken as her teacher. The school's name was later changed to T. W. Lawton Elementary School and is now known as Lawton Elementary School.
source: Original newspaper article: "Police Arrest Youths." The Oviedo Outlook, Vol. 4, No. 40, May 26, 1977, page 9: Oviedo Historical Society, Oviedo, Florida.
publisher: The Oviedo Outlook
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: T. W. Lawton Elementary School, Oviedo, Florida

Polishing-Machine for Floors Patent Drawing
subject: World War, 1914-1918
subject: Veterans--Florida
description: The patent drawing for a polishing machine for floors by Ercole Cavicchi. The application was filed on November 22, 1915, and it was patented on February 18, 1919. Ercole's son, Henry Francis Cavicchi (1896-1991), is one of the featured veterans in the Veterans Legacy Program project. Born on September 4, 1896 in Quincey, Massachusetts, Henry Francis Cavicchi was a first generation Italian-American. His father moved from Italy to the United States in the 1880s, where he married a Canadian immigrant and settled in New York. Shortly after Henry’s birth, the family moved to Massachusetts. After working for the family business, Cavicchi Polishing Machine Co., Henry briefly joined the United States Navy in June 1918, where he served during the First World War. When he left the Navy in 1919, Cavicchi returned to Massachusetts, where he married his wife, Emily A. Essex, in 1922. He continued working at Cavicchi Polishing Machine Co. with his father and brothers until his retirement in the 1980s. Cavicchi died on July 30, 1991, and is buried in the Florida National Cemetery. In 2017, the University of Central Florida was one of three universities selected to launch the National Cemetery Administration’s Veterans Legacy Program. The program engaged a team of scholars to make the life stories of veterans buried in the Florida National Cemetery available to the public. The project engages UCF students in research and writing and fosters collaboration between students, faculty and local Central Florida schools to produce interactive curriculum for k-12 students. The corresponding website exhibit uses RICHES Mosaic Interface to create a digital archive of related data. The public can use the project-developed augmented-reality app at more than 100 gravesites at the Florida National Cemetery, where they can access the UCF student-authored biographies of veterans.
creator: Cavicchi, Ercole
source: Digital reproduction of original patent drawing.
publisher: United States Patent and Trademark Office
contributor: Heard Smith &amp
contributor: Tennants Attorneys
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Quincey City, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Pop Bands—The Rovin' Flames
subject: Rovin' Flames (Musical group)
subject: Tampa (Fla.)
subject: Music--United States
subject: Musicians--Southern States
subject: Rock music--United States
subject: Goff, Jerry
subject: Morris, Jimmy
description: A newspaper article published in The Tampa Tribune on September 1, 1966, describing an interview with The Rovin' Flames. The article was written by Rose Marie Almas and Cherie Wallace. In the upper right corner is a photograph of the band standing on a truck. Photographed from left to right is Paul Battle, Hardy Dial, J. R. Maietta (seated), Jim Morris, and Jerry Goff. The Rovin' Flames were formed in Tampa in 1965 by Paul Battle (rhythm guitar and vocals), Jimmy "Mouse" Morris (lead guitar), J. R. Maietta (bass) and Jerry Goff (drums). They recorded "Gloria/J.J.J.P." in September 1965 on Fuller Records and recorded their second record, "I Can't/I'm Afraid to Go Home," on Boss records in March of 1966. Hardy Dial, from The Outsiders/Soul Trippers, was added on lead vocals in the summer of 1966, and the group recorded "Bo Diddley/Seven Million People" in June of 1966. Battle, Goff, and Dial left the group in September of 1966 and were replaced by Jim Davis (vocals), Davy Tabak (drums) and John Rogers (organ). Davis left in December of 1966 and Battle briefly returned as lead vocalist, before being replaced by John DeLise, also of The Outsiders/Soul Trippers, in February of 1967. The group replaced Tabak with Eddie Taylor on drums in July of 1967, and recorded "How Many Times/Love Song No. 6" in September of 1967 on Decca Records. Although DeLise lasted longer than most of the band's lead vocalists, he left the group in less than a year, being replaced by Bob Thompson in November of 1967. Rogers passed away in March of 1968, and Thompson and Taylor left the group, being replaced by Jay Colding (organ), Jerry Nickerson (drums) and Ronnie Goedert (lead vocals), in July of 1968. Goedert left shortly thereafter in the fall of 1968, and was replaced by Hobie O'Brien, who remained the lead vocalist until the band broke up in January or February of 1969.
source: Original newspaper article: Almas, Rose Marie, and Cherie Wallace. "Pop Bands—The Rovin' Flames." Tampa Tribune, September 1, 1966: Profiles: Bands & Artists, Tampa Bay Music Scene Historical Society.
publisher: The Tampa Tribune
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Tampa, Florida

Pop Goes the Chorus
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Music--Florida
subject: Dance--United States
description: A poster for the Orlando Gay Chorus concert, “Pop Goes the Chorus”. The event was held at the John & Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center in Loch Haven Park, located at 812 East Rollins Street in Orlando, Florida, on April 3 and 4, 2004. Tickets were $15 in advance through Rainbow City, Urban Think, and orlandogaychorus.com and $20 at the door. The poster features a white background with a red and yellow title and a cartoon champagne bottle pouring years across the page. Featured artwork includes the logos of the OGC and various sponsors across the bottom of the page. The Orlando Gay Chorus is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts and humanitarian organization part of GALA Choruses. Founded on Valentines Day 1990, OGC is not only one of the largest mixed gay choirs in the United States at over 100 members, but they also boast four smaller ensembles that perform annual concerts, cabarets, and a whole host of community events like Come Out With Pride, Orlando Museum of Art’s Festival of Trees, and World Aids Day memorial services. In 2017, the group performed at over 105 events, including 15 performances for the first anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub tragedy. Members come from all walks of life and all sexual and gender orientations, including straight allies. OGC lives by the motto “Singing the World to a Better Place” and strives to use music to change attitudes and build a stronger community.
creator: Orlando Gay Chorus
source: Original color poster: University of Central Florida Special Collections, Orlando, Florida.
publisher: Orlando Gay Chorus
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: John & Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center, Loch Haven Park, Orlando, Florida

Population Census for Haines City, Polk County, Florida, 1935
subject: Census of population
description: The Florida State Population Census for Haines City, Bradford County, Florida, for 1935. The census divides the population by address, age, gender, race, relationship to head of house, place of birth, occupation, education, and whether they owned or rented their property. State censuses were compiled in 1845 and every ten years after, and were abolished in 1949. A notable individual listed in this record is Major James Lamarr Moore (1923-1994). Major Moore was born to Raymond R. Moore and Nettie Mae Moore on December 14, 1923, in Oxford, Alabama. Moore enlisted in the United States Army on January 1, 1923, to serve in World War II. At the time, he worked for the Great Atlantic Pacific Tea Company in Haines City, Florida. His military career spanned two decades, serving in World War II and the Korean War, and he ended his service as a Major. As a civilian, Moore married Wilma Lorene Rodman in 1942 and had four children. After Wilma’s death, he married Betty Louise Stallings, who had three children of her own. He owned and operated GEICO Insurance offices and was also a partner in the Fed Chek organization, where he served as Vice President. He died from heart failure of June 26, 1994, and is interned at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida. In 2017, the University of Central Florida was one of three universities selected to launch the National Cemetery Administration’s Veterans Legacy Program Project. The program engaged a team of scholars to make the life stories of veterans buried in the Florida National Cemetery available to the public. The project engages UCF students in research and writing and fosters collaboration between students, faculty and local Central Florida schools to produce interactive curriculum for k-12 students. The corresponding website exhibit uses RICHES Mosaic Interface to create a digital archive of related data. The public can use the project-developed augmented-reality app at more than 100 gravesites at the Florida National Cemete…
creator: Florida Department of State
source: Digital reproduction of original census record by the Florida Department of State, 1935.
publisher: Florida Department of State
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Haines City, Florida

Population Census for New York City, Borough of Manhattan, 1905
subject: Census--United States
subject: Population--United States
description: The Population of the United States Census for Manhattan, New York, New York, for 1905. The census divides the population by categories of
description: sex, race, age, marital status, number of children, occupation, literacy, whether they owned or rented, farm or house, if they were a Civil War veteran, and whether they were blind, deaf or dumb. A question was added regarding the place of birth and mother tongue of foreign-born persons and their parents. If foreign born, the person was required to provide the year they immigrated, whether they were naturalized and if they were able to speak English. A notable resident listed in this record is Max Blum. Born in 1895, Blum and his family lived on East 45th Street in Manhattan. His parents immigrated to the United States from Germany in the late nineteenth century. His father, Edward Blum, worked as a butcher, and his mother, Tobina Blum, was a housewife. His brother, Joseph, worked as a jeweler’s apprentice. And his brother, Robert, worked as a printer’s helper. Blum served in the United States Army during World War I. His military service began in July of 1918, and he served in the Quartermaster Corps until April of 1919. After his military service, he had a career as a window trimmer and continued to live in New York. Later in life, he moved to Leesburg, Florida, where he was active in Veterans organizations. Blum passed away in 1989 and is buried at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell. In 2017, the University of Central Florida was one of three universities selected to launch the National Cemetery Administration’s Veterans Legacy Program Project. The program engaged a team of scholars to make the life stories of veterans buried in the Florida National Cemetery available to the public. The project engages UCF students in research and writing and fosters collaboration between students, faculty and local Central Florida schools to produce interactive curriculum for k-12 students. The corresponding website exhibit uses RICHES Mosaic Interface to create a digital archive of related data. The public can use the project-developed augmented-reality app at more than 100 …
creator: United States Census Bureau
source: Digital reproduction of original census record, June 01, 1905.
publisher: United States Census Bureau
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: New York, New York

Port Orange Train Station
subject: Port Orange (Fla.)
subject: Railroads--Florida
description: The Port Orange Train Station in Port Orange, Florida. Originally built in 1894, the Port Orange Train Station was a part of the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) and was used as a flag stop for freight and passenger transport as late as 1955. In 1966, it was moved 500 feet north of its original location. On February 5, 1998, the station was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The building is now privately owned and used as a storage facility for a construction company.
creator: McKinney, Roy
source: Original color digital images by Roy McKinney, April 2, 2014.
contributor: McKinney, Roy
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Port Orange Train Station, Port Orange, Florida

Portrait of Carrie Ensminger
subject: Photography--Florida
subject: Photographs on glass
subject: Teachers--Florida
subject: Educators--Florida
description: This portrait is of Jefferson Clay Ensminger's daughter, Carrie Ensminger, at an unspecified time. Carrie Ensminger was born in 1882 and attended school at the Little Red School House in 1893. She would later become a teacher at Sanford Grammar School, and is listed on the teacher's roster in 1910.
creator: Ensminger, Jefferson Clay
source: Reproduction of glass plate negative by Jefferson Clay Ensminger: Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Ensminger, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
publisher: Ensminger Brothers
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Sanford, Florida

Portrait of Clara Louise Guild
subject: Photography--Florida-
subject: Higher education
subject: Educators--Florida
subject: Teachers--Florida
subject: Principals, High school
description: Clara Louise Guild, born June 5, 1864, was the first graduate of Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. Her family originally hailed from Boston, Massachusetts. Her father, William Guild, was a Harvard Medical School graduate and pharmacist. Clara enrolled at Rollins College on November 4, 1885, at the age of 21. In May of 1890, along with Ida May Missildina, Clara became a member of Rollins College's first graduating class, with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Guild never married, but steadily progressed in her career, receiving her Master of Arts degree from Rollins in May of 1898. She would later become principal of Sanford High School from 1907 to 1920. In total, her educational career spanned four decades, Guild retired in 1939, and passed away at her Winter Park home on August 21, 1945.
source: Original black and white photograph: Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Education--Educators, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Boston, Massachusetts
coverage: Winter Park, Florida
coverage: Sanford, Florida

Portrait of Forrest Lake
subject: Government officials
subject: Portraits
subject: Mayors--United States
description: Portrait of businessman and politician, Forrest Lake. He first arrived in Sanford in the 1880s. Lake was known as a local politician and later a member of state government. One of his most well known successes in politics was the passing of the bill that created Seminole County in 1913. Throughout the early- to mid-1920s, Lake owned an icehouse, founded Seminole County Bank, and established the Hotel Forrest Lake. By the end of the Florida real estate boom, Lake suffered many financial loses when the hotel went bankrupt and he was accused of bank fraud. In 1928, Lake went through a series of trials related to the bank fraud scandal and was later sent to state prison for fourteen years. Lake only served six years and lived the rest of his life in Sanford. He died in 1939.
source: Original black and white photograph: Sanford Historical Society, Inc., Sanford, Florida.
publisher: Sanford Historical Society, Inc.
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Sanford, Florida

Portrait of Fredrick Ensminger
subject: Photography--Florida
subject: Autobiographical memory in photographs
subject: Photographs on glass
subject: Fashion--Florida
description: This photograph is a portrait of a man in his mid-twenties, wearing the traditional Victorian-era collar, crovat, and three-piece suit. Evidence indicates that the young man in this photograph is Fredrick Ensminger, born 1877.
creator: Ensminger, Jefferson Clay
source: Reproduction of glass plate negative by Jefferson Clay Ensminger: Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Ensminger, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
publisher: Ensminger Brothers
format: Image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Sanford, Florida

Portrait of Jefferson Clay Ensminger
subject: Photography--Florida
subject: Photographs on glass
subject: Photographers--Florida
description: Self portrait of Jefferson Clay Ensminger, likely taken at the same time as his other portraits. Ensminger was born in 1843 in Stark County, Ohio. His father was a photographer and he likely picked up the trade from the family business based out of Ashland, Ohio. Ensminger spent much of his young adult life on the move, intermittently establishing photography studios in New York City, New York; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Independence, Iowa; and eventually Sanford, Florida. Ensminger and his family moved to Sanford in 1884 and shortly after became close friends with the aging General Henry Shelton Sanford Sanford, who commissioned Ensminger to perform a series of photographs. Ensminger would spend the remaining 28 years of his life in Sanford and the studio he established with his brother would be known as a Sanford institution.
creator: Ensminger, Jefferson Clay
source: Reproduction of glass plate negative by Jefferson Clay Ensminger: Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Ensminger, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
publisher: Ensminger Brothers
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: New York City, New York
coverage: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
coverage: Independence, Iowa
coverage: Sanford, Florida

Portrait of Mary Ensminger
subject: Photography--Florida
subject: Photographs on glass
description: This portrait is of Mary Ensmigner, Jefferson Clay Ensminger's eldest daughter. According to History of Buchanan County, Iowa: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, Mary was five years old in 1881; this would place her year of birth between 1875 and 1876. In this portrait, taken during some time in the 1900s, Mary appears to be in her mid- to late twenties.
creator: Ensminger, Jefferson Clay
source: Reproduction of glass plate negative by Jefferson Clay Ensminger: Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Ensminger, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
publisher: Ensminger Brothers
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Sanford, Florida

Post 53's Original Post Home Located on Lake Monroe
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Buildings--Florida
subject: American Legion
description: The American Legion Hall Cannon, located at the 300 Seminole Boulevard in Sanford, Florida around 1939. The log cabin was originally used as the American Legion Campbell-Lossing Post 53, which received the property from the City of Sanford during the Armistice Day celebrations on November 11, 1924. Mayor Forrest Lake dedicated the structure to the "future generations who would be better off because of the work of the American Legion." The cabin was constructed through private donations from local citizens and businesses, such as the Hill Lumber Company. A cannon from World War I was placed in front of the building on January 17, 1936, but the cannon was dismantled for scrap metal during World War II. The Sanford Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States acquired the building in 1973 and the American Legion moved to 3506 South Orlando Drive and later to 2874 South Sanford Avenue. Due to deterioration and poor conditions, inspector Gary Winn recommended demolition, which City Manager Bill Simmons approved. The American Legion is a social veterans' organization for former and current members of the United States Armed Forces. The organization was chartered by the United States Congress on September 16, 1919, following World War I. The American Legion has been active in influencing political and social change, such as the founding of the U.S. Veterans Bureau, which was the forerunner of the Veterans Administration and later the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); efforts to pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting the physical desecration of the American flag; the creation of the American Legion Baseball program; the passing of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act, commonly known as the GI Bill of Rights; contributing to the launch of the National Association for Mental Health; sponsorship of an independent study on the effects of the exposure of Agent Orange, a herbicidal weapon, on veterans of the Vietnam War; as well as many other activities and achievements.
creator: Sodeblom, R. E.
source: Photocopy of original 6.5 x 3.75 inch black and white photograph by R. E. Sodeblom: Private Collection of Luticia "Tish" Lee.
contributor: Lee, Luticia "Tish"
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: American Legion Campbell-Lossing Post 53, Sanford, Florida

Post Dean, tué Froidement le 29 Mai 1944
subject: World War II, 1939-1945
subject: Army
subject: Veterans--Florida
description: A French newspaper article about Lieutenant Dean N. Post, Jr. (1921-1944), who was killed in action in France during World War II. The article talks about the plane crash that Andre Clair witnessed as a boy, as well as the French citizens' act of defiance to protest Post's death, Lt. Post was a pilot from Tampa, Florida, who served in the U.S. Army with the 357th Fighter Group of the 264th Fighter Squadron. His airplane crashed in Martimpré, on May 27, 1944, and he was executed by German authorities after being hidden by French citizens in Gérardmer. Lt. Post is buried at Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial in Dinozé, France.
source: Digital reproduction of original newspaper article.
format: image/jpg
language: fre
type: Text
coverage: Martimpré, France

Post Office Postcard
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Postcards--Florida
subject: Post office buildings Florida
description: Postcard showing the United States Post Office and Federal Courthouse at 42-44 East Central Boulevard in Downtown Orlando, Florida. The building was constructed in a Spanish Colonial Revival style from 1939 to 1941 and dedicated on April 14, 1941. It has been occupied by the United States Post Office since 1941, the Federal District Courthouse from 1941 to circa 1974, the office of the Roman Catholic Church since 2003. The building was renovated in the early 2000s and was modified for office and retail use, with the Post Office retaining 13,200 square feet. Plans included an adjacent parking garage on the north side, though that that aspect never came to fruition. St. James Roman Catholic Cathedral, located across Court Street from the Post Office, purchased the parts of the building not utilized by the Post Office and use it for Chancery office space.
source: Original 5.5 x 3.5 inch inch color postcard: Private Collection of Thomas Cook.
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: U.S. Post Office and Federal Courthouse, Orlando, Florida

Postal Mail Strap
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Post offices
subject: Letter carriers--United States
description: A leather postal mail strap from the Downtown Orlando Post Office, located at 51 East Jefferson Street. Mail straps were used by Orlando postal workers to tie mail together. Leather satchels were used by U.S. postal workers to carry mail from 1864 to around 1974, when they made the switch to canvas, due to the scarcity and cost of leather. This strap came from one such leather satchel manufactured by Bucheimer or Bona Allen, Inc.
source: Original color digital image, September 2015: Orlando Remembered Exhibit, Downtown Orlando Post Office, Downtown Orlando, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Physical Object
coverage: Downtown Orlando Post Office, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Postal Willys Wagon at the Dixie Village Post Office, 1958
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Post offices
description: The Postal Willys Wagon, which first debuted in August of 1953. Willys Motors gained credibility for developing rugged and reliable vehicles during World War II. The Postal Willys Wagon was the first right-hand drive vehicle to be produced in the United Sates in 30 years. Prior to this change, mail carriers either had to park and walk to a mailbox or reach across the passenger's side to deliver the mail. This Willys Wagon is pictured outside the Dixie Village Post Office during its dedication ceremony on August 2, 1958.
source: Original black and white photograph, August 2, 1958: Private Collection of Texann Ivy Buck.
contributor: Buck, Texann Ivy
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Dixie Village Post Office, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Postcard of Weeki Wachee Springs Mermaid Bonnie Georgiadis Posing Underwater in Costume
subject: Weeki Wachee Springs (Fla.)
subject: Tourism--Florida
subject: Photograph albums--1960-1970
subject: tourism & museum
subject: Tourism--1960-1980
subject: Mermaids--Florida--Weeki Wachee--History
subject: Theater--20th century
description: Color postcard of Weeki Wachee Springs Mermaid Bonnie Georgiadis in a costume, mid-ballet move during an underwater performance. Text on back of postcard reads, "The underwater acrobatic butterfly ballet is just one of eight big scenes produced for the new underwater spectacle at the Spring of Live Mermaids, Weeki Wachee, Florida. Color Photo by Ted Lagerberg." Handwritten beneath previous text reads, "Feb 13-64." Along with a group of investors, Newton Perry opened Weeki Wachee Springs to the public in October of 1947. At the time, roadside attractions were becoming popular stops along Florida roadways. The attraction consisted of an amalgamation of vendors, an orchid garden, a river boat tour, as well as the star attraction: a mermaid show that took place in an underwater theater. Eventually, the May Museum of the Tropics, an "abandoned Seminole village", a show called “Birds of Prey”, and a petting zoo were added. After peaking in the 1950s and 1960s, attendance began to decline as theme parks and highways changed the dynamics of Florida's tourism. The State of Florida took over the attraction as a state park in 2008. Since then, the park has focused on appealing to a modern audience while preserving its history.
creator: Weeki Wachee Spring State Park
source: Lagerber, Ted. Original color postcard of Bonnie Georgiadis Underwater, February 13, 1964: Weeki Wachee Springs State Park Collection.
publisher: RICHES
contributor: Lagerberg, Ted
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image
coverage: Weeki Wachee Springs State Park, Spring Hill, Florida

Postcards from Sergeant John B. Hancock to Edna P. Hancock (July 1944)
subject: World War II, 1939-1945
description: A series of photographic postcards and an envelope sent from Sergeant John B. Hancock (1913-1944) to his wife, Edna P. Hancock in July of 1944. The photographs feature various scenes in Rome, Italy. Sgt. Hancock was born in Thomasville, Georgia, in 1913, but later migrated to Auburndale, Florida. Hancock managed a Great Atlantic &amp
description: Pacific Tea Company (A&amp
description: P) store in Haines City until he enlisted in the 45th Infantry Division's 179th Infantry Regiment. Sgt. Hancock served initially in Africa in 1943, until the 45th Infantry Division's participation in the Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky. The division then went on to participate in the Allied invasion of Italy, where Sgt. Hancock was injured. He was returned to duty in February of 1944 in southern France. On November 1, 1944, Sgt. Hancock went Missing in Action (MIA) after serving in the Allied invasion of Southern France, codenamed Operation Dragoon. He was eventually buried at Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial in Dinozé, France.
source: Photocopy of original photographic postcards: Private Collection of Linda Hughes.
contributor: Hancock, John B.
contributor: Hughes, Linda
format: application/pdf
language: eng
language: ita
type: Still Image
coverage: Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy
coverage: Corso Trieste, Rome, Italy
coverage: Piazzale di Porta Pia, Rome, Italy
coverage: Canova Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy

Posting of the Colors
subject: World War, 1914-1918
subject: Veterans--Florida
subject: Memorials--Florida
description: The posting of the colors ceremony at the Geneva Community Center in Geneva, Florida. Three men stand behind the recently mounted flags to the left of a white podium with a red, white and blue ribbon. The Geneva Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc. held a 100 year memorial on October 10, 2018, for Roderick Perry Taylor of Geneva, Florida, and the other 564 people who died on the R.M.S. Leinster when it was hit by three German torpedoes in the Irish Sea on Oct. 10, 1918. Most of those killed were young military men and women. The ceremony was held at 2:00 PM at the Geneva Community Center. While memorials were also held on the same day in Ireland and other Allied countries, this was the only memorial in the United States that honored the six American soldiers who drowned.
creator: Cravero, Geoffrey
source: Original color photograph: RICHES, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
publisher: RICHES
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Geneva Community Center, Geneva, Florida

Postman's Hat
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Post offices
subject: Letter carriers--United States
subject: Hats--United States
description: The classic and distinguished hat that was a part of the attire worn by both postmen and mail truck drivers. The iconic badge of the U.S. Post Office adorns the face of the hat to identify postmen as federal employees and also to signify the role they held within the Post Office. There were a multitude of designs available to wear ranging from berets, panama hats, or safari helmets. As of 1972, the hat was no longer required to be worn as part of the postman's uniform and instead replaced with baseball style hats that are optional.
source: Original color digital image, September 2015: Orlando Remembered Exhibit, Downtown Orlando Post Office, Downtown Orlando, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Physical Object
coverage: Downtown Orlando Post Office, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Postmark
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Post offices
subject: Handstamps (Philately)--United States
subject: Postmarks--United States
description: A notary/corporate postmark used to officially apply to a piece of mail as it passes through the mailstream. It includes town data and was part of a process where postal workers would stamp markings indicating routing, directory service, postage due, censorship, registration, special delivery, forwarding, carriage by special transportation, etc.
source: Original color digital image, September 2015: Orlando Remembered Exhibit, Downtown Orlando Post Office, Downtown Orlando, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Physical Object
coverage: Downtown Orlando Post Office, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Postmark Handstamp
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Post offices
subject: Handstamps (Philately)--United States
subject: Postmarks--United States
description: This a notary/corporate postmark used to officially apply to a piece of mail as it passes through the mailstream. It includes town data (Orlando) and was part of a process where postal workers would stamp markings indicating routing, directory service, postage due, censorship, registration, special delivery, forwarding, carriage by special transportation, etc. This particular handstamp was created by De Guehery's Rubber Stamp Company, which was located at 64 West Robinson Street in Downtown Orlando, Florida, and is now known as Orlando Rubber Stamps and Sign Company.
source: Original color digital image, September 2015: Orlando Remembered Exhibit, Downtown Orlando Post Office, Downtown Orlando, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Physical Object
coverage: Downtown Orlando Post Office, Downtown Orlando, Florida
coverage: De Guehery's Rubber Stamp and Sign Company, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Powell Cemetery, 2003
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Cemeteries--Florida--Orange County
subject: Gravestones
subject: Tombstones
subject: Graves
description: Powell Cemetery, located at 3858 South Orange Avenue in Orlando, Florida, in 2003. The cemetery is located on land originally owned by Isaac and Sarah Ann Powell. The cemetery is approximately a quarter of an acre and has 32 gravestones, many of which date back to the American Civil War.
creator: Cook, Thomas
source: Original color image by Thomas Cook, 2003: Private Collection of Thomas Cook.
publisher: RICHES of Central Florida
contributor: Cook, Thomas
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Powell Cemetery, Orlando, Florida

Power Systems Business Unit
subject: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
description: This brochure was published around mid-1986 to announce a major restructuring of Westinghouse Electric's Power Systems Business Unit (PSBU). Until that time, the unit was composed of two separate business units: Nuclear Energy Systems, headquartered in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, and Power Generation, headquartered in Pittsburgh and in Orlando, Florida. At the time, Power Generation factories were located in Charlotte and Winston Salem, North Carolina, and in East Pittsburgh. The reorganization announced in this brochure brings the Nuclear and Power Generation operations under one sub-corporate organization, the Power Systems Business Unit, which was to be managed by Jim Moore, Vice President and General Manager, reporting to Executive Vice President Theodore Stern. Directly affecting the Orlando operation was the naming of Tom Campbell as General Manager of Generation Technology Systems Division. Campbell transferred to Orlando, where he became site manager for the next two years.
source: Original 14-page brochure, 1986: Private Collection of Harry Jaeger.
contributor: Jaeger, Harry
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Westinghouse Electric Corporation, The Quadrangle, Orlando, Florida

Praise Team at Restore Orlando
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Dance--United States
subject: Churches--Florida
description: The praise team at the after-school program of Restore Orlando, a church that is now known as the Emmanuel Fellowship and Worship Center. Created by Jerry Applebee and Polly Applebee in 1994, the Restore Orlando's after-school program organized outings such as horseback riding and helicopter rides. The Applebees were affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene in the Parramore neighborhood of Downtown Orlando, Florida. Dedra Jenkins fought to have a basketball court built for the older children at Kaley Square Park across the street. Originally, owners of the church and park did not want a court because they feared it would be a place where drug dealers would congregate. This photograph, taken by an unknown volunteer at the program, was originally discarded, along with other similar photographs, and then found by a local resident near the Emmanuel Fellowship and Worship Center, which is located at the former site of Restore Orlando. The collection was given to the contributor, Dedra Jenkins.
source: Original 3 x 5 inch color photograph: Private Collection of Dedra Jenkins.
contributor: Jenkins, Dedra
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image
coverage: Restore Orlando, Holden-Parramore, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Pre-Cooler at the Nelson and Company Packing Plant, 1973
subject: Agriculture--Florida
subject: Oviedo (Fla.)
subject: Celery industry
subject: Packing industry
subject: Precooling
description: The Nelson and Company Packing plant and a pre-cooler. The company was originally founded by Steen Nelson and Gus Nelson and called Nelson Brothers. The company changed its name to Nelson and Company after it became a three-way partnership between the brothers and Benjamin Franklin Wheeler. In 1923, Wheeler became sole owner after buying out the company. The Wheeler Fertilizer Plant was a holding of Nelson and Company. The original plant was destroyed in a fire in 1947, but eventually rebuilt six months later. Nelson and Company is located in what is now the Nelson and Company Historic District, and was incorparated in September of 2001. The 80-acre district encompasses four of Nelson and Company's historic buildings. This photograph was taken by Henry DeWolf in 1973 for an aerial survey of Oviedo.
creator: DeWolf, Henry
source: Original 20 x 16 inch color photograph by Henry DeWolf: Private Collection of Arthur Evans.
contributor: Evans, Arthur
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image
coverage: Nelson and Company Packing Plant, Oviedo, Florida
coverage: Wheeler Fertilizer Plant, Oviedo, Florida

Pre-Launch Meeting
subject: Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Air Force
subject: Project Mercury (U.S.)
description: A newspaper article about a meeting that occurred on October 9, 1962, before the launch of Walter "Wally" Marty Schirra, Jr. in Sigma 7 between representatives of the Aerospace Corporation; the Burroughs Corporation; Rocketdyne, Inc.; General Dynamics/Astronautics; McDonnell Aircraft Corporation; General Electric Company; the U.S. Air Force (USAF); and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NAS). Photographed, from left to right, are Jack Wiegand of the Aerospace Corporation; George Liner of the Burroughs Corporation; Major C. J. McCarthy of the Air Force's 6555th Aerospace Test Group; Lee Solid of Rocketdyne, Inc.; Major J. R. Mullady of the 6555th, Dr. Calvin D. Fowler of General Dynamics/Astronautics; Porter Brown of NASA; Ralph Gendielle of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation; and John Savarie of General Electric Company. The racks of electronics and control consoles provides the backdrop.
source: Original newspaper article: "Pre-Launch Meeting." October 9, 1962: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin "Cal" D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral, Florida

Prediction for 1940
subject: Oviedo (Fla.)
description: A newspaper article published by The Central Florida Press on June 20, 1930. This article lists a number of predicts for Oviedo in 1940. Predicts include population growth, expansion of land cleared in Black Hammock, the operation of a canning factory and a crate factory, the success of a bank, the operation of a plant for persevering fruit juices and citrus products, the establishment of a bakery, the construction of a road to Winter Park, the widening of a road to Chuluota, and the addition of a bus line or railroad from Sanford or Orlando to the east coast.
source: Original newspaper article: "Prediction for 1940." The Central Florida Press, Vol. 1, No. 9, June 20, 1930, page 2: Oviedo Historical Society, Oviedo, Florida.
publisher: The Central Florida Press
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Oviedo, Florida

Preliminary Plat of Four Lakes, 1983
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
description: A plat map showing the area around the Four Lakes area, located east of Florida State Road 436 near the border of Seminole County and Orange County, Florida. The area is named in reference to the four surrounding lakes: Lake Sharp to the north, Deep Lake to the northeast, Lake Pearl to the south, and Lake Burkett to the west. This plat map was prepared by Dyer, Riddle, Mills and Precourt, an Orlando-based engineering firm, in 1983.
source: Original 61 x 36 inch preliminary plat, April 1983: Pine Castle Historical Society, Pine Castle, Florida.
publisher: Dyer, Riddle, Mills and Precourt
contributor: Lake, Harriett
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Four Lakes, Orlando, Florida

Premier Concerts, June 23 & 24, 1990
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Music--Florida
subject: Dance--United States
subject: Gay culture--United States
description: A program for the Orlando Gay Chorus' concert, "Premier Concerts", on June 23 and 24, 1990, at the Orlando Museum of Art. The program includes brief biographies of Music Director Dr. Charles Callahan, and Accompanist Terry E. Thomas, program notes, an outline of the show's itinerary, how to join the chorus, a list of the chorus members, and how to become a contributor. A ticket from the show is included. $2 of the suggested $10 donation went to the Chorus AIDS Outreach Fund. The Orlando Gay Chorus (OGC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts and humanitarian organization, and part of the Gay and Lesbian Association (GALA) of Choruses. Founded on Valentines Day 1990, OGC is not only one of the largest mixed gay choirs in the United States at over 100 members, but they also boast four smaller ensembles that perform annual concerts, cabarets, and a host of community events, such as Come Out With Pride, Orlando Museum of Art’s Festival of Trees, and World AIDS Day memorial services. In 2017, the group performed at over 105 events, including 15 performances for the first anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub tragedy. Members come from all walks of life and all sexual and gender orientations, including straight allies. OGC lives by the motto “Singing the World to a Better Place” and strives to use music to change attitudes and build a stronger community.
creator: Orlando Gay Chorus
source: Original 4-page black and white program and 1 ticket stub, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
publisher: Orlando Gay Chorus
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida

Premiere Concerts
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Music--Florida
subject: Dance--United States
description: A poster for the annual Orlando Gay Chorus show, “Premiere Concerts.” The event was held at the Orlando Museum of Art, located at 2416 North Mills Avenue in Orlando, Florida, on June 23 and 24, 1990. The poster has a black background with white stripes and a large white eighth note with a tuxedo in the head. White text highlights the name of the show, time and location, and the OGC header. The Orlando Gay Chorus is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts and humanitarian organization part of GALA Choruses. Founded on Valentines Day 1990, OGC is not only one of the largest mixed gay choirs in the United States at over 100 members, but they also boast four smaller ensembles that perform annual concerts, cabarets, and a whole host of community events like Come Out With Pride, Orlando Museum of Art’s Festival of Trees, and World Aids Day memorial services. In 2017, the group performed at over 105 events, including 15 performances for the first anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub tragedy. Members come from all walks of life and all sexual and gender orientations, including straight allies. OGC lives by the motto “Singing the World to a Better Place” and strives to use music to change attitudes and build a stronger community.
creator: Orlando Gay Chorus
source: Original color poster: University of Central Florida Special Collections, Orlando, Florida.
publisher: Orlando Gay Chorus
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida

Preparing for Sponge Diving Postcard
subject: Tarpon Springs (Fla.)
subject: Sponges--Florida
description: A postcard depicting a diver suiting up to go sponge diving in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Sponge harvesting in Tarpon began in 1852 when Walter Lowe sailed to Anclote Key to secure cargo containing sponges. The Anclote and Rock Island Sponge Company was formed by John Cheyney in 1891, with offices in Tarpon Springs and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Cheyney also founded the Tarpon Springs Sponge Exchange, along with Ernest R. Meres, in 1907. Despite the Florida land bust of the 1920s and the Great Depression, the sponge industry continued to thrive until 1938, when a blight infested the sponge beds. Instead, the city turned to tourism, capitalizing on its rich Greek culture. This postcard is part of a collection of postcards kept by Lucile Campbell, a schoolteacher in Sanford, Florida, for 30 years. In 1931, she took advantage of a special rate for teachers and sailed to Europe, where she traveled for several months and is thought to have acquired many of these postcards. During the 1940-1941 school year, Campbell taught at Sanford Grammar School. Before her retirement in 1970, she taught at many other area schools, including the Oviedo School, Westside Grammar School, and Pinecrest Elementary School. Campbell used these postcards as aids in her classrooms to teach advanced subjects, such as Shakespearean drama. The collection, along with her other teaching aids, papers, and photographs, was later found at Sanford Grammar School after it became the University of Central Florida's Public History Center. Campbell's postcard collection and photographs provide insight into the life of a respected Florida educator.
creator: Gulf Stream Card and Distributing Company
source: Original 4 x 6 inch color postcard by the Gulf Stream Card and Distributing Company: ACC# SM-00-243, file folder 1 (U.S. blanks), box 10A, Lucile (Mary Lucile) Campbell Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
publisher: Curt Teich and Company
contributor: Campbell, Lucile
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Tarpon Springs, Florida

President Calvin Coolidge Dedication Marker at Bok Tower Gardens
subject: Lake Wales (Fla.)
subject: Tourism--Florida
subject: Gardens--Florida
subject: Presidents--United States
description: The dedication marker for a palm tree planted by President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) on February 1, 1929, at Bok Tower Gardens, located at 1151 Tower Boulevard in Lake Wales, Florida. These images were taken by Russell Moore in 2010. Edward Bok (1863-1930) retired to the town of Lake Wales, located south of Orlando. Bok set out a plan to establish a natural garden and bird sanctuary where people to visit to quietly enjoy nature. He engaged Frederick Law Olmstead, Jr. (1870-1957) to design the grounds and asked architect Milton Bennett Medary (1874-1929) to design and build a carillon tower. Lee Lawrie (1877-1963), a noted sculptor from New York, designed the elaborate marble sculpture that adorns the tower. Work was completed in 1928 and on February 1, 1929, President Calvin Coolidge dedicated the Sanctuary. Bok died less than a year later in 1930 and was buried at the foot of the tower. The tower and the carillon housed inside is Bok Tower Gardens' most distinctive feature. The carillon consists of 60 bells, ranging in size from 16 pounds to just under 12 tons. The bells are played like an organ with the keys connected to the clappers of each bell. Bok Tower has had only three regular carillonneurs in its more than 70 years. The Sanctuary's first carillonneur was Anton Brees, serving as the only carillonneur from 1928 until 1967. Milford Myhre has been the resident carillonneur since 1968. William De Turk has been the assistant carillonneur since 1993. De Turk is also the librarian of the Anton Brees Carillon Library, which is reportedly the largest and most comprehensive carillon library in the world.
creator: Moore, Russell
source: Original color digital image by Russell Moore, March 7, 2010: Private Collection of Russell Moore.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wales, Florida

President Calvin Coolidge Visits Sanford
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933
subject: Chase, Sydney Octavius, 1860-1941
subject: Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
subject: Citrus fruit industry--Florida
subject: Citrus--Florida
description: President Calvin Coolidge receiving citrus fruit while visiting Sanford, Florida, in 1929. Sydney Octavius Chase, co-owner of Chase & Company, is photographed on the right, wearing a light suit. Chase & Company was established in 1884 by brothers Sydney Octavius Chase and Joshua Coffin Chase. The company sold insurance and later invested in storage facilities and fertilizer sales. Chase & Company was known mainly for its agricultural interests and maintained a series of citrus groves throughout Central Florida. The company was based out of Sanford and became one of the city's largest employers into the early twentieth century.
source: Original black and white photographs, February 1, 1929: Chase Collection (MS 14), box 215, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Sanford, Florida

President Harry S. Truman
subject: Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
subject: Presidents--United States
subject: Vice-Presidents--United States
description: An autographed portrait of President Harry S. Truman, which is housed at the Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation, located at 640 Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard in Daytona Beach, Florida. Truman ran for Vice President alongside President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the Presidential Election of 1944. On April 12, 1945, he became the 33rd President of the United States, due to the death of President Roosevelt that same day. His presidency is remembered primarily for securing victory over the Empire of Japan in World War II, authorizing the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, issuing the Truman Doctrine to contain communism, contributing to the rebuilding of war-torn Europe via the Marshall Plan, taking steps to expand civil rights and racial equality (such as the integration of the military), and intervening in the Korean War. Dr. Bethune served as a consultant on interracial relations and as an international delegate under Truman's administration.
source: Original 8 x 10 inch black and white photographic print: Sun room, image 159, Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation, Daytona Beach, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: White House, Washington, D.C.
coverage: Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation, Mary McLeod Bethune Home, Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach, Florida

President Jimmy Carter's Address to the Nation on Energy
subject: Presidents--United States
subject: Energy--United States
description: President Jimmy Carter (b. 1924) giving one of his fireside chats on energy. The message was usually focused on energy conservation. President Carter was elected to office several years after the 1973 Oil Embargo, which devastated the gas turbine market in the United State. Following the end of the embargo in 1974, U.S. government sought to conserve energy and reduce dependence on imported oil. During one of his fireside chats, President Carter introduced to the public the concept of cogeneration, which is a method of producing electricity and heat energy for industrial processes at the same time, usually with the use of gas turbines for power generation and the production of heat for industrial processes. Overall, cogeneration is considered to be a very efficient method of meeting both needs. President Carter was instrumental in the introduction and passage of the energy legislation of the late 1970s that greatly influenced the market for gas turbines, which reinvigorated the market for companies such as Westinghouse Electric. Originally called the Westinghouse Electric Company, George Westinghouse (1846-1914) founded his manufacturing company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on January 8, 1886. In 1889, he renamed his business The Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company. Westinghouse's primary products include turbines, generators, motors and switchgear related to the generation, transmission, and use of electricity. The company changed its name to Westinghouse Electric Corporation in 1945. In 1981, the company began to relocate its division headquarters for the Steam-Turbine Generator Divisions from Pennsylvania (turbines from Lester and generators from Pittsburgh) to Orlando, Florida. The Power Generation Business Unit (PGBU) building was located in The Quadrangle, at 4400 Alafaya Trail. Originally, Westinghouse had purchased a large plot of land for future development that extended westward from Alafaya Trail to Rouse Road. The original headquarters was loc…
source: Digital reproduction of original 4-minute and 25-second color film: Carter, Jimmy. "President Jimmy Carter - Address to the Nation on Energy." YouTube video, April 18, 1977, posted by the Miller Center, March 28, 2008. https://youtu.be/-tPePpMxJaA.
contributor: Jaeger, Harry L.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Moving Image
coverage: White House, Washington, D.C.

President John F. Kennedy Touring Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14
subject: Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Launch complexes (Astronautics)--Florida
subject: Project Mercury (U.S.)
subject: Presidents--United States
description: High-profile projects, such as Project Mercury, typically get a great deal of attention from Presidential Administrations. This presidential visit occurred on September 11, 1962, a month before the fifth Mercury flight. President John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) toured Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 (LC-14) the day before he travelled to Houston, Texas, and addressed an audience at Rice University to proclaim that "we choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard," thus beginning the American space program's effort to put humans on the Moon.
source: Original black and white photographic print, September 11, 1962: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image
coverage: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral, Florida

President John F. Kennedy with B. G. MacNabb at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14
subject: Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Presidents--United States
description: During one visit to the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14, President John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) talking with General Dynamics/Astronautics director of operations B. G. MacNabb. Launch Complex 14 (LC-14) manager Dr. Calvin D. Fowler can be seen to the right, behind the police officer in the foreground.
source: Original black and white photographic print: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Launch Site, Cape Canaveral, Florida

President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon at Patrick Air Force Base
subject: Patrick Air Force Base (Fla.)
subject: Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
subject: Presidents--United States
subject: Nixon, Pat, 1912-1993
subject: Nixon, Thelma Catherine Patricia Ryan, 1912-1993
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Apollo Project (U.S.)
subject: Project Apollo (U.S.)
description: President Richard Nixon (1913-1994) accompanied by his wife, Pat Nixon (1912-1993), greeting citizens at Patrick Air Force Base with Marine One in the background. Nixon arrived with his wife and his daughter, Patricia "Tricia" Nixon (1946-), to watch the launch of Apollo 12 on November 14, 1969. Apollo 12 was the second mission which landed men on the moon and the first to bring a color television camera to the lunar surface, but transmission was lost after Bean accidently destroyed the camera by pointing it at the Sun. The mission crew was composed of Mission Commander Pete Conrad (1930-1999)
description: Command Module Pilot Richard F. Gordon, Jr. (1929-)
description: and Lunar Module Pilot Alan Bean (1932-). The mission gathered samples, deployed equipment to perform experiments, and retrieved parts of the Surveyor 3 lander probe, which had been on the Moon's surface since April 20, 1967. The significance of the recovery of Surveyor III parts allowed scientist to examine the long term effects of the lunar environment on spacecraft.
source: Original color photographic print, November 14, 1969: Leonard Pugh Collection.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Patrick Air Force Base, Florida

President Richard Nixon Greeting the Apollo 11 Crew Aboard the USS Hornet
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Apollo Project (U.S.)
subject: Project Apollo (U.S.)
subject: Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
subject: Presidents--United States
subject: Astronauts--United States
subject: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012
subject: Collins, Michael, 1930-
subject: Aldrin, Buzz
subject: Aldrin, Edwin Eugene, Jr.
description: After being recovered in the Pacific Ocean, the Apollo 11 crew was placed into a mobile quarantine unit in case of infection by unknown source on the Moon. This proved to be unnecessary and was discontinued later in Project Apollo. In this photograph, President Richard Nixon (1913-1994) greeted the astronauts on the USS Hornet shortly after they were placed in quarantine. Apollo 11 was the first space mission where humans set foot on another celestial body, the Moon. Launched from Launch Pad 39A at John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Merritt Island, Florida, on July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 fired the third stage engines two and half hours after launch to leave Earth's gravitational pull. The mission was highlighted by the first lunar landing by human beings and Mission Commander Neil Armstrong's (1930-2012) descent from the Lunar Module (LM) to place his foot on the surface of the Moon. He and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin (1930-) spent less than 22 hours on the Moon, including two and half hours outside Eagle, their Lunar Module. The crew, which also included Command Module Pilot Michael Collins (1930-), returned to Earth on July 24, 1969.
source: Original black and white photographic print, July 24, 1969: Leonard Pugh Collection.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image
coverage: North Pacific Ocean

Press Corps During the Launch of Apollo 11
subject: John F. Kennedy Space Center
subject: Kennedy Space Center
subject: Merritt Island (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Apollo Project (U.S.)
subject: Project Apollo (U.S.)
subject: Apollo 11 (Spacecraft)
description: The media during the launch of Apollo 11, which was the first space mission where humans set foot on another celestial body, the Moon. Launched from Launch Pad 39A at John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Merritt Island, Florida, on July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 fired the third stage engines two and half hours after launch to leave Earth's gravitational pull. The mission was highlighted by the first lunar landing by human beings and Mission Commander Neil Armstrong's (1930-2012) descent from the Lunar Module (LM) to place his foot on the surface of the Moon. He and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin (1930-) spent less than 22 hours on the Moon, including two and half hours outside Eagle, their Lunar Module. The crew, which also included Command Module Pilot Michael Collins (1930-), returned to Earth on July 24, 1969.
source: Original color photographic print, July 16, 1969: Leonard Pugh Collection.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida

Press Corps Observing the Apollo 15 Launch
subject: John F. Kennedy Space Center
subject: Kennedy Space Center
subject: Merritt Island (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Apollo Project (U.S.)
subject: Project Apollo (U.S.)
subject: Apollo 15 (Spacecraft)
description: A contingent of over two thousand accredited media personnel were present at John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Merritt Island, Florida, to observe the launch of Apollo 15 on July 26, 1971. Apollo 15 was the first of three extended capabilities missions, which allowed astronauts greater mobility with the Lunar Rover and additional equipment. The mission was crewed by Mission Commander David Scott (1932-), Command Module Pilot Alfred Worden (1932-), and Lunar Module Pilot James Irwin (1930-1991), and was launched from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A). Apollo 15 continued on a 12-day mission, including a Moon landing on July 30 and a Pacific Ocean splashdown on August 7.
source: Original black and white photographic print, July 26, 1971: Larry Summers Collection.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida

Pride
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Music--Florida
subject: Dance--United States
description: A poster for the Orlando Gay Chorus concert, “Pride”. The event was held at the Ann Giles Densch Civic Theater Complex (now the Orlando Repertory Theater), located at 1001 East Princeton Street in Orlando, Florida, on June 11 and 12, 1994. The show was directed by Dr. Charles Callahan. The poster has a black background with an angular rainbow flame coming out of a pink cone in the center. Text is off-white and simple depicting title, time, location, and the OGC heading. The Orlando Gay Chorus is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts and humanitarian organization part of GALA Choruses. Founded on Valentines Day 1990, OGC is not only one of the largest mixed gay choirs in the United States at over 100 members, but they also boast four smaller ensembles that perform annual concerts, cabarets, and a whole host of community events like Come Out With Pride, Orlando Museum of Art’s Festival of Trees, and World Aids Day memorial services. In 2017, the group performed at over 105 events, including 15 performances for the first anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub tragedy. Members come from all walks of life and all sexual and gender orientations, including straight allies. OGC lives by the motto “Singing the World to a Better Place” and strives to use music to change attitudes and build a stronger community.
creator: Orlando Gay Chorus
source: Original color poster: University of Central Florida Special Collections, Orlando, Florida.
publisher: Orlando Gay Chorus
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Ann Giles Densch Civic Theater Complex, Orlando, Florida

Pride 5, June 11 & 12, 1994
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Music--Florida
subject: Dance--United States
subject: Gay culture--United States
description: A program for the Orlando Gay Chorus' concert, "Pride 5", on June 11 &amp
description: 12, 1994, at the Anne Giles Densch-Civic Theater Complex in Orlando, Florida. The program includes short biographies on Music Director Dr. Charles Callahan and Accompanist Ken Thompson, II, a brief history of the GALA Choruses, program notes, an outline of the show's itinerary, a list of chorus members and how to become a contributor. It also contains an advertisement for the Parliament House Orlando, a contribution form, and a calendar for the Second Stage 1994-1995 season. The Orlando Gay Chorus (OGC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts and humanitarian organization, and part of the Gay and Lesbian Association (GALA) of Choruses. Founded on Valentines Day 1990, OGC is not only one of the largest mixed gay choirs in the United States at over 100 members, but they also boast four smaller ensembles that perform annual concerts, cabarets, and a host of community events, such as Come Out With Pride, Orlando Museum of Art’s Festival of Trees, and World AIDS Day memorial services. In 2017, the group performed at over 105 events, including 15 performances for the first anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub tragedy. Members come from all walks of life and all sexual and gender orientations, including straight allies. OGC lives by the motto “Singing the World to a Better Place” and strives to use music to change attitudes and build a stronger community.
creator: Orlando Gay Chorus
source: Original 16-page black and white program, a 1-page contribution form, and 4-page season calendar, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
publisher: Orlando Gay Chorus
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Anne Giles Densch-Civic Theater Complex, Orlando, Florida

Pride Concert, June 9 & 10, 1992
subject: Winter Park (Fla.)
subject: Music--Florida
subject: Dance--United States
subject: Gay culture--United States
description: A program for the Orlando Gay Chorus' concert, "Proud World, Pride Concert", on June 9 &amp
description: 10, 1992, at the Edyth Bush Theatre in Winter Park, Florida. The program includes a message from President Bob Smedley, brief biographies of Music Director Dr. Charles Callahan, Accompanist Ken Thompson, II and guest soloist Suellen Fagin-Allen, a brief history of the GALA Choruses, program notes, an outline of the show's itinerary, a checklist of concert etiquette, how to join the chorus, a donors' list, advertisements, a list of chorus members and how to become a contributor. It also contains a membership application, and an insert advertising a silent auction. The Orlando Gay Chorus (OGC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts and humanitarian organization, and part of the Gay and Lesbian Association (GALA) of Choruses. Founded on Valentines Day 1990, OGC is not only one of the largest mixed gay choirs in the United States at over 100 members, but they also boast four smaller ensembles that perform annual concerts, cabarets, and a host of community events, such as Come Out With Pride, Orlando Museum of Art’s Festival of Trees, and World AIDS Day memorial services. In 2017, the group performed at over 105 events, including 15 performances for the first anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub tragedy. Members come from all walks of life and all sexual and gender orientations, including straight allies. OGC lives by the motto “Singing the World to a Better Place” and strives to use music to change attitudes and build a stronger community.
creator: Orlando Gay Chorus
source: Original 16-page program, 1-page insert, 1-page application, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
publisher: Orlando Gay Chorus
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Edyth Bush Theatre, Winter Park, Florida

Pride, Prejudice and Protest
subject: Gay culture--United States
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
description: A planning document for a display at the Orange County Regional History Center in Orlando, Florida. The exhibition, entitled "Pride, Prejudice and Protest", chronicles the history of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender community, sharing the progress and setbacks of the Central Florida LGBTQ+ community over the past five decades. The planning document is divided into three columns: Text, Theme and Image or Artifact.
creator: GLBT History Museum of Central Florida, Inc.
source: Original color planning document: GLBT History Museum of Central Florida, Inc., Orlando, Florida.
publisher: GLBT History Museum of Central Florida, Inc.
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Orange County Regional History Center, Orlando, Florida

Pride. Prejudice. Protest.
subject: Gay culture--United States
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
description: A flyer for a history harvest conducted by the GLBT History Museum of Central Florida and the University of Central Florida's RICHES program on January 14, 2017. The harvest was held at The LGBT Center of Central Florida, located at 946 North Mills Avenue in Orlando, Florida. The purpose of the event was to collect, preserve and digitally share photographs, documents and objects related to GLBT history in Central Florida.
creator: RICHES
source: Original color flyer: RICHES, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
publisher: RICHES
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: The LGBT Center of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida

Prime Crew of the Tenth Manned Apollo Mission
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Apollo Project (U.S.)
subject: Project Apollo (U.S.)
subject: Apollo 16 (Spacecraft)
subject: Astronauts--United States
subject: Duke, Charles M.
subject: Young, John Watts, 1930-
subject: Mattingly, Thomas K. (Thomas Ken)
subject: Mattingly, Ken
description: A pre-launch publicity photograph of the crew of Apollo 16. This mission was the 10th manned Apollo mission and it was the fifth to put astronauts on the Moon. Apollo 16 launched from Launch Complex 39A at John F. Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida, on April 16, 1972 and returned on April 27. Photographed from left to right are Command Module Pilot Ken Mattingly (1936-), Mission Commander John Young (1930-), and Lunar Module Pilot Charles Duke (1935-).
creator: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
source: Original color photographic print: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin "Cal" D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image
coverage: John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida

Princess Theater Cast Dressing Rooms
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Community theater--United States
subject: Theater--United States
subject: Dressing rooms (Performing arts)--United States
description: The cast dressing rooms backstage at the Princess Theater, located at 115 West First Street in Sanford, Florida. The dressing rooms were expanded and improved for the Creative Sanford, Inc. and Celery Soup: Florida's Folk Life Play production of Remade - Not Bought performed October 18 through November 3, 2013. The play was written by Peter Newman, Brian Casey, Trish Thompson, Annye Refoe, and Laura Donaldson. Remade - Not Bought was directed by Nicholas Murphy, the artistic director of Cornerstone Theatre in Orlando, and includes original music by Ruth King. The play features stories real-life stories based on oral histories of Sanford residents.
creator: Reisz, Autumn
source: Original color digital image by Autumn Reisz, October 11, 2013.
contributor: Reisz, Autumn
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Creative Sanford, Inc., Sanford, Florida
coverage: Princess Theater, Sanford, Florida

Princess Theater Riser Seating
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Community theater--United States
subject: Theater--United States
description: The riser seating at the Princess Theater, located at 115 West First Street in Sanford, Florida. There are three bays of riser seating in the theater. High siding was added to back and sides to provide cast members with more privacy. Remade - Not Bought was a Celery Soup: Florida's Folk Life Play and Creative Sanford, Inc. play performed from October 18 through November 3, 2013. The play was written by Peter Newman, Brian Casey, Trish Thompson, Annye Refoe, and Laura Donaldson. Remade - Not Bought was directed by Nicholas Murphy, the artistic director of Cornerstone Theatre in Orlando, and includes original music by Ruth King. The play features stories real-life stories based on oral histories of Sanford residents.
creator: Reisz, Autumn
source: Original color digital image by Autumn Reisz, October 11, 2013.
contributor: Reisz, Autumn
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Creative Sanford, Inc., Sanford, Florida
coverage: Princess Theater, Sanford, Florida

Private First Class Solomon Callis Sturdivant
subject: World War II, 1939-1945
subject: Veterans--Florida
subject: Army
description: Private first class Solomon Callis Sturdivant (1914-1945). Sturdivant was born to James Sturdivant and Mary Sturdivant on April 25, 1914, in Wytheville, Virginia. PFC Sturdivant was drafted by the U.S. Army on December 29, 1942, while he was residing in Atlantic Beach, Florida. During World War II, he served as a member of the 231st American Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion. PFC Sturdivant was Killed in Action (KIA) in France on March 5, 1945. He is now buried at Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial in Dinozé, France.
source: Digital reproduction of original <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp
source: GRid=56375799">black and white photograph.
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image
coverage: Atlantic Beach, Florida

Private Francis D. Jordan
subject: World War II, 1939-1945
subject: Veterans--Florida
subject: Army
description: Private Francis D. Jordan (ca. 1918- 1945), likely before his deployment to Europe during World War II. Jordan was born in New York on September 15, 1918, but he migrated to Florida sometime after 1930, where he married his wife, Elise Barfield. Francis enlisted in the U.S. Army on July 11, 1944, at Camp Blanding. He was apart of the 274th infantry Regiment of the 70th Infantry Division. Pvt. Francis was Killed in Action (KIA) on February 14, 1945, during his service in France, and is currently buried at Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial in Dinozé, France. After his death, Pvt. Francis was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the American Campaign Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal.
source: Digital reproduction of original <a href="http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp
source: GRid=56373345">black and white photograph.
contributor: Anderson, Dwight
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image
coverage: Jacksonville, Florida

Private J. B. (Jack) Hancock was Slightly Injured in Action
subject: World War II, 1939-1945
subject: Veterans--Florida
description: A newspaper article announcing that Edna P. Hancock, the wife of then-Private John B. Hancock (1913-1944) , that her husband had been injured in action on February 12, 1944. Hancock was born in Thomasville, Georgia, in 1913, but later migrated to Auburndale, Florida. He enlisted in the 45th Infantry Division's 179th Infantry Regiment. Sergeant Hancock served initially in Africa in 1944, until the 45th Infantry Division's participation in Operation Husky for the Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky. The division then went on to participate in the Allied invasion of Italy, where Sgt. Hancock was injured. He was returned to duty in February of 1944 to tour southern France. On November 1, 1944, Sgt. Hancock went Missing in Action (MIA) after serving in the Allied invasion of Southern France, codenamed Operation Dragoon. He was eventually buried at Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial in Dinozé, France.
source: Photocopy of original newspaper article, March 1944: Private Collection of Linda Hughes.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Italy

Private Willis H. Hawkins
subject: World War II, 1939-1945
subject: Veterans--Florida
subject: Army
description: Private Willis H. Hawkins (ca. 1919-1944), a resident of Istachatta, Florida. Pvt. Hawkins lived in Istachatta for much of his life and was educated up through grammar school. He worked as a semi-skilled driver or chauffeur until he enlisted in the U.S. Army on October 20, 1943. Private Hawkins served in the 3rd Infantry Division's 3rd Reconnaissance Troop. The 3rd Division participated in Operation Dragoon, in which the Allies invaded southern France, and then traveled North towards the Rhineland. Pvt. Hawkins was Killed in Action on November 2, 1944. He was awarded a Purple Heart for his service and was buried at Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial in Dinozé, France.
source: Digital reproduction of original <a href="http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp
source: GRid=56372895">black and white photograph.
contributor: Anderson, Dwight
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Istachatta, Florida

Proclamation of Bataan-Corregidor Day
subject: Kissimmee (Fla.)
subject: World War II (1939-1945)
subject: Memorials--Florida
subject: Monuments--United States
subject: Veterans--Florida
description: Proclamation declaring May 20, 1995, Bataan-Corregidor Day in Kissimmee, Florida. The city holiday was established to honor the thousands of Americans and Filipinos who fought for the Allied Powers at the Battle of Bataan and the Battle of Corregidor during World War II. The proclamation was signed by Mark E. Durbin, the city manager of Kissimmee, on May 16, 1995. The proclamation was created to correspond with the official dedication of the Bataan-Corregidor Memorial, located on the corner of East Monument Avenue and Lakeshore Boulevard at Lakefront Park. The Battle of Bataan lasted from January 7 to April 9, 1942, and marked the most vital phase of the Empire of Japan's invasion of the Philippines during World War II. The United States defended the Commonwealth of the Philippines, but ultimately the battle resulted in the largest surrender in both American and Filipino military history. The forced transfer of 60,000-80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war (POWs), known as the Bataan Death March, began on April 9. The POWs were subjected to physical abuse and murder. An estimated 2,500 to 10,000 POWs died before reaching Camp O'Donnell. After Bataan fell, organized opposition against Imperial Japan in the Philippines became decimated. The Battle of Corregidor was waged on May 5 and 6 and resulted in another American-Filipino defeat. This event marked the fall of both the Philippines and Asia to Imperial Japan. American and Filipino forces were able to recapture the island in 1945 and the Bataan Death March was declared a war crime following the end of World War II.
creator: City of Kissimmee
source: Original city proclamation, May 16, 1995: City of Kissimmee Archives, Kissimmee, Florida.
contributor: Messamore, Kyle
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Bataan-Corregidor Memorial, Lakefront Park, Kissimmee, Florida
coverage: Bataan, Central Luzon, Philippines
coverage: Corregidor Island, Philippines
coverage: Mariveles, Bataan, Central Luzon, Philippines
coverage: San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines
coverage: Camp O'Donnell, Capas, Tarlac, Philippines

Produce for Sale at the First State Farmer's Market
subject: Farmers' markets--Florida
subject: Produce stands
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
description: Produce for sale at the grand opening of the Sanford State Farmers' Market on December 18, 1934. The Sanford State Farmers' Market was founded in 1934 in order to provide a central location in which farmers would sell their produce directly to consumers. The idea for the Sanford State Farmers' Market was devised by Fred Dorner and Gus Schmach, both members of the Seminole Agricultural Club. Sanford Chamber of Commerce president Harry Papworth also contributed to the development of the market. The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) authorized construction plans on June 11, 1934. On June 20, 1934, the City of Sanford donated a portion of the Alex V. French properties to the State Marketing Board, which selected the northwest corner of French Avenue and Thirteenth Street. The board approved the installation of telegraph and telephone equipment, as well as a three-pump filling station. The Sanford State Farmer's Market opened on December 18, 1934. By 1939, the Farmers' Market was bringing a total volume of business of $627,065.81. In 1941, business volume reached over $700,000. On April 4, 1957, a fire destroyed the building and caused damages estimated at $2.5 million. Reconstruction began almost immediately and the Farmers' Market was expected to re-open by the fall of 1957. In 1991, plans were created to restore, preserve, and convert the citrus packing house into a museum.
source: Original 4 x 5 inch black and white photonegative, December 18, 1934: Prints Collection, call number N027331, Florida Photographic Collection, State Library and Archives of Florida, Tallahassee, Florida.
publisher: State Library and Archives of Florida
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Sanford, Florida

Production Numbers of Orchard Fruits and Nuts, Seminole County, 1924
subject: Seminole County (Fla.)
subject: Agriculture--Florida
subject: Fruits
subject: Fruit industry--Florida
description: A table representing the production numbers of orchard fruits and nuts in Seminole County, Florida during 1924. Statistics in the table identify various products produced in the county, the number of trees for all ages, the number of trees of non-bearing age, the number of trees of bearing age, and vines of all ages. The U.S. Census of Agriculture identified peaches, plums and prunes, grapes, lemons, grapefruit, oranges, and pecans as orchard fruits and nuts. In the early-1900s, Seminole County was known for its agricultural development and close proximity to shipping lanes. By the 1920s, citizens in Seminole County, particularly in Sanford, soon shifted their interests in making the area a tourist destination.
creator: Cepero, Laura
source: Original table by Laura Cepero, July 21, 2011.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Dataset
coverage: Seminole County, Florida

Production of Celery in Seminole County
subject: Seminole County (Fla.)
subject: Agriculture--Florida
subject: Celery
subject: Celery industry
subject: Agricultural clubs
subject: Farming
description: A newspaper article on the celery industry in Sanford and Seminole County, Florida, as well as the county's its major representative, the Seminole Agriculture Club. At the time that the article was written, Seminole County was the second smallest county in the state with approximately 260 square miles of land. According to the article, celery production had been growing in the county and had resulted in the necessity for improvements in labor and infrastructure. Railroad facilities were furnished by the Atlantic Coast Line Company. The article also credits various other civic organizations with Sanford's growth: the Woman's Club, the Rotary, the Kiwanis and Lion Club, and the Campbell-Lossing Post of the American Legion.
source: Original newspaper article: The Sanford Herald, Who's Who of 1933, Vol. 24, No. 157, April 29, 1933: Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.
publisher: The Sanford Herald
publisher: Herald Printing Company
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Seminole County, Florida

Profile of Bottom Completed: L. Apopka Study Continues
subject: Lake Apopka (Fla.)
subject: Water quality--Florida
subject: Sewage disposal--Florida
subject: Fishing--Florida
subject: Pollution--Florida
subject: Pesticides--United States
description: A newspaper article from The Winter Garden Times discussing progress made on Lake Apopka restoration plans. According to the article, the bottom survey of the lake was continuing as planned, as well as the water quality sampling. The article also discusses experiments being carried out by Dr. Thomas Furman and Professor Kiker of the University of Florida (UF), examining the potential of water hyacinth in removing nutrients from water. A similar experimental pond using algae is being constructed at the Pine Hills sewage treatment plant. The article also notes requests made by C. W. Sheffield, chairman of the Lake Apopka Technical Committee, for further studies of seining in the lake.
source: Photocopy of original newspaper article: "Lake Apopka Study Continues." The Winter Garden Times, January 25, 1968: binder 1968, Friends of Lake Apopka Archives, Ginn Museum, Oakland Nature Preserve, Oakland, Florida.
publisher: The Winter Garden Times
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Lake Apopka, Florida
coverage: Pine Hills, Florida, Florida

Program of the Board of Supervisors of the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District, 1963
subject: Seminole County (Fla.)
subject: Environmental protection--Florida
description: The Program of the Board of Supervisors of the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District for 1963. The organization began in 1948 with a goal to assist in agricultural interests. Over the years, the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District began to also concentrate on the development and management of recreational enterprises. Their interests also entailed inventory and evaluations for land uses and solving issues concerning soil and water resources. The fourteen page program from 1963 discusses the history of the organization and contains information pertaining to the goals of the Seminole Soil Conservation District as well as the major problems they face regarding water control, soil depletion, erosion control, wildlife, land use, livestock, egg production, and recreational and rural land development.
creator: Hammond, Ralph
source: Original 14-page typewritten report by the Board of Supervisors of the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District,1963: Folder SSWCD Statistical and Historical Information, 1948-1977, Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District, Sanford, Florida.
publisher: Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District
publisher: Hammond, Ralph
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Seminole County, Florida

Program of the Seminole Soil Conservation District, 1948
subject: Seminole County (Fla.)
subject: Environmental protection--Florida
description: The Program of the Board of Supervisors of the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District for 1948. The organization began in 1948 with a goal to assist in agricultural interests. Over the years, the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District began to also concentrate on the development and management of recreational enterprises. Their interests also entailed solving issues concerning soil and water resources. In the 1948 program, the Seminole Soil Conservation District discusses agriculture and plans to confront issues pertaining to water control, land use, soil depletion, wind and water erosion, pasture development, and woodland and wildlife management. The nine page program is signed by R.F. Cooper, C.A. Wales, T.L. Lingo, R.T. Milwee, and Tom McLain, Jr.
creator: Cooper, R.F.
source: Original 9-page typewritten report by the Board of Supervisors of the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District,1948: Folder SSWCD Statistical and Historical Information, 1948-1977, Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District, Sanford, Florida.
publisher: Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District
publisher: Cooper, R.F.
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Seminole County, Florida

Programme of the First Concert of the Orlando Choral Union
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Music--Florida
subject: Choruses--United States
subject: Opera houses
description: A programme for the First Concert of the Orlando Choral Union at the Orlando Opera House, held on Monday, April 13, 1891. Located on 119-125 South Court Avenue, the Opera House was owned by Charles Weimer and built by N. C. Stubblefield in 1884.
source: Original program, 1891: The Daily Record Print, Orlando, Florida: Private Collection of Thomas Cook.
publisher: The Daily Record Print
contributor: Cook, Thomas
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Orlando, Florida

Project Mercury Test and Launch Engineers in Front of Mercury-Atlas 1
subject: Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Atlas (Missile)
description: The engineering management team in front of Mercury-Atlas 1, an unmanned test rocket Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCFAS) in Cape Canaveral, Florida, in July of 1960. This was the first test of an Atlas D booster along with a Mercury capsule. The test was a failure, as the rocket exploded shortly after launch. Photographed standing, from left to right, are Curt Johnson, Test Conductor for Launchpad 14; T. J. O'Malley (1915-2009), Test Conductor for Launchpad 11; Trav Maloy, Chief Test Conductor for CCAFS; Bill Taylor, Test Conductor for Launchpad 12; Walt Hicks, Data Analyst; and Jack Moline, Test Conductor for Launchpad 13. Kneeling, from the left to right, are Orion Reed, Complex Engineer for Launchpad 12; John Hughes, Complex Engineer for Launchpad 13; Bobby Danner, Missile Engineer for Launchpad 12; Dr. Cal Fowler (1929-2013), Missile Engineer for Launchpad 14; Ernie Baldini, Missile Engineer for Launchpad 11; Ken Wilcox, Design and Hanger Checkout; John Fox, Missile Engineer for Launchpad 13; and Bill Williams, Complex Engineer for Launchpad 14. O'Malley later launched John Glenn's (1921-) Friendship 7 rocket. Dr. Fowler later launched astronauts Scott Carpenter (1925-2013), Wally Schirra (1923-2007), and Gordon Cooper (1927-2004) into orbit.
source: Original color photographic print, July 1960: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin "Cal" D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image
coverage: Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida

Promotions- Transfers
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: Veterans--Florida
description: A newspaper article published by The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on April 15, 1943. The article reveals promotions and transfers within the military for local individuals, listing the names of those who have a promotion or transfer, and sometimes including a photograph. It also lists the rank, any additional information on what they are involved in with the military, and some addresses and relatives. A notable soldier listed in the article is Thomas Masters Pringle (1921-1995). Born on May 31, 1921, in Portage, Pennsylvania, Pringle married Helen Gray in Winchester, Virginia, on September 5, 1942. On October 17, 1942, Pringle entered the United States Army, training as an expert mechanic at Keesler Field in Mississippi. After he left the service on June 26, 1943, Pringle returned to Pennsylvania. Thomas and Helen had four children: Lydia, Becky, Helen, and Thomas. The family retired to Alachua, Florida, where Pringle passed away on March 16, 1995, at the age of seventy three. Although initially buried or cremated at the Pringle Hill Cemetery in Pennsylvania, he was interred at the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida, on August 3, 1995. In 2017, the University of Central Florida was one of three universities selected to launch the National Cemetery Administration’s Veterans Legacy Program Project. The program engaged a team of scholars to make the life stories of veterans buried in the Florida National Cemetery available to the public. The project engages UCF students in research and writing and fosters collaboration between students, faculty and local Central Florida schools to produce interactive curriculum for k-12 students. The corresponding website exhibit uses RICHES Mosaic Interface to create a digital archive of related data. The public can use the project-developed augmented-reality app at more than 100 gravesites at the Florida National Cemetery, where they can access the UCF student-authored biographies of veterans.
creator: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
source: Original newspaper article: “Promotions- Transfers.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 15, 1943.
publisher: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Property Warranty Deed for Ella Wall (December 8, 1924)
subject: Apopka (Fla.)
subject: Deeds--Florida
description: Property warranty deed certifying the transfer of land from A. M. and Julia A. Starbird to Ella Wall on January 26, 1924. The property transferred was the north half of the north half of Lot 27 Block J in the Town of Apopka, Florida. The deed was certified by the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit of Orange Countya on December 8, 1924. Wall had later purchased the rest of Lot 27 Block J in 1928. The deed was notarized by W. G. Talton and witnessed by R. M. Moore. Ella Wall (1874-1938) was an entrepreneur and businesswoman of Apopka who served as the inspiration for a character in Zora Neale Hurston's novel Mules and Men. Wall was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1874 and moved to Apopka as a widow. Throughout her lifetime, Wall purchased four parcels, of land. She operated an orange grove and also constructed small wooden buildings that she rented out to migrant workers. Wall was also a friend of Michael Gladden, Jr., the executor of the George W. Oden estates, until her death in 1938.
source: Original property warranty deed, December 8, 1924: State of Florida, County of Orange, Apopka, Florida: series I, box 1, folder 34, African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
publisher: H & W. B. Drew Company
contributor: Wall, Ella
contributor: Starbird, A. M.
contributor: Starbird, Julia A.
contributor: Talton, W. G.
contributor: Moore, R. M.
contributor: Mundy, Carol E.
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Apopka, Florida

Proposed Charter of the Orlando Ministerial Association
subject: First Unitarian Church of Orlando
description: Proposed charter for the Orlando Ministerial Association, which was a group of white, black and Jewish clergymen whose goal was to meet the social, moral and religious problems of Orlando. The association was open to people of all races and creeds, making it one of the few integrated associations in Orlando at the time. The charter committee included Fred A. Corliss, J. E. Williams, E. Page, J. C. Fuller, R. B. Hemingway and J. M. Phipps.
creator: Orlando Ministerial Association
source: Digital reproduction of original typewritten reports, March 5, 1956: First Unitarian Church of Orlando.
publisher: First Unitarian Church of Orlando
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: First Unitarian Church of Orlando, Florida

Proposed Interim Agricultural Pollution Abatement Plan
subject: Lake Apopka (Fla.)
subject: Pollution--Florida
subject: Water quality--Florida
description: A proposed plan to lessen agricultural pollution entering Lake Apopka until comprehensive guidelines were established by the State of Florida. The plan aimed at more accurately measuring water inflow and outflow to the muck farms, using gauges installed at each pump site. The pumpage data was to then be correlated with rainfall and other hydrological measures to determine an accurate water budget for the muck farms. The plan also called for a lessening of fertilizer use by the farms, and stated that implementing these steps should be the responsibility of the muck farms and the Central Florida Agricultural Institute. Lake Apopka is one of Florida’s largest lakes and was once considered to be one of the world’s best lakes for bass fishing. The lake’s sport fish population began to decline in the 1960s, with major die-offs occurring almost yearly. The lake’s problems are generally considered to be the result of over-nutrification from various sources. Twenty thousand acres of wetlands bordering the lake’s north shore were drained in the 1940s and used for highly fertile "muck farms." These farms were routinely flooded to protect the fragile soil, and the fertilizer and pesticide-laden water was then discharged back into the lake prior to each growing season. Other sources of pollution include discharge from citrus processing operations, as well as treated wastewater from sewage plants. The nutrient-rich discharge promoted algae growth in the lake, turning the water to a green color, and blocked sunlight from reaching aquatic vegetation, which provided food and habit to the lake’s fish population. The lake’s bottom soil became increasingly "mucky," also disrupting aquatic vegetation from taking root. Restoration work on the lake began in the 1960s with attempts by various agencies to remove "trash fish," such as gizzard shad, from the lake via seining, which would hopefully allow the lake’s sportfish to thrive. The Lake Apopka Restoration Council, an initiative formed …
source: Original 6-page typewritten abatement plan, February 2, 1972: binder 1972, Friends of Lake Apopka Archives, Ginn Museum, Oakland Nature Preserve, Oakland, Florida.
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Lake Apopka, Florida
coverage: Zellwood, Florida

Proud of Our Heritage...
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: City halls--United States
description: A brochure concerning the construction of the Orlando City Hall in Orlando, Florida. The brochure outlines the city officials responsible in the various steps of its conception, construction, and design processes. A brief stapled on the inside of the front cover details the construction materials as well as the technical features of the building. A majority of the brochure consists of floor plan designs. The building was designed by noted Orlando architect Richard Boone Rogers under the administration of Mayor William Beardall (1923-2011), and was constructed on land acquired during the administration of Mayor J. Rolfe Davis (1904-1988). The building was constructed by Tampa-based firm C.A. Fielland from 1956 to 1958 during the administration of Mayor Bob Carr (1899-1967). Dedicated on October 3, 1958, the building served as Orlando’s city hall until its implosion on October 25, 1991, following the construction of a new City Hall less than ten feet away as a product of Mayor Bill Frederick’s efforts to beautify and improve Orlando. The building's implosion is featured in a scene from the Warner Bros.’ 1992 film Lethal Weapon 3.
creator: Orlando Chamber of Commerce
source: Original 12-page brochure by the Orlando Chamber of Commerce, 1958: Call No. FLORIDA 975.924 Orl , Orlando Public Library, Orlando, Florida.
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Orlando City Hall, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Providence City Directory
subject: Veterans--Florida
description: The city directory for Providence, Rhode Island, for 1941. This public record served to provide an alphabetical list of citizens by head of household, their address, and relevant occupational information. A spouse’s name is listed next to the head of household. Death dates of those who have been previously listed in the directory, names of employers, and information about migration to other towns are also included. A notable resident listed in this record is Max Litwin (1911-1995). Born in Poland in 1911, Litwin's father immigrated to the United States in 1914. Max and the rest of his family followed in 1921. They lived in Providence, Rhode Island, along with many other Jewish immigrant families. Litwin worked as an insurance agent and salesman in Providence prior to his military service. In August of 1943, he began his service in the United States Army. He rose to the rank of Private First Class during World War II, and served until September of 1944. At some point after his military service, Litwin moved to Miami, Florida. He passed away in Florida in 1995 and is memorialized at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida. In 2017, the University of Central Florida was one of three universities selected to launch the National Cemetery Administration’s Veterans Legacy Program Project. The program engaged a team of scholars to make the life stories of veterans buried in the Florida National Cemetery available to the public. The project engages UCF students in research and writing and fosters collaboration between students, faculty and local Central Florida schools to produce interactive curriculum for k-12 students. The corresponding website exhibit uses RICHES Mosaic Interface to create a digital archive of related data. The public can use the project-developed augmented-reality app at more than 100 gravesites at the Florida National Cemetery, where they can access the UCF student-authored biographies of veterans.
creator: City of Providence
source: Digital reproduction of original city directory.
publisher: City of Providence
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Providence, Rhode Island

PTA Divas Dinner
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Schools
subject: Education--Florida
description: Members of the Hillcrest Elementary School Parent Teacher Association (PTA) wearing cooking aprons. The "PTA Divas" would dress up in costumes and serve dinner to faculty, staff, students, and their families to raise money for the PTA. Hillcrest Elementary School is one of Orlando’s oldest schools, opening in 1923. Since the 1980s, it has had a vibrant foreign language component and today it continues that tradition through the Orange County Public Schools Foreign Language Academy.
creator: Brandon, Steven
source: Original color photograph: Private Collection of Pam Brandon
type: Still Image
coverage: Winter Park, Florida

PTA Divas in Costume
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Schools
subject: Education--Florida
description: Members of the Hillcrest Elementary School Parent Teacher Association (PTA) dressed in 1950s and 1960s costumes and holding culinary goods. The "PTA Divas" would dress up in costumes and serve dinner to faculty, staff, students, and their families to raise money for the PTA. Hillcrest Elementary School is one of Orlando’s oldest schools, opening in 1923. Since the 1980s, it has had a vibrant foreign language component and today it continues that tradition through the Orange County Public Schools Foreign Language Academy.
creator: Brandon, Steven
source: Original color photograph: Private Collection of Pam Brandon
type: Still Image
coverage: Hillcrest Elementary School, Orlando Florida

Public Libraries in the United States of America: Their History, Condition, and Management from the Albertson Public Library
subject: Orlando (Fla)
subject: Libraries--Florida
description: A library book called Public Libraries in the United States of America: Their History, Condition, and Management from the Albertson Public Library. The book is from the Albertson Public Library, located at 101 East Central Boulevard in Downtown Orlando, Florida. Before there was a public library in Orlando, the local Sorosis Club ran a circulating library for the city. After years of running the library out of homes and clubhouses, the Sorosis Club joined the Board of Education in an effort to organize an official public library. In 1919, the Mayor of Orlando, Eugene Goodman Duckworth (1875-1959), secured the corner of Central Avenue and Rosalind Avenue as the site for the new library. A $73,983 contract was drafted and Murry S. King (1870-1925) was hired as the architect. On December 28, 1922, the cornerstone was laid and, on November 8, 1923, the Albertson Public Library opened with 20,000 books, which included the Sorosis Club's collection, as well as 12,000 books from Captain Charles L. Albertson, a retired police inspector from New York for whom the library was named. Near the end of 1963, plans for a new library were being made. The Albertson Public Library, along with two branches, were to be demolished in order to make room for the new building. In the meantime, a temporary location at 905 North Orange Avenue was used as the library headquarters. On August 7, 1966, the Orlando Public Library opened. Although the name of the library changed, Albertson is still commemorated in the new library for his generous donation with a plaque at the entrance of the building, and the genealogy and local history section of the library is named after him. Less than 10 years later, in 1974, officials began to consider expansion of the library. In 1978, the Orlando City Counsel allocated the block of land to the west of the building for expansion. Architect Duane Stark was given the expansion task, as well as renovating the existing building. The current 290,000 square foot b…
source: Original book: United States. Public Libraries in the United States of America: Their History, Condition, and Management. Washington: Govt. Print. Off, 1876.
publisher: United States Government Printing Office
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Physical Object
coverage: Albertson Public Library, Downtown Orlando, Florida