UCF Public History Center
subject: Public history--United States
subject: University of Central Florida. Department of History
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Museums--Florida
description: According to its website, "The Student Museum has been a popular field trip destination for local [Seminole County] students for nearly 30 years. Built in 1902, this Romanesque revival style brick building has a rich history, and serves as a focal point of cultural heritage in Sanford [and is on the National Register of Historic Places]. Each year, approximately 4,000 Seminole County Public School students visit the museum as a field trip integrated into the 4th grade curriculum on Florida history. Beginning in July 2012, the University of Central Florida (UCF) Department of History will transform this facility into the UCF Public History Center. UCF will enhance the current programming offered with the addition of new media such as virtual exhibits, artifact databases, and podcasts. UCF students will preserve and interpret the past at this site, using emerging audio, video, and digital technologies to create engaging, interactive exhibits and programming. The UCF Public History Center will foster a closer connection between the community and the university's innovative research projects, encouraging greater public engagement with this region's history."
creator: Seminole County Public Schools
source: UCF Public History Center 301 West Seventh Street Sanford, Florida 32771
format: application/http
language: eng
type: Website
coverage: Sanford, Florida

Uncut Cabaret
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Music--Florida
subject: Dance--United States
description: A poster for the Orlando Gay Chorus' (OGC) adult content concert, “Uncut Cabaret.” The event was held at the Parliament House Resort's Footlight Theatre, located at 410 North Orange Blossom Trail in Orlando, Florida, on February 28, 2013. Tickets were $15 in advance through orlandogaychorus.org, and $20 at the door. The poster has a white background with a nude male holding a sign over his lower half that features the show's details. A red banner across the top right corner warns of adult content. 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: Footlight Theatre, Parliament House Resort, Orlando, Florida

Uncut Cabaret
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Music--Florida
subject: Dance--United States
description: A poster for the Orlando Gay Chorus concert "Many Songs, Countless Stories, One Voice". The event was held at The Plaza Theater in Orlando, Florida on June 13 &amp
description: 14, 2015. The poster features artwork commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Orlando Gay Chorus. 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

Under Six Flags, Showing the Alamo, Built in 1718 Postcard
subject: Missions--United States
subject: Forts
description: A postcard depicting the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Texas. The Alamo is best known as the site of the Battle of the Alamo, where Texian soldiers were defeated by the Mexican Army during the Texas Revolution. The Alamo was first constructed in 1744 for use as a Spanish mission for the religious education of Native Americans until 1793. 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.
source: Original 3 x 5 inch color postcard: ACC# SM-00-243, file folder 1 (U.S. blanks), box 10A, Lucile (Mary Lucile) Campbell Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
contributor: Campbell, Lucile
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas

Under the Mistletoe
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Music--Florida
subject: Dance--United States
description: A poster for the Orlando Gay Chorus concert, “Under the Mistletoe”. The event was held at the Knowles Memorial Chapel at Rollins College, located at 1000 Holt Avenue in Winter Park, Florida, on December 16 and 17, 1995. The show was directed by Aubrey Connelly. The poster is simple and clean, boasting a white background with a sprig of cartoon mistletoe set inside a red and green diamond. Featured artwork includes the OGC logo. 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: Knowles Memorial Chapel, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida

Under the Mistletoe, December 16 & 17, 1995
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, "Under the Mistletoe", on December 16 &amp
description: 17, 1995, at the Knowles Memorial Chapel at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. The program includes short biographies on the Music Director Aubrey Connelly and the Accompanist Christopher M. Fecteau, program notes, an outline of the show's itinerary, a list of chorus members and contributors, and a brief history of GALA Choruses. 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 24-page black and white program with a colored front and back cover, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
publisher: Orlando Gay Chorus
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Knowles Memorial Chapel, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida

Under the Tower Postcard
subject: Churches--Europe
subject: Cathedrals--Europe
description: A postcard depicting a view of the City of Antwerp, Belgium. The tallest building in the postcard is the Cathedral of Our Lady, a Roman Catholic cathedral founded in 1521. 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.
source: Original 3 x 5 inch black and white postcard: ACC# SM-00-243, file folder 1A (non-U.S. blanks), box 10A, Lucile (Mary Lucile) Campbell Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
publisher: Buschmann, J.-E.
contributor: Campbell, Lucile
format: application/pdf
language: eng
language: fre
type: Still Image
coverage: Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp, Antwerp Province, Belgium

Undertaker's Memorandum for Amos Arrington
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Undertakers and undertaking--United States
description: An undertaker's memorandum for Amos Arrington (1892-1894), who passed away on August 11, 1894. Arrington was an African-American child who was just under two years old when he died. His address is listed as Middle Street, which was likely in the Orlando, Florida, where the Carey Hand Funeral Home was located. Arrington's physician was A. L. Prince. His cause of death was listed as marasmus, which is a severe malnutrition characterized by energy deficiency. Arrington was buried in Orlando, but the memorandum does not specify at which cemetery. The Carey Hand Funeral Home, originally located at 39 West Pine Street, was founded by Elijah Hand in 1885. Hand was the first known embalmer in Orlando. In 1907, his son, Carey Hand, inherited the funeral home. He passed away in 1947 and his wife sold the business the following year. In 1969, the Carey Hand Funeral Home merged with Cox-Parker Funeral Homes. Now called the Carey-Hand Cox Parker Funeral Home, the home is located at 1350 West Fairbanks Avenue in Winter Park, Florida.
source: Original memoranda, 1894: "Book 002: Carey Hand Funeral Home records, July 16, 1894 to December 31, 1896." Call number RA622 .C36, Carey Hand Funeral Home Records, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Carey Hand Funeral Home, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Undertaker's Memorandum for Isaac Chapman
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Undertakers and undertaking--United States
description: An undertaker's memorandum for Isaac Chapman (1792-1894), who passed away on August 30, 1894. Chapman was an African American who died at the age of 102 years and six months. His cause of death was listed as old age and cholera morbus. Chapman was buried in Orlando, Florida, but the memorandum does not specify at which cemetery. The African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church paid for his funeral expenses. The Carey Hand Funeral Home, originally located at 39 West Pine Street, was founded by Elijah Hand in 1885. Hand was the first known embalmer in Orlando. In 1907, his son, Carey Hand, inherited the funeral home. He passed away in 1947 and his wife sold the business the following year. In 1969, the Carey Hand Funeral Home merged with Cox-Parker Funeral Homes. Now called the Carey-Hand Cox Parker Funeral Home, the home is located at 1350 West Fairbanks Avenue in Winter Park, Florida.
source: Original memoranda, 1894: "Book 002: Carey Hand Funeral Home records, July 16, 1894 to December 31, 1896." Call number RA622 .C36, Carey Hand Funeral Home Records, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Carey Hand Funeral Home, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Undertaker's Memorandum for Josephine L. Schultz
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Undertakers and undertaking--United States
description: An undertaker's memorandum for Josephine L. Schultz (ca. 1854-1894), who passed away on October 22, 1894. Schultz was a female from Winter Park, Florida, who died at the age of 44. Her cause of death was listed as consumption, which is now more commonly known as tuberculosis. Schultz was buried in Orlando, but the memorandum does not specify at which cemetery. The Carey Hand Funeral Home, originally located at 39 West Pine Street, was founded by Elijah Hand in 1885. Hand was the first known embalmer in Orlando. In 1907, his son, Carey Hand, inherited the funeral home. He passed away in 1947 and his wife sold the business the following year. In 1969, the Carey Hand Funeral Home merged with Cox-Parker Funeral Homes. Now called the Carey-Hand Cox Parker Funeral Home, the home is located at 1350 West Fairbanks Avenue in Winter Park, Florida.
source: Original memoranda, 1894: "Book 002: Carey Hand Funeral Home records, July 16, 1894 to December 31, 1896." Call number RA622 .C36, Carey Hand Funeral Home Records, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Carey Hand Funeral Home, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Underwater Air Station
subject: Weeki Wachee Springs (Fla.)
subject: Tourism--Florida
subject: Springs--Florida
subject: Parks--Florida
subject: Mermaids--Florida
subject: Underwater photography
subject: Perry, Newton, 1908-1987
subject: Underwater cinematography--Equipment and supplies
description: Photograph of one man and two women free diving underwater. An air supply tank labeled "Air Station No. 3 - 24 Ft" rests on the floor. The photograph was taken some time between 1950 and 1970 Newton "Newt" Perry was born in Valdosta, Georgia in 1908, and moved with his family to Ocala, Florida in 1922. He was a member of the swimming and diving teams at the University of Florida. Perry earned the nickname "The Human Fish" for his performances of underwater stunts in advertising clips and film shorts, and acted as a swim double for actors in movies and TV shows, including Johnny Weissmuller as "Tarzan." Perry also advised filmmakers filming underwater scenes at Silver Springs, Wakulla Springs, and Weeki Wachee Springs, and developed a system for breathing underwater using an air compressor and hose, which was used in the 1948 film "Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid" and during Weeki Wachee Springs' mermaid shows. Perry worked as a lifeguard, public school principal, coach, swimming and scuba diving instructor, and Ocala city pool manager. He opened Perry's Swim School in 1955, and taught more than 120,000 individuals to swim during his career. Perry was inducted into the Florida Sports Hall of Fame in 1981. Perry's daughter Delee Perry took over Perry's Swim School following her father's death in 1987, and it was still in operation as of 2020. Along with a group of investors, Newton Perry opened Weeki Wachee Springs to the public in October of 1947, and used his experiences working at Silver Springs and Wakulla Springs to develop the original concepts for its underwater theater and mermaid shows. Perry sold his stake in Weeki Wachee Springs in 1950. 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: Perry, Newton
source: Original photograph of underwater air station, ca. 1950-1970: Personal Collection of Delee Perry.
publisher: RICHES
format: image/jpeg
type: Still Image
coverage: Weeki Wachee Springs State Park, Weeki Wachee, Florida

Underwater Diver in Diving Suit
subject: Weeki Wachee Springs (Fla.)
subject: Tourism--Florida
subject: Springs--Florida
subject: Parks--Florida
subject: Mermaids--Florida
subject: Motion pictures--Production and direction
subject: Underwater photography
subject: Florida--In motion pictures
subject: Diving
subject: Diving suits
subject: Perry, Newton, 1908-1987
subject: Underwater cinematography--Equipment and supplies
description: Photograph of underwater diver in diving suit with a sunken treasure chest, some time between 1950 and1970. The photograph may be either from Weeki Wachee Springs State Park or from Newton "Newt" Perry's career as an underwater filmmaker. Newton "Newt" Perry was born in Valdosta, Georgia in 1908, and moved with his family to Ocala, Florida in 1922. He was a member of the swimming and diving teams at the University of Florida. Perry earned the nickname "The Human Fish" for his performances of underwater stunts in advertising clips and film shorts, and acted as a swim double for actors in movies and TV shows, including Johnny Weissmuller as "Tarzan." Perry also advised filmmakers filming underwater scenes at Silver Springs, Wakulla Springs, and Weeki Wachee Springs, and developed a system for breathing underwater using an air compressor and hose, which was used in the 1948 film "Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid" and during Weeki Wachee Springs' mermaid shows. Perry worked as a lifeguard, public school principal, coach, swimming and scuba diving instructor, and Ocala city pool manager. He opened Perry's Swim School in 1955, and taught more than 120,000 individuals to swim during his career. Perry was inducted into the Florida Sports Hall of Fame in 1981. Perry's daughter Delee Perry took over Perry's Swim School following her father's death in 1987, and it was still in operation as of 2020. Along with a group of investors, Newton Perry opened Weeki Wachee Springs to the public in October of 1947, and used his experiences working at Silver Springs and Wakulla Springs to develop the original concepts for its underwater theater and mermaid shows. Perry sold his stake in Weeki Wachee Springs in 1950. 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 p…
creator: Perry, Newton
source: Original photograph of underwater diver in diving suit, ca. 1950-1970: Personal Collection of Delee Perry.
publisher: RICHES
format: image/jpeg
type: Still Image
coverage: Weeki Wachee Springs State Park, Weeki Wachee, Florida

Underwater Filming Tank
subject: Weeki Wachee Springs (Fla.)
subject: Tourism--Florida
subject: Springs--Florida
subject: Parks--Florida
subject: Mermaids--Florida
subject: Motion pictures--Production and direction
subject: Underwater photography
subject: Florida--In motion pictures
subject: Perry, Newton, 1908-1987
subject: Underwater cinematography--Equipment and supplies
description: Photograph of four men preparing to enter an underwater filming tank. Two of the men hold cameras. Newton "Newt" Perry was born in Valdosta, Georgia in 1908, and moved with his family to Ocala, Florida in 1922. He was a member of the swimming and diving teams at the University of Florida. Perry earned the nickname "The Human Fish" for his performances of underwater stunts in advertising clips and film shorts, and acted as a swim double for actors in movies and TV shows, including Johnny Weissmuller as "Tarzan." Perry also advised filmmakers filming underwater scenes at Silver Springs, Wakulla Springs, and Weeki Wachee Springs, and developed a system for breathing underwater using an air compressor and hose, which was used in the 1948 film "Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid" and during Weeki Wachee Springs' mermaid shows. Perry worked as a lifeguard, public school principal, coach, swimming and scuba diving instructor, and Ocala city pool manager. He opened Perry's Swim School in 1955, and taught more than 120,000 individuals to swim during his career. Perry was inducted into the Florida Sports Hall of Fame in 1981. Perry's daughter Delee Perry took over Perry's Swim School following her father's death in 1987, and it was still in operation as of 2020. Along with a group of investors, Newton Perry opened Weeki Wachee Springs to the public in October of 1947, and used his experiences working at Silver Springs and Wakulla Springs to develop the original concepts for its underwater theater and mermaid shows. Perry sold his stake in Weeki Wachee Springs in 1950. 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: Perry, Newton
source: Original photograph of underwater filming tank, ca. 1950-1970: Personal Collection of Delee Perry.
publisher: RICHES
format: image/jpeg
type: Still Image
coverage: Weeki Wachee Springs State Park, Weeki Wachee, Florida

Underwater Filming Tank Designed by Newton "Newt" Perry
subject: Weeki Wachee Springs (Fla.)
subject: Tourism--Florida
subject: Springs--Florida
subject: Parks--Florida
subject: Mermaids--Florida
subject: Motion pictures--Production and direction
subject: Underwater photography
subject: Florida--In motion pictures
subject: Perry, Newton, 1908-1987
subject: Underwater cinematography--Equipment and supplies
description: Photograph of an underwater filming tank created by Newton "Newt" Perry between 1950 and 1970. This photograph may be either from Weeki Wachee Springs State Park or from Newton "Newt" Perry's career as an underwater filmmaker. Newton "Newt" Perry was born in Valdosta, Georgia in 1908, and moved with his family to Ocala, Florida in 1922. He was a member of the swimming and diving teams at the University of Florida. Perry earned the nickname "The Human Fish" for his performances of underwater stunts in advertising clips and film shorts, and acted as a swim double for actors in movies and TV shows, including Johnny Weissmuller as "Tarzan." Perry also advised filmmakers filming underwater scenes at Silver Springs, Wakulla Springs, and Weeki Wachee Springs, and developed a system for breathing underwater using an air compressor and hose, which was used in the 1948 film "Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid" and during Weeki Wachee Springs' mermaid shows. Perry worked as a lifeguard, public school principal, coach, swimming and scuba diving instructor, and Ocala city pool manager. He opened Perry's Swim School in 1955, and taught more than 120,000 individuals to swim during his career. Perry was inducted into the Florida Sports Hall of Fame in 1981. Perry's daughter Delee Perry took over Perry's Swim School following her father's death in 1987, and it was still in operation as of 2020. Along with a group of investors, Newton Perry opened Weeki Wachee Springs to the public in October of 1947, and used his experiences working at Silver Springs and Wakulla Springs to develop the original concepts for its underwater theater and mermaid shows. Perry sold his stake in Weeki Wachee Springs in 1950. 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 it…
creator: Perry, Newton
source: Original photograph of underwater filming tank, ca. 1950-1970: Personal Collection of Delee Perry.
publisher: RICHES
format: image/jpeg
type: Still Image
coverage: Weeki Wachee Springs State Park, Weeki Wachee, Florida

Underwater Testing Materials for the Skylab Heat Shield
subject: Marshall Space Flight Center
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Skylab Program
description: Workers creating underwater testing materials for the Skylab heat shield at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. After the nearly catastrophic launch of the Skylab, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) worked to solve the problems created by the troubled launch. As part of that work, employees workers at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, created a net to simulate deployment underwater of the proposed heat shield. As Project Apollo was winding down and the final three missions (Apollo 18, Apollo 19, and Apollo 20) were canceled, NASA looked for ways to repurpose launch vehicles and other equipment. Out of this, Skylab and three space science missions were born. Skylab was born out a concept first proposed by famed rocket designer Wernher von Braun (1912-1977), to use an unused upper stage fuel tank and convert it to an orbital laboratory. This was NASA's budget being slashed. With the tank becoming the basis of the space station, NAS) added solar arrays, a docking adapter, and a space observatory. The Skylab missions were constituted of one mission to put the station in space (Skylab 1), using a modified and last Saturn V to launch, and three crewed missions (Skylab 2, Skylab 3, and Skylab 4) to occupy the lab and perform science, using the smaller Saturn IB booster to launch the three astronaut crews. When launched on May 14, 1973, the station encountered problems immediately. A micrometeoroid shield prematurely deployed and tore off one of the two main solar arrays. NASA engineers went to work and were able to save Skylab and the three crewed missions. Each of the subsequent missions set what were then endurance records for living in space and conducted substantial space science experiments. NASA tried to keep Skylab in orbit after Skylab 4 (SL-4) and until the Space Shuttle could boost its orbit, but with a decaying orbit it crashed on July 11, 1979.
source: Original black and white photographic print, May 19, 1973: Larry Summers Collection.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama

Undesirable Factors Cited in Report of 'The Big Pond', Lake Apopka; 1962-1964
subject: Lake Apopka (Fla.)
subject: Winter Garden (Fla.)
subject: Water quality--Florida
subject: Pesticides--United States
subject: Fishing--Florida
subject: Insecticides--United States
subject: Pollution--Florida
description: A newspaper article discussing a Florida State Board of Health report regarding the condition of Lake Apopka, Florida. The report examines various contributions to the pollution of the lake and makes recommendations towards the cleanup process.
source: Photocopy of original newspaper article: "Undesirable Factors Cited in Report of 'The Big Pond', Lake Apopka; 1962-1964": Binder 1964, drawer 1938-1987, Friends of Lake Apopka Archives, Ginn Museum, Oakland Nature Preserve, Oakland, Florida.
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Lake Apopka, Florida
coverage: Winter Garden, Florida

Unit Diary
subject: Veterans--Florida
subject: Korean War, 1950-1953
description: A unit diary for the United States Marine Corps in April of 1951. The muster roll describes the journey that Elmer B. Denico Jr. (1928-2002) took to get to Korea. Transferring in San Francisco, Denico sailed on the USS General Mann (TAP-112), a troop transport ship, to Yokohama, Japan, and from there to Korea, where he arrived in April of 1951. Elmer B. Denico Jr. was born on February 17, 1928, in Fairfield, Maine, to Elmer B. Denico and Ezilda (Ezelda) Denico. He joined the United States Marine Corps on January 28, 1948. He served for nearly twenty years, retiring in 1967, after serving in both the Korean and Vietnam Wars. When he retired, he had reached the rank of Staff Sergeant. He passed away in Polk City, Florida, on March 29, 2002, and is memorialized in 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: United States Marine Corps
source: Digital reproduction of original muster roll.
publisher: United States Marine Corps
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: San Francisco, California

United In Pride, June 15, 1991
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Music--Florida
subject: Dance--United States
subject: Gay culture--United States
description: A program for the Orlando Gay Chorus' collaboration concert with the Tampa Bay Gay Men's Chorus, "United in Pride", on June 15, 1991, at the Beacham Theatre. The program includes brief biographies of Music Directors Dr. Charles Callahan and Kenneth D. Williams, and Accompanist Terry E. Thomas, a brief history of the Orlando Gay Chorus and the Tampa Bay Gay Men's Chorus, program notes, an outline of the show's itinerary, how to join the chorus, a description of GALA choruses, an events calendar, a list of the chorus members, how to become a contributor, and a checklist of concert etiquette. It also contains a "weekly specials" menu from the Parliament House Orlando. This was the first program to include advertisements and a donors' list. 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 20-page program, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
publisher: Orlando Gay Chorus
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Beacham Theatre, Orlando, Florida

United in Pride, Together in Concert
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Music--Florida
subject: Dance--United States
description: A poster for the Orlando Gay Chorus (OGC) concert, “United in Pride, Together in Concert.” A joint concert with the Tampa Bay Gay Men's Chorus, the event was held at the Beacham Theater, located at 46 North Orange Avenue, in Orlando, Florida, on June 15, 1991. Tickets were $15 in advance and at the door. The poster has an off-white background with a pink title and the names of each chorus in basic spotlights. Featured artwork includes the logo of the OGC and the Beacham Theater. 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: The Beacham Theater, Orlando, Florida

United Spanish War Veterans Building Postcard
subject: St. Cloud, (Fla.)
subject: Spanish War Veterans
description: A postcard of the United Spanish War Veterans' brick building in St. Cloud, Florida. A man is sitting in a chair against the outside pillar of the building. The building was originally built in 1910 for the city's First National Bank, but failed in 1917 when it became the People's Bank. The United Spanish War Veterans took over the building in 1934. In 1970, the building became home to the Golden Age Club. Today the building is the home of the city's Chamber of Commerce and is a historical museum. Handwritten on the bottom of the postcard is "UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS ST. CLOUD FLA. M1400". This postcard is part of a private collection kept by Roger Hipel of St. Cloud, Florida.
creator: L.L. Cook Co.
source: Original 5 x 3 black and white postcard: Private Collection of Roger Hipel.
publisher: L.L. Cook Co.
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: St. Cloud, Florida

United States Army Base No. 117, LaFauche, France
subject: World War, 1914-1918
subject: Veterans--Florida
description: United States Army Base No. 117 in LaFauche, Haute-Marne, France. The hospital was used to specifically treat psychiatric ailments, such as shell shock. Shell shock, known today as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), was a complex diagnosis relating to psychological war-related trauma. Originally, it was thought that a physical explosion from a shell caused the disorder, but as many cases of shell shock came in, it became clear that the disorder was the result of a range of traumatic emotional experiences. A notable soldier who served at the hospital was Jane "Jennie" Margaret Gadde (1888-1963). Gadde was born on August 17, 1888, in Ludington, Michigan. The second oldest of four sisters, she was born to immigrant parents, Nels and Carrie Gadde. The family lived in Ironwood, Michigan, where Gadde’s father worked as a foreman and her mother raised her and her sisters. The family moved in 1905 to Sanborn, Wisconsin. Gadde went to school at the Ferris Institute in Big Rapids, Michigan, and earned a degree in shorthand in 1907. She then worked as a stenographer for a building contractor. After a few years, Gadde changed professions, training as a nurse at the Illinois Training School for Nurses, where she graduated in 1915. She enlisted in the United States Army Nursing Corps in October of 1918. She trained at the United States Army Camp Base Hospital at Camp Mead, Maryland, where she was assigned to a psychiatric unit. She embarked from the United States to France in November 1918, serving as a nurse for roughly eight months in a psychiatric unit. She returned to the United States in August 1919, and was honorably discharged from service shortly thereafter. She returned to Chicago after the war, working in the Cook County Public Hospital until 1942. She enlisted again as a nurse in the Nursing Corps during World War II. She worked at Gorgas Hospital in the Panama Canal Zone until 1947, returning home and again being honorably discharged. After the war, Gadde moved to…
creator: United States Army
source: Digital reproduction of original black and white photograph.
publisher: United States Army
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image
coverage: LaFauche, France

United States Army Register of Enlistments, 1912
subject: World War, 1914-1918
subject: Veterans--Florida
description: The United States Army Register of Enlistments for 1912. The first page includes the register number of the recruit, their name, the month and day of their enlistment, their enlistment location, the officer who enlisted them, place of birth, age, occupation and description. The second page includes the soldiers’ assigned regiment and company, their previous enlistments and dates of service and remarks. A notable enrollee is John Borris, who enlisted at Fort Hancock, New Jersey, as part of the 136th Company on February 26, 1912. Born on February 3, 1891 in Johnson City, Pennsylvania, Borris served as part of Company C 1st Ammunition Train of the First Division during the First World War in 1917 and 1918. After his initial discharge in 1919, he returned to the United States Army in 1921 as part of the 7th Coast Artillery before his second and final discharge in 1924. After his service, he married Irene Nehf, with whom he had two sons, Roger and David. The family lived in Chicago, Illinois, and Phoenix, Arizona. Borris and his wife moved to Lakeland, Florida, in 1988. Borris died on June 11, 1994 and is buried in the 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. 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: United States Army
source: Digital reproduction of the original United States Army Register of Enlistments, 1912.
publisher: United States Army
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Fort Hancock, New Jersey

United States Military Academy, West Point, Yearbook
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: Veterans--Florida
description: A page from the United States Military Academy at West Point's 1942 yearbook. Three cadets are featured on the page. A notable soldier listed is Robert Clark Kates (1918-1996). Born on March 6, 1918, in Newark, New Jersey, Kates served a long career in the United States Army. He graduated from the United State Military Academy at West Point in 1942 and became an officer in the United States Coast Artillery Corps. In 1953, after obtaining a law degree from Georgetown University, Kates transferred to the Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG). After his service, Kates taught at the University of Georgia before moving to Nassau, Florida. He died on April 29, 1966, and is buried in the 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: United States Military Academy, West Point
source: Digital reproduction of original yearbook page.
publisher: United States Military Academy, West Point
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: United States Military Academy, West Point, New York

United States of America Petition for Citizenship and Naturalization Card
subject: World War, 1914-1918
subject: Veterans--Florida
description: The United States of America Petition for Citizenship and Naturalization Card for William Kirlew. The form includes the name, residence, occupation, race, place of birth, marital status and children, last foreign residence, date of immigration, an affidavit witness and signature. William Kirlew (1898-1991) enlisted in the United States Army while a student at Virginia Union University during the 1917-1918 school year. He registered on May 29, 1918. Born on October 22, 1898, in Darliston, Jamaica, Kirlew immigrated to the United States in 1912. He joined the United States Army on May 29, 1918, serving in the 51st Depot Brigade. After the war ended, Kirlew migrated to New York, where in 1933, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. Eventually, Kirlew settled in South Florida where he died on July 3, 1991. He is buried in the 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: United States District Court, Southern District of New York
source: Digital reproduction of original naturalization petition and card, November 29, 1932 and May 15, 1933.
publisher: United States District Court, Southern District of New York
contributor: Kirlew, William
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: New York, New York

United States of America Petition for Citizenship and Naturalization Card
subject: World War, 1914-1918
subject: Veterans--Florida
description: The United States of America Petition for Citizenship and Naturalization Card for Fred O. Kalinchuk (1896-1994). The form includes the name, residence, occupation, race, place of birth, marital status and children, last foreign residence, date of immigration, an affidavit witness and signature. Born in Russia on November 21, 1896, Kalinchuk immigrated to the United States on April 12, 1913. He enlisted in the United States Army on May 28, 1918. Soon after joining the Army, he became a naturalized United States citizen while stationed in Georgia. Kalinchuk fought in France during World War I, including in the Oise-Aisne offensive. He was wounded during that time and was awarded the Purple Heart. After his military service, Kalinchuk worked as a patternmaker and started a family in Cleveland. He later moved to Florida and passed away in Citrus, Florida, on December 7, 1966. He is buried at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida, with his son, Walter Kallin, who served in World War II. 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: Kalinchuk, Fred Ongfey
creator: United States Department of Labor
source: Digital reproduction of the original petition for naturalization.
publisher: United States Department of Labor
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Camp Gordon, Georgia

Universal Orlando Resort Grad Bash Ticket, 2009
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Universal Studios Florida (Orlando, Fla. : Amusement park)
subject: Oviedo (Fla.)
subject: Schools
subject: High schools--Florida
description: A ticket for Oviedo High School's Grad Bash for the Class of 2009, held at the Universal Orlando Resort, located at 6000 Universal Boulevard in Orlando, Florida. Oviedo High School is a Seminole County Public School located in Oviedo, Florida. Originally called the Oviedo School, the institution was first established in 1922 as a K-12 school. In 1948, the secondary grades separated from the elementary school. The upper grade levels formed Oviedo High School and moved to the campus at 601 King Street. Oviedo High School is notable for The Lion's Tale, the award-winning school newspaper recognized by various national and state scholastic press associations of its high ratings from the Governor's A+ Plan for Education of and its successful athletics programs.
creator: Universal Studios Orlando
source: Original ticket: Universal Studios Orlando, Orlando, Florida, April 28, 2009: Private Collection of Sarah Thorncroft.
contributor: Thorncroft, Sarah
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Oviedo High School, Oviedo, Florida
coverage: Universal Orlando Resort, Orlando, Florida

Universal Studios Florida, 1997
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Theme parks
description: Universal Studios Florida, located at 6000 Universal Boulevard in Orlando, Florida, in 1997. Universal Studios Florida, a movie and television-theme amusement park, opened on June 7,1990. Design began in 1982, with plans to include a working studio. However, the project was put on hold until 1986. The park originally featured several themed areas: "In Production" (Front Lot and Production Central), "Now Shooting" (New York), "On Location" (San Francisco and Amity), and "The World of CineMagic Center" (Expo Center). In 1998, Universal began expanding its property to include Islands of Adventure.
source: Original color photograph, 1997: Private Collection of Nancy Lynn Cepero.
contributor: Cepero, Nancy Lynn
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Universal Studios Florida, Orlando, Florida

Universal's Islands of Adventure, 2001
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Theme parks
description: Universal's Islands of Adventure, located at 6000 Universal Boulevard in Orlando, Florida, in 2001. The Incredible Hulk roller coaster can be seen to the right of the photograph. Part of Universal Studios Florida, the theme park opened on May 28, 1999. The idea for Islands of Adventure were first conceived in 1991. By 1993, plans were being announced. Construction began in 1997.
source: Original color photograph, 2001: Private Collection of Nancy Lynn Cepero.
contributor: Cepero, Nancy Lynn
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image
coverage: Universal's Islands Of Adventure, Orlando, Florida

University of Central Florida College Representative at Oviedo High School
subject: Oviedo (Fla.)
subject: University of Central Florida
subject: High schools--Florida
subject: Schools
subject: Students--Florida
subject: High school seniors--United States
subject: Universities and colleges--Florida
subject: Colleges
description: University of Central Florida (UCF) college representative speaking to Oviedo High School seniors during the 1985-1986 school year. The students photographed are Danielle Draper, Sherrie Coleman, Eric Flynn, Lynne Weiss, Chris Cammack, Erik Vick, Steve White, and Mike Chester. Oviedo High School is a Seminole County Public School located in Oviedo, Florida. Originally called the Oviedo School, the institution was first established in 1922 as a K-12 school. In 1948, the secondary grades separated from the elementary school. The upper grade levels formed Oviedo High School and moved to the campus at 601 King Street. Oviedo High School is notable for The Lion's Tale, the award-winning school newspaper recognized by various national and state scholastic press associations; its high ratings from the Governor's A+ Plan for Education; and its successful athletics programs.
creator: Oviedian Staff of 1986
source: Original black and white photograph by Oviedian Staff of 1986.
publisher: Oviedian
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Oviedo High School, Oviedo, Florida

University of Florida Class of 1941
subject: Gainesville (Fla.)
subject: Colleges
subject: Universities
subject: University of Florida
description: A page from the 1941 edition of The Seminole, the yearbook for the University of Florida (UF) in Gainesville, Florida. A notable individual shown on this page is Captain Aquilla A. Calhoun, Jr., a native of Panama City, Florida. Upon his graduation, Capt. Calhoun enlisted as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserves. Upon his enlistment, he entered the 92nd Field Artillery's 2nd Armored Division in Fort Benning, Georgia. His unit gained the nickname the Brave Cannons, which has stuck throughout the 92nd Field Artillery's career. With the intensification of World War II, the Allied began to execute the Omaha Beach Normandy Invasion in June of 1944. After the invasion, Capt. Calhoun made his way to Northern France, where he played a vital role in the liberation of Bresles, a commune in the Picardie region of France. Capt. Calhoun died during his service in France and is currently buried at the Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial in Dinozé, France. Calhoun is one of 85 Florida residents interned at Epinal. His death led to the creation of a tribute site and memorial in his honor in Bristles.
source: Digital reproduction of original yearbook page: The Seminole (Gainesville, FL: Senior Class of the University of Florida, 1941), page 69: George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
publisher: University of Florida
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

University of Florida's Freshman Class, 1942
subject: Gainesville (Fla.)
subject: University of Florida
description: A page from the 1942 edition of The Seminole, the yearbook for the University of Florida (UF) in Gainesville, Florida. A notable individual shown on this page was Samuel T. Williams (1922-1945), who is the first person in the third row. A native of Eustis, Williams served as a Private First Class (PFC) in the U.S. Army during World War II. He 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. Williams was born in 1922. He enlisted in the Army on October 24, 1942, while attending UF. Williams was assigned to the 291st Infantry Regiment of the 75th Infantry Division. Williams' division arrived in Britain in November of 1944. They took part in a number of major battles, including the Battle of the Bulge in 1944 and 1945 and the Battle of Colmar Pocket in 1945. Williams died in combat around the Alsace-Lorraine region on February 3, 1945.
source: Digital reproduction of original yearbook page: The Seminole (Gainesville, FL: Senior Class of the University of Florida, 1942): George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
publisher: University of Florida
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Unknown Soldier Selection Ceremony
subject: Unknown military personnel
subject: Canberra (Cruiser)
description: The Korean War Unknown Soldier joins the two candidates from World War II aboard the USS Canberra. The Tomb of the Unknowns, which is also known as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, is a monument dedicated to United States service members who have died without their remains being identified. As the only active-duty Navy enlisted recipient of the Medal of Honor in 1958, William R. Charette was granted the final decision in selecting which particular Unknown Soldier from World War II would be interned at the Arlington National Cemetery tomb in Washington D.C. William R. Charette was born on March 29, 1932, and enlisted in the United States Navy on January 10, 1951. He was assigned to the 7th Marine Infantry Regiment of the Fleet Marine Forces Pacific, where he was deployed to the Korean Peninsula. He was nominated for the Navy Cross for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty in action against enemy aggressor forces, repeatedly exposing himself to enemy fire, sustaining multiple injuries, and evacuating and treating numerous members of his and adjacent friendly forces. His award was later upgraded to the Medal of Honor and presented to him by President Eisenhower at a ceremony held in the Oval Office on January 12, 1954. Charette’s later career was spent in the Submarine and Hospital services, including service aboard the USS Quillback, USS Triton, USS Daniel Webster and USS Simon Bolivar. He began living in Florida while stationed at the Orlando Naval Hospital and Orlando Recruit Dispensary. He retired to Lake Whales, Florida in 1977 after 26 years of service, and passed away on March 18, 2012. He was preceded in death by one son, and succeeded by three daughters, and one son. On March 22, 2012, Charette was buried in with his son in Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida. His wife of fifty-eight years, Louise Fraiser Charette, passed away on March 26, 2016 at the age of 81 and joined the two at their bur…
creator: United States Navy
source: Digital reproduction of original black and white photograph.
publisher: Naval Historical Center
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image

Unloading Bananas From Ship Side Postcard
subject: Bananas
subject: Shipping--United States
description: A postcard depicting workers and conveyors moving bananas from the shop to the refrigerator car in New Orleans, Louisiana. From the early 20th century through the mid 1960s, Standard Fruit Company and United Fruit Company made New Orleans the shipping site for 20 to 25 percent of all bananas imported into the United States. 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: Hirschwitz, A.
source: Original 3 x 5 inch color postcard: 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: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: New Orleans, Louisiana

Untitled (Tondo) by Doris "Doc" Marie Leeper
subject: Leeper, Doris, 1929-2000
subject: Artists--Florida
subject: Art--Southern States
subject: Painters--Southern States
subject: Painting--Florida
description: Untitled (Tondo), an oil on masonite painting created by Doris Marie Leeper around 1960. Known to many as "Doc," Leeper was a trailblazing abstract painter and sculptor based in Eldora, Florida near New Smyrna Beach. Originally from North Carolina, Leeper found an artistic oasis in Central Florida. The region provided her with the space to buy a house and work in relative isolation, but also augmented her interest in natural preservation. Today, the Doris Leeper Spruce Creek Preserve remains a testament to her environmental dedication. Leeper’s impact on Central Florida also became apparent through her support for institutions; for example, she was a founder of the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach. Leeper’s local legacy manifests itself most profoundly through her artistic production. Her bold lines, strong color palette, and propensity for clean lines aesthetically aligned her with minimalism. Leeper’s painting evolved from representational to non-objective over time. She embraced a language of abstraction more typical of the prevailing New York art world in the 1960 and 1970s, as opposed to the dominant aesthetic in Florida during the same time period. She showed her work locally and regionally with regularity. Her work was celebrated by significant solo exhibitions at the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, North Carolina. The process of mining local histories yields the legacies of talented artists who have often been discarded from mainstream narratives. When one engages deeper with Leeper’s work, it is not difficult to conclude that her myriad two- and three-dimensional works are worthy of not only a local, but a national story.
creator: Leeper, Doris "Doc" Marie
source: Original oil painting: Leeper, Doris Marie. Untitled (Tondo): item 1995.13, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Winter Park, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Eldora, Florida
coverage: New Smyrna Beach, Florida

Untitled by Maury Hurt
subject: Hurt, Maury, 1934-
subject: Hurt, James, 1934-
subject: Artists--Florida
subject: Art--Southern States
subject: Painters--Southern States
subject: Painting--Florida
description: Untitled, an oil painting by Orlando native Maury Hurt (1934-2013), who graduated from the University of Florida with a design degree in 1956. Hurt continued to work in the graphic arts fields for several years after serving a short tour in the U.S. Army before abandoning the profession to become a full-time painter. From a studio at the Art & History Museums’s Maitland Art Center, Hurt’s work centered on primitive and archaic themes often focusing on the relationship of humans, animals, and early prehistoric life. Hurst, along with Bill Orr, was instrumental in leading the movement to save the Art Center from developers in the 1960s. His legacy lies in his masterful work and is mentorship of artists across Central Florida.
creator: Hurt, Maury
source: Original 42 x 36 inch oil painting: Hurt, Maury. Untitled: Art & History Museums - Maitland, Maitland, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Orlando, Florida
coverage: University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
coverage: Maitland Art Center, Maitland, Florida

Upper Falls, Glen Nevis Postcard
subject: Waterfalls
description: A postcard depicting Steall Falls, one of the three highest waterfalls in Scotland, which runs through Glen Nevis in Fort William, Highland, Scotland. 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.
source: Original 5 x 3 inch black and white photographic postcard: ACC# SM-00-243, file folder 1A (non-U.S. blanks), box 10A, Lucile (Mary Lucile) Campbell Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
publisher: Miller and Lang, Ltd.
contributor: Campbell, Lucile
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Steall Falls, Fort William, Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom

USS Deliver (ARS-23)
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: Veterans--Florida
description: The USS Deliver (ARS-23) departing from the Navy Yard, Mare Island, on March 25, 1946. The mission of the USS Deliver after World War II was an occupation and China service in the Far East. In July 1946, the USS Deliver was assigned to Joint Task Force 1, Task Unit 1.2.7 Target Vessel Group - Salvage Units for Operation Crossroads the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll. A notable soldier who served on the USS Deliver was Ralph Edward King (1920-1995). Born on May 2, 1920, in Sanford, Florida, King enlisted in the United States Navy on March 14, 1939. He was assigned to the Dobbin-class destroyer USS Whitney in Pearl Harbor by 1940. Approximately ninety percent of the crew were on board when the Japanese attacked on December 7, 1941. In January 1943, King and the USS Whitney were deployed into World War II. The Whitney returned to Pearl Harbor in January 1946, and sometime between then and October of the same year, King was transferred to the USS Deliver, a Diver Class Rescue and Salvage Ship. At the time of his discharge, King held the rank of Engineman Chief Petty Officer. He spent time as a Chief Engineer for the Merchant Marines. After leaving the Navy, King returned to Sanford and married his wife, Norma. In 1956, he moved to Lutz, Florida, where he would live out the rest of his days. King passed away on May 17, 1995, at the age of 75. He is memorialized at the 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 …
creator: United States Navy
source: Digital reproduction of original black and white photograph.
publisher: United States Navy
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image
coverage: Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Mare Island, California

USS Floridian
subject: World War, 1914-1918
subject: Veterans--Florida
description: 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.
language: eng
type: Still Image

USS Leviathan, 1918
subject: World War, 1914-1918
subject: Veterans--Florida
description: 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.
language: eng
type: Still Image

USS Okaloosa (APA-219)
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: Veterans--Florida
description: The USS Okaloosa (APA-219) between 1940 and 1949. A Haskell-class attack transport, which previously saw action in the Battle of Okinawa, by 1948, the ship was used mainly for giving cruises to members of the reserve to areas such as Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and various islands in the Caribbean. A notable soldier who was stationed on the ship was Edwin Ray Snider (1928-1994). Born on November 29, 1928, in Lafayette County, Florida, Snider enlisted in the United States Navy in 1948. He served in both the Korean and Vietnam Wars. When he retired from the Navy, he moved to Broward County, Florida, and married Betty Wilhelmina Sukkel on December 9, 1972. Snider passed away in Columbia, Florida, on August 4, 1994. He is memorialized at the 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 gravesites at the Florida National Cemetery, where they can access the UCF student-authored biographies of veterans.
creator: United States Navy
source: Digital reproduction of original black and white photograph: Private Collection of Donald M. McPherson.
publisher: United States Navy
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image

USS Suwanee
subject: World War, 1914-1918
subject: Veterans--Florida
description: 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.
language: eng
type: Still Image

Vacated Rand Yard Ice House
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Ice industry--United States
subject: Buildings--Florida
description: Rand Yard Ice House, located on Rand Yard Road in Sanford, Florida in 2003. The ice plant was built in 1926 by the Mountain Ice Company of Chicago, had a 700 ton storage capacity, operated 24 hours a day, ranked second in the U.S. for ice production, and was once Seminole County's largest building for somet time. During the late-1800s, individual ice factories were comprised of a machine room, boiler room, ice store, loading platforms, and other office space. Large cans were used to mold the ice. When ice was needed, workers would operate a crane system to carry the ice block into a warm water bath where the ice could be removed from the reusable can. Although working at an ice plant was known as dangerous and hard work, employees enjoyed a steady well paid job. By 1928, the Rand Yard Ice House employed 73 African-American workers.
source: Original black and white photograph published by EYESEEIMAGES: Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.
publisher: EYESEEIMAGES
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Sanford, Florida

Valorous Unit Award
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: Veterans--Florida
description: Confidential document describing valorous acts conducted in Vietnam between 1969 and 1970. The 15th Medical Battalion received the Valorous Unit Award for treating casualties in the heat of battle and experiencing no injures to any of the medical personnel. A notable soldier included in the report is Gil Ramos-Rivera (1925-1970). Born on September 5, 1925, in Puerto Rico, Ramos-Rivera grew up the son of a military officer, living most of his early life on Henry Barracks in Cayey, Puerto Rico. His twenty-year career in the United States Army began on October 11, 1950, and lasted until November 1, 1970. He served in both the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and received a Purple Heart. After his retirement from the Army, he moved to Florida, where he spent the rest of his life. On March 17, 1996, Ramos-Rivera passed away at the age of seventy. The Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida, placed a memorial headstone in honor of Ramos-Rivera and his service. 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: United States Army
source: Digital reproduction of original valorous unit award.
publisher: United States Army
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Quan Loi, Vietnam

Value Plus: Introducing the Westinghouse 501F 145-MW Advanced Design Combustion Turbine System
subject: Energy--United States
description: A brochure advertising the 150MW-class (introductory rating) Westinghouse 501F (W501F) combustion turbine, which was developed from 1987 to 1989 as a joint engineering program between Westinghouse Electric and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The W501F evolved in the tradition of Westinghouse's proven design features listed on this diagram. Changes to the design include canted combustors, shortened transition ducts, and a bolted and pinned compressor rotor. Up to that time, through the Westinghouse 501D5 (W501D5)A, compressor discs were shrunk onto the rotor shaft. 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 located on several acres of that land parcel close to Alafaya Trail. As the PGBU grew in size, other buildings were rented and then, after PGBU was sold to Siemens Corporation, additional buildings were added to the complex. In 1994, after a major corporate management shuffling and commitment to change from an industrial manufacturing company to primarily a broadcasting/communications company, Westinghouse bought the CBS Network and changed its name to the CBS Corporation. A…
source: Original brochure cover: Private Collection of Harry L. Jaeger.
contributor: Jaeger, Harry L.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Westinghouse Power Generation Business Unit, Orlando, Florida

Vanessa Rivera and Jackie Rivera at Restore Orlando
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Education--Florida
subject: Churches--Florida
description: Vanessa Rivera, on the left, and Jackie Rivera, on the right, working on art projects at the after-school program of Restore Orlando, a church that is now known as the Emmanuel Fellowship and Worship Center. After the students completed their homework, they were allowed to participate in activities such as art projects and basketball. 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, 1997: Private Collection of Dedra Jenkins.
contributor: Jenkins, Dedra
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Restore Orlando, Holden-Parramore, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Vanessa Rivera at Restore Orlando
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Education--Florida
subject: Churches--Florida
description: Vanessa Rivera working on homework 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

Vanessa Rivera Painting at Restore Orlando
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Education--Florida
subject: Churches--Florida
description: Vanessa Rivera working on art projects at the after-school program of Restore Orlando, a church that is now known as the Emmanuel Fellowship and Worship Center. After the students completed their homework, they were allowed to participate in activities such as art projects and basketball. 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
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Restore Orlando, Holden-Parramore, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Vapo-Cresolene Company Curative Lamp
subject: Lamps
subject: Croup
subject: Laryngotracheobronchitis
subject: Whooping cough
description: The packaging for a Vapo-Cresolene Company curative lamp from the Victorian era.Curative lamps were used to treat a number of medical conditions, including whooping cough, croup, asthma, bronchitis, pneumonia, and more. The Vapo-Cresolene curative lamp was patented in the United States on May 1, 1884, and cost $1.50. This particular lamp was owned by Edwin White and Carolyn White, residents of Oviedo, Florida.
source: Original color digital images: Private Collection of Edwin White and Carolyn White.
contributor: White, Edwin
contributor: White, Carolyn
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Physical Object
coverage: Oviedo, Florida

Vegetable Shipments in Refrigerated Boxcars
subject: Ice industry--United States
subject: Vegetables--Transportation
subject: Vegetables--Florida
subject: Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery--United States
subject: Refrigerator cars--United States
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
description: Vegetables being crated for shipment by rail during the first quarter of the twentieth century. Each boxcar was refrigerated by blocks of ice provided by local ice houses in Sanford. With the introduction of ice houses and refrigeration, farmers were able to harvest their crops more efficiently and to take in more profits from the better preserved fruits and vegetables. Farmers in relied on local ice houses to better preserve their crops before and during transport to markets. Box cars were also refrigerated to ensure that produce crops remained fresh until they were sold. Many farmers in Sanford, Florida grew celery during the early-1900s and utilized the local ice houses to store their produce. It was recommended that celery kept in ice refrigeration be stored at 32-34 degrees Fahrenheit.
source: Original black and white photograph: Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.
publisher: Arcadia Publishing
format: image/jpeg
type: Still Image
coverage: Sanford, Florida

Vendors at the First Sanford State Farmers' Market
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Farmers' markets--Florida
subject: Vendors and purchasers--Florida
description: A table representing the vendors to rent stalls at the First Sanford State Farmers' State Market, where they were located, the number of stalls rented, and miscellaneous information. Vendors included B. E. Akin of Winston-Salem, North Carolina; the Sanford-Oviedo Truck Growers, Inc., a cooperative growing and shipping organization; the Brown Brothers; E. J. Cameron; B. R. Carroll; Chase and Company, a packer and shipper of citrus, celery, and other vegetables, as well as a manufacturer of crates, fertilizers, and insecticides; C. I. & M. Dingfelder, Abe Godsey; E. C. Harnage, a former officer of the Atlantic Coast Line Railway Company; W. E. Hathaway; Langford and Son; M. Moses, a grower and shipper of celery; A. B. Stevens, a producer of milk; Peter Thurston, a vegetable grower; William N. William, a dealer of tomatoes, avocados, limes, cucumbers, and peppers; Fred Zerrener; W. H. Britt; B. A. Howard, an executive committee member of the Florida Vegetable Growers' Association board; Stokes Seed Company, a packer and shipper of celery; H. C. Whelchel; W. B. Williams; and Ed Bullion, grower of limes, avocadoes, and vegetables. Bullion's broker, Edward Williams, was credited with the first official sale at the new farmers' market. H. J. Clause, broker for both the Sanford-Oviedo Truck Growers and for Peter Thurston, was credited with the second official sale. The idea for the Sanford State Farmers' Market was devised by Fred Dorner and Gus Schmach, both members of the Seminole Agricultural Club. The 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 Florida State Marketing Board, which selected the northwest corner of French Avenue and Thirteenth Street. The board approved the installation of telegraph and telephone equipmen…
creator: Cepero, Laura
source: Original dataset by Laura Cepero, August 3, 2011.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Dataset
coverage: Sanford State Farmers' Market, Sanford, Florida
coverage: Sanford-Oviedo Truck Growers, Inc., Sanford, Florida
coverage: Orlando, Florida
coverage: Oviedo, Florida
coverage: Eustis, Florida
coverage: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
coverage: Bristol, Tennessee

Vergowe Agency Advertisement
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Real estate--Florida
description: An advertisement for Vergowe Agency in the Florida Polk's Orlando City Directories: Including Conway, Maitland and Winter Park for 1949. Located at 29 East Church Street in Downtown Orlando, Florida, Vergowe Agency was founded by Milton Stanley Vergowe as early as 1942.
source: Original advertisement, 1949: R. L. Polk & Company Florida Polk's Orlando City Directory: Including Winter Park and Orange County. Richmond, Va: R. L. Polk, 1949: Orange County Regional History Center, Orlando, Florida.
publisher: R. L. Polk & Company
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Vergowe Agency, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Verification Vehicle Being Moved to Launch Complex 34
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.)
description: An Apollo verification vehicle being moved from the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building (MSOB) (MSOB) at John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) industrial Area to Launch Pad 34 in Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS). Verification vehicles are complete or mostly versions of mission-ready vehicles used to test logistics, vehicle performance, and other mission critical factors. The building was renamed in honor of Neil Armstrong in 2014 to the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building.
source: Original black and white photographic print, September 3, 1965: Space Walk of Fame Collection.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image
coverage: John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida
coverage: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida

Verification Vehicle Being Moved to Launch Complex 34
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.)
description: An Apollo verification vehicle being moved from the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building (MSOB) (MSOB) at John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) industrial Area to Launch Pad 34 in Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS). Verification vehicles are complete or mostly versions of mission-ready vehicles used to test logistics, vehicle performance, and other mission critical factors. The building was renamed in honor of Neil Armstrong in 2014 to the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building.
source: Original black and white photographic print, September 3, 1965: Space Walk of Fame Collection.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image
coverage: John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida
coverage: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida

Versa Woodcock
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Women--Florida
subject: Students--Florida--Portraits
description: Versa Woodcock, the great-aunt of Christine Kinlaw-Best, in front of her home. Woodcock was in her early twenties in this photograph. She was a former student at Westside Grammar Elementary School and later became the chief operator of the Sanford Telephone and Telegraph Company in the 1920s.
source: Original 3 x 5 inch black and white postcard: Private Collection of Christine Kinlaw-Best.
contributor: Kinlaw-Best, Christine
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Sanford, Florida

Versa Woodcock with Umbrella
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Women--Florida
subject: Students--Florida--Portraits
description: Versa Woodcock, the great-aunt of Christine Kinlaw-Best, in front of her home. Woodcock was in her early twenties in this photograph. She was a former student at Westside Grammar Elementary School and later became the chief operator of the Sanford Telephone and Telegraph Company in the 1920s.
source: Original 3 x 5 inch black and white postcard: Private Collection of Christine Kinlaw-Best.
contributor: Kinlaw-Best, Christine
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Sanford, Florida

Vet gets dying wish: Burial in new cemetery
subject: Veterans--Florida
description: A newspaper article published in Florida Today on June 1, 1988. The article discusses Elmer Farrow Hurst’s dying wish to be buried at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida. Born on February 13, 1921, in Cabool, Missouri, Hurst joined the United States Army on August 5, 1942. He retired as a lieutenant colonel in 1962. His last dying wish was to be buried in the Florida National Cemetery, in Bushnell, Florida. Hurst died on May 29, 1988 and was granted his dying wish on June 1, 1988, when he was buried in Florida National Cemetery. Elmer Hurst was among the first veterans interred there. 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: Van Gaasbeck, Cynthia
creator: Florida Today
source: Digital reproduction of the original newspaper article: "Vet gets dying wish: Burial in new cemetery." Florida Today, June 1, 1988.
publisher: Florida Today
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Pinellas Park, Florida
coverage: Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Florida

Veteran City Casino Postcard
subject: Veteran City (Fla.)
subject: casino
description: A colorized postcard depicting a scene of a group of men and women approaching the casino in Veteran City, Florida. On the left, a streetcar is seen transporting travelers. The streetcar began running in the area in 1905, and in January of 1906, the Casino opened to accommodate passengers awaiting boats to Pass-a-Grille. The Casino quickly became a popular destination for locals and travelers alike. Veteran City was planned as a retirement community for Civil War veterans. It was incorporated as Gulfport in 1910. This postcard is part of a private collection kept by Roger Hipel of St. Cloud, Florida.
creator: The Hugh C. Leighton Co.
source: Original 5 x 3 colored postcard: Private Collection of Roger Hipel.
publisher: The Hugh C. Leighton Co.
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Veteran City, Florida

Veteran's Compensation Application for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
subject: World War, 1914-1918
subject: Veterans--Florida
description: The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Application Form for Veterans Compensation, which authorized the state to compensate veterans native to Pennsylvania at the time of their enlistment. The application includes name, current address, branch and location of service, place of birth, dependents (wife, children, parents), stations assignments, promotions, wounds, service overseas, and honorable discharge date. A notable resident listed in this record is John T. Cowsert, who served as a soldier during the Mexican Border War and the First World War. He joined the United States Army as a member of the 12th Field Artillery for the 2nd Division. While deployed in France, he fought in the battles of Chateau-Thierry, Soissons, St. Mihiel, and the Meuse-Argonne. After armistice, John and the 2nd Division were part of the Army of Occupation that moved into Germany. For his service, John was awarded the Silver Star, two Croix de Guerres, and the Pershing Citation. After the war, John spent his life in St. Petersburg, Florida, with his wife, Irma. He worked for the Florida Power Corporation. Cowsert died on June 21, 1944, and was buried at Bay Pines National Cemetery Section 9, Row 2, Site 18. 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 veteran…
creator: Lee, Ray E.
creator: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
source: Digital reproduction of the original veteran's compensation application.
publisher: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: St. Petersburg, Florida

Veterans Compensation Application for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
subject: World War, 1914-1918
subject: Veterans--Florida
description: The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Application Form for Veterans Compensation, which authorized the state to compensate veterans native to Pennsylvania at the time of their enlistment. The application includes name, current address, branch and location of service, place of birth, dependents (wife, children, parents), stations assignments, promotions, wounds, service overseas, and honorable discharge date. A notable resident listed in this record is John Borris, who received payments of $10 per month for 20 months as compensation for his service. Born on February 3, 1891 in Johnson City, Pennsylvania, Borris served as part of Company C 1st Ammunition Train of the First Division during the First World War in 1917 and 1918. After his initial discharge in 1919, he returned to the United States Army in 1921 as part of the 7th Coast Artillery before his second and final discharge in 1924. After his service, he married Irene Nehf, with whom he had two sons, Roger and David. The family lived in Chicago, Illinois, and Phoenix, Arizona. Borris and his wife moved to Lakeland, Florida in 1988. Borris died on June 11, 1994 and is buried in the 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. 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: Borris, John
creator: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
source: Digital reproduction of the original veterans compensation application.
publisher: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Veterans Compensation Application for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: Veterans--Florida
description: The veterans compensation application for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for William Bain Handwerk (1921-1996). The document authorized the state to compensate veterans native to Pennsylvania at the time of their enlistment. The form includes the applicant's names, current address, branch and location of service, place of birth, dependents (wife, children, parents), station assignments, promotions, wounds, service overseas, and honorable discharge date. Born in Palmerton, Pennsylvania on February 18, 1921, William Handwerk was selected for military service on March 19, 1943. William Handwerk entered the United States Army Air Corps as a Private. Although it is unclear where he served, he was overseas from October 6, 1943 to December 5, 1945. Shortly after being discharged, Handwerk married Jeannette Zeal Bossard on July 27, 1946, in Washington, D.C. The couple moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, by April, 1950, before moving to Houston, Texas in the 1950s. The family remained in the Houston area and Handwerk worked for Crutcher Resources until his retirement. In 1989, they moved to Leesburg, Florida. William passed away on December 17, 1996, and is memorialized at the 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-a…
creator: Handwerk, William
creator: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
source: Digital reproduction of original veterans compensation application.
publisher: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Tulsa, Oklahoma

Veterans Hospital and Administration Building at Bay Pines Postcard
subject: Bay Pines (Fla.)
subject: Veterans--Florida
subject: Hospitals--Florida
description: A postcard depicting the Veterans Hospital and Administration building at night in Bay Pines, Florida. Construction for present-day Buildings 1, 2, and 13, as well as a gatehouse and an employee living quarters, was completed in 1933. Originally called the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, the hospital, along with the domiciliary unit, opened on March 16. As a whole, the site continued to expand in acreage and in the number of buildings over the next several decades. 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: E. C. Kropp Company
source: Original 3 x 5 inch color postcard by E. C. Kropp 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: Sun News Company
contributor: Campbell, Lucile
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Bay Pines VA Healthcare System, Bay Pines, Florida

Veterans Memorial Park, 2011
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Lake Monroe (Seminole County and Volusia County, Fla.)
subject: Parks--Florida
subject: Veterans--Florida
description: Veterans Memorial Park, located at 110 East Seminole Boulevard in Sanford, Florida, in 2011. The park was built in 1925 and included a bandshell. A flagpole and fountain were dedicated in memory of World War I veterans in 1927. The park was renamed Veterans Memorial Park in 1973 when it was rededicated to the memory of veterans of all American wars.
creator: Cepero, Laura
source: Original color digital image by Laura Cepero, June 4, 2011.
publisher: RICHES of Central Florida
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Veterans Memorial Park, Sanford, Florida

Veterans' Memorial Library Postcard
subject: St. Cloud, (Fla.)
subject: Library
description: A postcard with a photo of the Veterans' Memorial Library in St. Cloud, Florida. Located on Massachusetts Avenue between Tenth and Eleventh Street, the library was dedicated in 1925. Today the building is used for the Women's Club. This postcard is part of a private collection kept by Roger Hipel of St. Cloud, Florida.
source: Original 5 x 3 inch black and white postcard: Private Collection of Roger Hipel.
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: St. Cloud, Florida

Victoria Johnson
subject: High school principals--United States
subject: African American school principals
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: High schools--Florida
subject: Schools
subject: Education--Florida
description: Victoria Johnson, principal of Jones High School in Orlando, Florida, from 1990-1991. During her one term, high school competency test scores rose significantly. Located in the Parramore/Lorna Doone neighborhood of downtown Orlando, Jones High School was the first area public school for African-Americans. The original building was located on the corner of Garland Avenue and Church Street, but the school was renamed the Johnson Academy and moved to a new building on the corner of Chatham Avenue and West Jefferson Street. In 1921, the school was renamed in honor Principal L. C. Jones and a brick colonial revival building was constructed on the corner of Parramore Avenue and Washington Street. The school was finally moved to its current location at 801 South Rio Grande Avenue in 1952.
creator: Jones High School
source: Original black and white photograph: Jones High School Historical Museum, Orlando, Florida.
publisher: Jones High School
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image
coverage: Jones High School, Orlando, Florida

View Along the Beautiful Indian River Postcard
subject: Indian River (Fla.)
description: A postcard depicting docks along the Indian River near Cocoa and Rockledge, Florida. The Indian River is a 121-mile long lagoon running from the Ponce de Leon inlet in New Smyrna Beach to the St. Lucie Inlet in Marion County. The lagoon was originally named Rio de Ais after the Ais tribe of East Florida.
creator: Tichnor Bros, Inc.
source: Original 9 x 14 centimeter color postcard by Tichnor Bros., Inc.: Private Collection of Bob Van Horn.
contributor: Van Horn, Bob
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Indian River, Florida

View of Bridge and Palm Trees
subject: Waterfront Districts
subject: Lakes & ponds
subject: Lake Monroe (Seminole County and Volusia County, Fla.)
subject: Water hyacinth--Florida
subject: St. Johns River (Fla.)
subject: Palm trees
subject: Bridges--Southern States
description: The bridge and palm trees on Lake Monroe in 1913. Lake Monroe is a lake that is part of the St. Johns River system in Florida and is also the eigth largest lake in the Orlando metropolitan area. Sanford is located on its northern shore and DeBary and Deltona are located along its northern shore. Two major roadways, State Road 415 and Interstate 4, run near the lake. Lake Monroe also formes the border of Seminole County and Volusia County.
source: Original 6 x 10 inchblack and white photoprint, February 1913: Reference Collection, call number RC12560, 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

View of Cypress Tree Knees in Lake Monroe
subject: Waterfront Districts
subject: Lakes & ponds
subject: Lake Monroe (Seminole County and Volusia County, Fla.)
subject: Trees--Florida
subject: St. Johns River (Fla.)
subject: Florida
description: Cypress trees at Lake Monroe in the 1920s. Lake Monroe is a lake that is part of the St. Johns River system in Florida and is also the eigth largest lake in the Orlando metropolitan area. Sanford is located on its northern shore and DeBary and Deltona are located along its northern shore. Two major roadways, State Road 415 and Interstate, run near the lake. Lake Monroe also formes the border of Seminole County and Volusia County.
source: Original 5 x 7 inch black and white photonegative: General Collection, call number PHA131, 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

View of First Street Looking Towards Sanford Avenue
subject: Photography--Florida--History
subject: Street photography--United States
subject: Cityscape photography
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Streets--Florida
subject: Avenues
subject: Roads--Florida
description: This is an especially dated dry plate photograph of Sanford, Florida in 1887. The majority of Sanford's buildings prior to the fire of 1887 were built of wood, without much structural integrity. The photograph shows signs of flaking emulsion, as there is mild discoloration throughout the image and blurring along its edges.
source: Original black and white photograph: Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Residential--City Views, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Sanford, Florida

View of Pier and Waterfront from the St. John's River
subject: Waterfront Districts
subject: Lakes & ponds
subject: Lake Monroe (Seminole County and Volusia County, Fla.)
subject: Piers
subject: Saint Johns River (Fla.)--History
subject: Rivers--Florida
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
description: The pier and riverfront in Sanford along the St. John's River. The present-day Sanford area was originally inhabited by the Mayaca/Joroco natives by the time Europeans arrived. The tribe was decimated by war and disease by 1760 and was replaced by the Seminole Indians. In 1821, the United States acquired Florida from Spain and Americans began to settled in the state. Camp Monroe was established in the mid-1830s to defend the area against Seminoles during the Seminole Wars. In 1836, the United States Army built a road (present-day Mellonville Avenue) to a location called Camp Monroe during the Second Seminole War. Following an attack on February 8, 1837, the camp was renamed Fort Mellon in honor of the battle's only American casualty, Captain Charles Mellon. The town of Mellonville was founded nearby in 1842 by Daniel Stewart. When Florida became a state three years later, Mellonville became the county seat or Orange County, which was originally a portion of Mosquito County. Citrus was the first cash crop in the area and the first fruit packing plant was constructed in 1869. In 1870, a lawyer from Connecticut by the name of Henry Sanford purchased 12,548 acres of open land west of Mellonville. His vision was to make this new land a major port city, both railway and by water. Sitting on Lake Monroe, and the head of the St. Johns River, the city of Sanford earned the nickname of “The Gate City of South Florida.” Sanford became not only a transportation hub, but a leading citrus industry in Florida, and eventually globally. The Great Fire of 1887 devastated the city, which also suffered from a statewide epidemic of yellow fever the following year. The citrus industry flourished until the Great Freezes of 1894 and 1895, causing planters to begin growing celery in 1896 as an alternative. Celery replaced citrus as the city's cash crop and Sanford was nicknamed "Celery City." In 1913, Sanford became the county seat of Seminole County, once part of Orange County. Agriculture…
source: Original 7 x 9 inch black and white photoprint, 1892: Reference Collection, call number RC10449, 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

View of South Orange Avenue
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
description: This image is of South Orange Avenue in Downtown Orlando, Florida, sometime between 1930 and 1950. This lot, as well as the rest of the block, was later replaced by the CNA Tower and Barnett Plaza.
source: Original black and white photograph: Orlando Remembered Exhibit, Downtown Orlando Information Center, Orlando, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: South Orange Avenue, Downtown Orlando, Florida

View of the American Legion Hut on Lake Monroe
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Buildings--Florida
subject: American Legion
description: The American Legion Hall, located at the 300 Seminole Boulevard in Sanford, Florida during the 1920s. 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.
source: Photocopy of original 6.5 x 3.75 inch black and white photograph: 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

View of the Moon from Earth's Orbit
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Moon
description: The Moon seen through the edge of Earth's atmosphere from a Space Shuttle in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The Space Shuttle was meant as a reusable alternative to the traditional ballistic rockets used to launch manned spacecraft in the 1960s and 1970s. From 1981 to 2011, when the fleet was retired, five shuttles were flown over 130 times. It was the first space launch system that was mostly reusable, as the shuttles themselves and the solid rocket boosters were reused multiple times. Space shuttles were launched from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) and Launch Complex 39B (LC-39B) at John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Merritt Island, Florida.
source: Original color photographic print: Leonard Pugh Collection.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image
coverage: John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida

View of Wharf in Lake Monroe
subject: Waterfront Districts
subject: Lakes & ponds
subject: Lake Monroe (Seminole County and Volusia County, Fla.)
subject: Wharfs
subject: St. Johns River (Fla.)
subject: Wharves--Florida
description: The wharf in Lake Monroe in the 1890s. Lake Monroe is a lake that is part of the St. Johns River system in Florida and is also the eigth largest lake in the Orlando metropolitan area. Sanford is located on its northern shore and DeBary and Deltona are located along its northern shore. Two major roadways, State Road 415 and Interstate 4, run near the lake. Lake Monroe also formes the border of Seminole County and Volusia County.
creator: Ensminger Brothers Photography
source: Original 6 x 10 inch black and white photoprint by Ensminger Brothers Photography: Reference Collection, call number RC12561, 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

Views of the Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina Postcard
subject: Colleges
subject: Universities
description: A postcard depicting The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in Charleston. Built in 1820, the original citadel stood on what is now Marion Square. In 1842, Governor John Peter Richardson III (1831-1899) called for the conversion of The Citadel and the nearby Arsenal into military academies. It was occupied by Federal troops during the American Civil War, but reopened in 1882. At that time, Marion Square was created in front of it as a military plaza. 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 Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina

Vijaya Lakshmi Nehru Pandit
subject: Pandit, Vijaya Lakshmi, 1900-1990
subject: Ambassadors--India
subject: Diplomats--India
subject: Governors
subject: Legislators
description: An autographed portrait of Vijaya Lakshmi Nehru Pandit, which is housed at the Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation, located at 640 Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard in Daytona Beach, Florida. Pandit was born on August 18, 1900, in Allahabad in the North-Western Provinces of British India. In 1937, she became the first Indian woman to hold a cabinet post when she was elected to the provincial legislature of the United Provinces of British India. Pandit was also designated the minister of local self-government and the minister of public health, a position which she held until 1939 and again from 1946 to 1947. In 1946, Pandit was elected to the Constituent Assembly. After Indian gained independence from Great Britain in 1947, Pandit became the Indian Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1947 to 1949, the Ambassador to the United States and to Mexico from 1949 to 1951, Ambassador to Ireland from 1955 to 1961, High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1958 to 1961, and Ambassador to Spain from 1958 to 1961. She also led the Indian delegation to the United Nations from 1946 to 1968. In 1953, Pandit became the first female President of the United Nations General Assembly. Pandit also served as Governor of Mahra from 1962 to 1964 and then as Phulpur's representative at the Lok Sabha, Indian's lower house, from 1964 to 1968. In the late 1960s, Pandit retired but was later appointed to the UN Human Rights Commission in 1979. She died on December 1, 1990.
source: Original 8 x 10 inch black and white photographic print: Sun room, image 124, Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation, Daytona Beach, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation, Mary McLeod Bethune Home, Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach, Florida

Visit of President Lyndon B. Johnson to Orlando, Florida Program
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Democratic Party (Fla.)
description: The program President Lyndon B. Johnson's visit to Orlando, which took place on October 25 and 26, 1964. The program includes the schedule of arrival in Orlando and the program at Colonial Plaza. The program also lists various important Orlando and Orange County elected officials, as well as individuals that represent the Democratic Party as candidates in the 1964 election.
source: Original program, 1964: Orange County Johnson for President Committee: Prviate Collection of Thomas Cook.
publisher: Orange County Johnson for President Committee
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: McCoy Terminal, Orlando, Florida
coverage: Cherry Plaza Hotel, Orlando, Florida
coverage: West Central Boulevard and South Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida
coverage: South Orange Avenue and East Colonial Drive, Orlando, Florida
coverage: Colonial Plaza, Orlando, Florida

Visitors to Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
subject: Weeki Wachee Springs (Fla.)
subject: Tourism--Florida
subject: Springs--Florida
subject: Parks--Florida
subject: Mermaids--Florida
subject: Perry, Newton, 1908-1987
description: Photograph of a line of visitors to Weeki Wachee Springs State Park outside the underwater theater around 1950. Newton "Newt" Perry was born in Valdosta, Georgia in 1908, and moved with his family to Ocala, Florida in 1922. He was a member of the swimming and diving teams at the University of Florida. Perry earned the nickname "The Human Fish" for his performances of underwater stunts in advertising clips and film shorts, and acted as a swim double for actors in movies and TV shows, including Johnny Weissmuller as "Tarzan." Perry also advised filmmakers filming underwater scenes at Silver Springs, Wakulla Springs, and Weeki Wachee Springs, and developed a system for breathing underwater using an air compressor and hose, which was used in the 1948 film "Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid" and during Weeki Wachee Springs' mermaid shows. Perry worked as a lifeguard, public school principal, coach, swimming and scuba diving instructor, and Ocala city pool manager. He opened Perry's Swim School in 1955, and taught more than 120,000 individuals to swim during his career. Perry was inducted into the Florida Sports Hall of Fame in 1981. Perry's daughter Delee Perry took over Perry's Swim School following her father's death in 1987, and it was still in operation as of 2020. Along with a group of investors, Newton Perry opened Weeki Wachee Springs to the public in October of 1947, and used his experiences working at Silver Springs and Wakulla Springs to develop the original concepts for its underwater theater and mermaid shows. Perry sold his stake in Weeki Wachee Springs in 1950. 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: Perry, Newton
source: Original photograph of visitors to Weeki Wachee Springs State Park, ca. 1950: Personal Collection of Delee Perry.
publisher: RICHES
format: image/jpeg
type: Still Image
coverage: Weeki Wachee Springs State Park, Weeki Wachee, Florida

Visitors to Weeki Wachee Springs State Park in Underwater Theater
subject: Weeki Wachee Springs (Fla.)
subject: Tourism--Florida
subject: Springs--Florida
subject: Parks--Florida
subject: Mermaids--Florida
subject: Perry, Newton, 1908-1987
subject: Underwater photography
description: Photograph of visitors to Weeki Wachee Springs State Park in underwater theater around 1950. Newton "Newt" Perry was born in Valdosta, Georgia in 1908, and moved with his family to Ocala, Florida in 1922. He was a member of the swimming and diving teams at the University of Florida. Perry earned the nickname "The Human Fish" for his performances of underwater stunts in advertising clips and film shorts, and acted as a swim double for actors in movies and TV shows, including Johnny Weissmuller as "Tarzan." Perry also advised filmmakers filming underwater scenes at Silver Springs, Wakulla Springs, and Weeki Wachee Springs, and developed a system for breathing underwater using an air compressor and hose, which was used in the 1948 film "Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid" and during Weeki Wachee Springs' mermaid shows. Perry worked as a lifeguard, public school principal, coach, swimming and scuba diving instructor, and Ocala city pool manager. He opened Perry's Swim School in 1955, and taught more than 120,000 individuals to swim during his career. Perry was inducted into the Florida Sports Hall of Fame in 1981. Perry's daughter Delee Perry took over Perry's Swim School following her father's death in 1987, and it was still in operation as of 2020. Along with a group of investors, Newton Perry opened Weeki Wachee Springs to the public in October of 1947, and used his experiences working at Silver Springs and Wakulla Springs to develop the original concepts for its underwater theater and mermaid shows. Perry sold his stake in Weeki Wachee Springs in 1950. 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: Perry, Newton
source: Original photograph of visitors to Weeki Wachee Springs State Park, ca. 1950: Personal Collection of Delee Perry.
publisher: RICHES
format: image/jpeg
type: Still Image
coverage: Weeki Wachee Springs State Park, Weeki Wachee, Florida

Vista Del Mar Advertisement
subject: Vero Beach (Fla.)
subject: Condominiums--Florida
subject: Housing--Florida
description: A newspaper advertisement for Vista Del Mar, an oceanfront adult condominium located at 5400 Florida State Road A1A in Vero Beach, Florida. According to the ad, which was published in 1974, real estate developers were planning an adult condo community with nine three-story, garden-type buildings. A 748-foot one- and two-bedroom apartments ranged from $24,000.
source: Original newspaper advertisement, 1974: Oviedo Historical Society, Downtown Oviedo, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Vista Del Mar, Vero Beach, Florida

Vivaldi Ristorante, 2003
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Buildings--Florida
subject: Restaurants--Florida
subject: Cuisine
description: Vivaldi Ristorante, located at 107 West Pine Street in Downtown Orlando, Florida, in 2003. Vivaldi is an Italian restaurant named after Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, a Baroque composer, Catholic priest, and violinist in Venice, Italy, during the 18th century. SouthTrust Bank can also bee seen in the background.
creator: Cook, Thomas
source: Original color digital image by Thomas Cook, 2003: Private Collection of Thomas Cook.
publisher: RICHES of Central Florida
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Vivaldi Ristorante, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Vivian Louise Black
subject: Women--Florida
description: Vivian Louise Black (1940-), the daughter of Pilgrim Black (1905-2002) and Lula Mae Haynes Black (1917-2007), who got married in 1937. Vivian is also the oldest sister of Lula Yvonne Black (1942-); Charles Samuel Black (1945-); Pilgrim Black, Jr. (ca. 1947-); and Patricia Ann Black (1956- ); as well as the half-sister of David Harry Black (1929-2012). Vivian graduated from Crooms High School around 1958. She married Benjamin Moore Hawkins in the 1960s and moved to Rochester, New York. The couple had two children together: Benjamin Moore, Jr. (1960-) and Fejetta Michelle Hawkins (1972-). Vivian worked for several years in a factory until she suffered a stroke at age 35, when the left side of her body became completely paralyzed. She moved back to Sanford, Florida, after her stroke.
source: Original black and white photograph: Private Collection of Patricia Ann Black.
contributor: Black, Patricia Ann
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image
coverage: Sanford, Florida

Vivian Louise Black as a Child
subject: Wolcott (N.Y.)
description: Vivian Louise Black (1940-), the daughter of Pilgrim Black (1905-2002) and Lula Mae Haynes Black (1917-2007), who got married in 1937. Vivian is also the oldest sister of Lula Yvonne Black (1942-); Charles Samuel Black (1945-); Pilgrim Black, Jr. (ca. 1947-); and Patricia Ann Black (1956- ); as well as the half-sister of David Harry Black (1929-2012). Vivian graduated from Crooms High School around 1958. She married Benjamin Moore Hawkins in the 1960s and moved to Rochester, New York. The couple had two children together: Benjamin Moore, Jr. (1960-) and Fejetta Michelle Hawkins (1972-). Vivian worked for several years in a factory until she suffered a stroke at age 35, when the left side of her body became completely paralyzed. She moved back to Sanford, Florida, after her stroke.
source: Original black and white photograph: Private Collection of Patricia Ann Black.
contributor: Black, Patricia Ann
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image
coverage: Wolcott, New York

Voltaire Drive
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Housing--Florida
description: The Voltaire Drive entrance to Sky Lake, located off of Lancaster Road. The shot angle was due north of the entrance. Sky Lake is a residential community and unincorporated area in Orange County, Florida. It is located approximately seven miles south of Downtown Orlando between Lancaster Road and Sand Lake Road. The community was developed in late 1950s and 1960s by Hymen Lake. Houses originally sold in the range of $10,000 to $15,000. In the 1970s, Sky Lake became one of the first housing developments to be racially integrated. The community was originally proposed to include one thousand homes within the middle of the square mile block and a ring of commercial developments along the perimeter.
creator: DeWitt, Fred
source: Original 8 x 10 inch black and white photograph by Fred DeWitt: Pine Castle Historical Society, Pine Castle, Florida.
contributor: Lake, Harriett
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Sky Lake, Florida

Voltaire Drive, 1966
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Housing--Florida
description: The Voltaire Drive entrance to Sky Lake, located off of Lancaster Road. The shot angle was due north of the entrance. Sky Lake is a residential community and unincorporated area in Orange County, Florida. It is located approximately seven miles south of Downtown Orlando between Lancaster Road and Sand Lake Road. The community was developed in late 1950s and 1960s by Hymen Lake. Houses originally sold in the range of $10,000 to $15,000. In the 1970s, Sky Lake became one of the first housing developments to be racially integrated. The community was originally proposed to include one thousand homes within the middle of the square mile block and a ring of commercial developments along the perimeter.
creator: DeWitt, Fred
source: Original 8 x 10 inch black and white photograph by Fred DeWitt: Pine Castle Historical Society, Pine Castle, Florida.
contributor: Lake, Harriett
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Sky Lake, Florida

W. A. Patrick
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Tires--United States
subject: Businessmen--United States
description: A newspaper article about W. A. Patrick, president of the Seminole Tire Shop in Sanford, Florida. Patrick migrated to Sanford on March 10, 192,7 and established a tire repair business that also distributed Firestone and Crosley products. By 1932, his business was recognized as the "leading and most progressive of its kind" in Sanford, according to the article. At the time that the article was written, Patrick resided at 1513 Palmetto Avenue with his wife, Agnes Bartlett Patrick. W. A. Patrick was also a member of the Masons, the Elks Lodges, and the Christian Church. His store, the Seminole Tire Shop, erected one of the largest one-stop service stations in the city, which was located at the first Sanford State Farmers' Market that opened in 1934. The Seminole Tire Shop was incorporated in 1932 but is no longer active.
source: Original newspaper article: "Seminole Tire Shop ." The Sanford Herald: Who's Who of 1933, Vol. 24, No. 157, April 29, 1933. Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.
publisher: Herald Printing Company
contributor: Wieboldt
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Seminole Tire Shop, Sanford, Florida

W. H. Fletcher Advertisement
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Roofing--United States
description: A newspaper advertisement in The South Florida Argus issue for January 3, 1886. This issue includes an advertisement for W. H. Fletcher, a roofer based in Sanford, Florida. The South Florida Argus was Republican paper published by Adolphus Edwards and printed in the Old Fort Reed Building on First Street in Sanford. The Sanford Journal, a Democratic newspaper, had its offices next door in the very same building. There was, of course, some rivalry between the two papers. After some time, Edwards gave up printing The South Florida Argus to become the local postmaster.
source: Print reproduction of microfilmed newspaper advertisements: The South Florida Argus, January 3, 1886: Microfilm Cabinet, Reel BN06021, Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.
publisher: The South Florida Argus
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Sanford, Florida

W. H. Underwood Buggies and Wagons: Harness and Farm Implements
subject: Photography--Florida
subject: Agricultural implements
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
subject: Factories--United States
subject: Carriage and wagon making--United States
subject: Carriage industry--United States
subject: Wagon making
subject: Automobile industry and trade--United States
description: W. H. Underwood established his carriage factory between late 1908 and early 1909, according to a trade news publication from February 1909. The Underwood Factory manufactured carriages, delivery wagons, special-use vehicles, sign painting, and primitive automobiles. Underwood's factory was considered to be "the swellest and largest line of vehicles this side of Jacksonville." He would later become an alderman for the City of Sanford. A 1913 newspaper report indicates that his wife died in 1913 from ptomaine poisoning, an allergic reaction to eating bad oysters.
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

W. J. Hill Store
subject: Sanford (Fla.)
description: The W. J. Hill Store in Sanford, Florida. Although the earliest type of stereoscope dates back to 1838, this stereoscope card is from a Holmes-style stereoscope invented by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935) in 1861. The two separate images are printed side-by-side. When viewed with a stereoscopic viewer, the images appear to create one three dimensional image. Items in the foreground appear closer, items in the background appear farther away, and the overall image is also magnified. Published by J. G. Mangold of Palatka, Florida. This stereoscope boasts, "Always on hand a good assortment of Florida Stereoscopic and large views of Residences, Groups, Picnics, Excursions, etc."
source: Original 7 x 3.5 inch black and white photograph: Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: W. J. Hill Store, Sanford, Florida

W201 U.S. Steel Blast Furnace Gas Turbine
subject: Engineering--United States
description: A diagram of the W201 U.S. Steel blast furnace gas turbine. The unique application of a modified version of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's W201 (rated at 20,000) was installed at South Works, a U.S. Steel manufacturing plant in Chicago, Illinois. The W201 was the first direct drive gas turbine developed by Westinghouse and was used to drive a 12,500-standard cubic feet per minute fan to blow air into a blast furnace. The design requirement was to use blast furnace exhaust gas as its fuel and the installation included an external burner. 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 located on several acres of that land parcel close to Alafaya Trail. As the PGBU grew in size, other buildings were rented and then, after PGBU was sold to Siemens Corporation, additional buildings were added to the complex. In 1994, after a major corporate management shuffling and commitment to change from an industrial manufacturing company to primarily a broadcasting/communications company, Westinghouse bought the CBS Network and changed its name to the CBS Corporation. As the PGBU grew in s…
source: Original black and white diagram: Private Collection of Harry L. Jaeger.
contributor: Jaeger, Harry L.
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image
coverage: South Works, Chicago, Illinois

W501 Evolution
subject: Energy--United States
description: A table showing the evolution of the W501 gas turbine. Following the introduction of the W501A in 1967-1968, Westinghouse Electric Corporation's technology evolved as turbine inlet temperatures increased by means of improved internal cooling and advanced metallurgy. From 1968 to 1975, the W501 progressed from the W501A (~40MW), W501AA (~60MW), W501B (~80MW) and the W501D (~95MW). The improved W501D5 was introduced in 1981, initially at a rating of 96.5MW (growing to 107MW around 1985). In 1995, the W501D5A upgrade was offered with a rating of 120MW. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Westinghouse introduced the advanced 501F, initially rated at 150MW (nominal). The first commercial start-up date for the 501F was in 1993, installed at the Florida Power and Light Company's Fort Lauderdale Station repowering project. 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 located on several acres of that land parcel close to Alafaya Trail. As the PGBU grew in size, other buildings were rented and then, after PGBU was sold to Siemens Corporation, additional buildings were added to the compl…
source: Original chart: Scalzo, A. J., R. L. Bannister, G. S. Howard, and M. DeCorso. "Evolution of Heavy-Duty Power Generation and Industrial Gas Turbines in the United States." Paper presented at the International Gas Turbine Conference for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, The Hague, Netherlands, June 1994.
contributor: Jaeger, Harry L.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Dataset
coverage: Westinghouse Electric Lester Plant, Lester, Pennsylvania

W501A Gas Turbine
subject: Energy--United States
description: The W501A, rated at 37MW, was introduced by Westinghouse Electric in 1968 as a direct successor to the W301. The first W501A was installed at Dow Chemical Company's plant Freeport, Texas. 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 located on several acres of that land parcel close to Alafaya Trail. As the PGBU grew in size, other buildings were rented and then, after PGBU was sold to Siemens Corporation, additional buildings were added to the complex. In 1994, after a major corporate management shuffling and commitment to change from an industrial manufacturing company to primarily a broadcasting/communications company, Westinghouse bought the CBS Network and changed its name to the CBS Corporation. As the PGBU grew in size, other buildings were rented and then, after PGBU was sold to Siemens Corporation in 1998, additional buildings were added to the Quadrangle.
source: Original color photograph: Private Collection of Harry L. Jaeger.
contributor: Jaeger, Harry L.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Westinghouse Electric Lester Plant, Lester, Pennsylvania

Wakeboarding on Lake Eola, 2007
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Lakes--Florida
subject: Wakeboarding
description: A wakeboard ramp on Lake Eola Downtown Orlando, Florida, in 2007. Lake Eola and its surrounding park is one of the unusual features that sets Orlando apart from other cities. In the middle of the lake rests the Linton E. Allen Memorial Fountain, Orlando's unofficial symbol. The fountain was installed in 1912, costing $10,000. In 1957, a replacement originally called the Centennial Fountain was installed, costing $350,000. From its earliest days, Downtown Orlando was situated on the west side of the lake. As the town grew into a city, Lake Eola continued to be a focal point for the inhabitants, who used the lake for bathing, swimming and fishing, and its shores picnicking, listening to concerts, and participating in religious services. Much of the land around Lake Eola was donated to Orlando by Jacob Summerlin who designated that it be a public park. It has remained one ever since. The rest of the park land was donated by the Musselwhite Family and Mayor Frank Sperry.
creator: Cook, Thomas
source: Original color digital images by Thomas Cook, 2007: Private Collection of Thomas Cook.
publisher: RICHES of Central Florida
contributor: Cook, Thomas
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Lake Eola Park, Downtown Orlando, Florida
coverage: Linton E. Allen Memorial Fountain, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Wall Street Plaza, 2001
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Buildings--Florida
subject: Restaurants--Florida
subject: Nightclubs--Florida
subject: Bars (Drinking establishments)--Florida
description: Wall Street Plaza, located at 26 Wall Street in Downtown Orlando, Florida, in 2001. Wall Street Plaza is a complex of locally-owned bars, restaurants, and nightclubs established in 1995. The plaza originally had just one bar and has grown to include eight venues, as of 2013, including: Wall Street Cantina, The Hen House, Hooch, Loaded Hog, Monkey-Bar, One-Eyed Jack's, Slingapour's, and Waitiki. Wall Street Cantina, a Mexican restaurant, can be seen to the right of the photograph. In 2014, Loaded Hog and One-Eyed Jack's were replaced by Shine and Slingapour's was replaced by Shine. Wall Street Plaza hosts various block parties and special events in Downtown Orlando.
creator: Cook, Thomas
source: Original color digital image by Thomas Cook, 2001: Private Collection of Thomas Cook.
publisher: RICHES of Central Florida
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Wall Street Plaza, Downtown Orlando, Florida
coverage: Wall Street Cantina, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Wally Schirra and Others at Post-Flight Event
subject: Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
subject: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
subject: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
subject: NASA
subject: Atlas (Missile)
subject: Astronauts--United States
subject: Project Mercury (U.S.)
description: Astronaut Wally Schirra (1923-2007) at a post-flight event. Dr.Calvin D. Fowler, the Launch Conductor at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS)'s Launch Complex 14 (LC-14) in Cape Canaveral, Florida, presented Schirra with the key to launch Schirra's spacecraft, Sigma 7, into orbit on October 3, 1962. Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) was the fifth manned space mission and was launched as part of Project Mercury.
source: Original black and white photographic print, 1962: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
contributor: Fowler, Calvin "Cal" D.
contributor: Chronopoints
format: image/jpg
type: Still Image
coverage: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral, Florida

Walt Disney Road Atlas for Cast Members
subject: Walt Disney World (Fla.)--Maps
subject: Amusement parks--Florida
subject: Lake Buena Vista (Fla.)--Maps
subject: Magic Kingdom (Fla.)
subject: EPCOT Center (Fla.)--Maps
description: Cast Member Map of Walt Disney World from 1986, showing such locations as the Magic Kingdom, EPCOT Center, the future location of the Disney-MGM Studios, Fort Wilderness Campground, the Contemporary Resort, Lake Buena Vista Village, Walt Disney World Village, and the future location of Pleasure Island. This map was issued to all new employees around 1986. It was not for public/tourist use, as it lists all areas that are accessible by employees only. This includes employee parking areas, access roads as well as a map of the Magic Kingdom Tunnel complex, the underground corridors and rooms that the rest of the Magic Kingdom is built upon.
source: Original map, 1986: Walt Disney Company: Private Collection of Thomas Cook.
publisher: Walt Disney Company
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
coverage: Epcot Center, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
coverage: Disney's MGM Studios, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
coverage: Fort Wilderness Campground, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
coverage: Disney's Contemporary Resort, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
coverage: Lake Buena Vista Resort Village & Spa, Orlando, Florida
coverage: Downtown Disney Pleasure Island, Pleasure Island, Florida

Walter C. Bass, City Father
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
subject: Kissimmee (Fla.)
subject: Gainesville (Fla.)
description: Walter C. Bass (1900-1973) was born in Kissimmee, Florida, on January 9, 1900. He had attended the University of Florida (UF) and was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity, a 32d Degree Mason, a member of the Grotto and the Elks Club. Bass belonged to the Methodist Church and the Orlando Country Club. Over his lifetime, he held a variety of jobs, working in a meat market and grocery store, and then coming to own the Bass Hotel, work as a real estate agent, and, most importantly, serve as Orlandos city commissioner from 1952 to 1954. He was married to Ethel Bass and had two children. Bass passed away on January 19, 1973.
source: Original newspaper article: "Walter C. Bass, City Father." The Kissimmee Gazette: Orlando Remembered Exhibit, Downtown Orlando Information Center, Orlando, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Kissimmee, Florida
coverage: University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
coverage: Hotel Bass, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Walter Gaudnek
subject: Gaudnek, Walter, 1931-
subject: Art--Southern States
subject: Painting--Florida
subject: Educators--Florida
subject: Teachers--Florida
subject: Orlando (Fla.)
description: Born in Fleyh, Czechoslovakia, in 1931, pop artist Dr. Walter Gaudnek is known for his blend of his bold colors, philosophy, religious symbolism, labyrinth installations, and mixtures of performance and art. He also draws heavy inspiration from Bohemia, Caravaggio, Kazimir Malevich, and Pablo Picasso. A 1957 Fulbright Scholar who received his doctorate from New York University, he joined the art faculty of the Florida Technological University (present-day University of Central Florida) in Orlando, Florida, in 1970. Dr. Gaudnek previously taught at universities in Los Angeles, New York, and Ohio. He founded the Long Island University's Hillwood Art Museum in Greenvale, New York. His honors from UCF include Distinguished Researcher of the Year (1990), the Teaching Incentive Program Award (1995 and 2005), the Professional Excellence Program Award (1997), the President's Award (1999), and the Research Incentive Award (2002). In 1994, the Sudetendeutecher Landsmannschaft, an organization dedicated to recognizing the achievements of the Czech-German diaspora, awarded him the Kulturpreis for Fine Art and Architecture. Dr. Gaudnek's work can be seen at the Gaudnek Europe Museum (GEM) in Altomnster, Germany, as well as the UCF Library, which contains a retrospective of his work from 1945 to 2007. He has participated in more than 200 solo and group exhibitions, installations, and performances in Germany, Italy, Spain, England, Colombia, the Czech Republic, and the United States. His works have also been exhibited in museums in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Virginia, Arizona, Florida, Europe, and Brazil, as well as schools, banks, office buildings, libraries, theaters, museums, and private homes in Europe and the United States. He has been featured in documentaries in San Francisco, New York, Munich, Sใo Paolo, and Paris.
source: Original color photograph: City of Orlando Terrace Gallery, Orlando, Florida.
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Still Image
coverage: Fleyh, Czechoslovakia
coverage: Florida Technological University, Orlando, Florida
coverage: University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
coverage: Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University, Greenvale, New York
coverage: Gaudnek Europe Museum, Altomnster, Dachau, Bavaria, Germany

War Diary of William Eppright
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: Veterans--Florida
description: The war diary of William Graf Eppright (1923-1945). The diary records Eppright's activity between August 8 and August 10, 1945, which was the date that he was killed in action. The document was declassified on December 31, 2012. Born on May 3, 1923, Eppright ran track in high school. On June 30, 1942, he registered for the draft. On October 1, 1942, he began his service in the United States Navy. He served in the Domestic Service and Foreign Service. On January 27, 1945, he married Mildred Anna Brady. In August of 1945, he was assigned to the USS Siboney. On August 10, 1945, the aircraft collided in the air, and Eppright was among the six pilots and crewmen presumed lost and killed in action. He is memorialized in 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: Naval Transportation Service
source: Digital reproduction of original war diary.
publisher: Naval Transportation Service
format: image/jpg
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: San Francisco, California

War Ration Book Four: Prince Butler Boston
subject: Oviedo (Fla.)
subject: World War II, 1939-1945
subject: Rationing--United States
description: This World War II-era war ration book belonged to Prince Butler Boston, a prominent African American leader in Oviedo, Florida, who was integral to creating a vibrant black community in Seminole County through industry and his patronage. Boston was the son of a Georgia slave owner, Dr. Alexander Atkinson, who moved to Central Florida in 1885, when Boston was 14 years old. After the citrus freeze during the 1890s, Atkinson abandoned citrus growing and moved to Miami, leaving most his land to Boston. Boston was a member of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church for nearly 61 years, beginning in 1886 until his death in 1947. He was ordained as a deacon in the church and also became the superintendent of the Sunday school, as well. Once membership in the church began to grow, he designed a second choir stand and two additional classrooms. Boston also gave five acres of land to the church to build a cemetery, which is now known as the Boston Hill Cemetery. In May 1942, the U.S. Office of Price Administration froze prices on everyday goods, such as coffee, sugar, and gasoline. Families were issued war ration books and tokens, which dictated how many and how much goods could be purchased by any one family. Various types of rationing included certificate rationing, differential coupon rationing, point rationing, and uniform coupon rationing. Sugar is an example of uniform coupon rationing which provided equal shares of a single product to every American; point rationing issued coupons for points. Theses points could be used for any combination of items in processed foods and meats. Differential coupon rationing provided products based on varying needs. These products included gasoline and fuel oil. In the case of certificate rationing, individuals had to demonstrate need for the products, such as tires, cars, and stoves.
source: Original war ration book: U.S. Office of Price Administration: Private Collection of Ida Boston.
publisher: U.S. Office of Price Administration
contributor: Boston, Ida
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Oviedo, Florida

Warranty Deed for George W. Oden (January 6, 1903)
subject: Apopka (Fla.)
subject: Deeds--Florida
description: Warranty deed certifying the transfer of land in Apopka, Florida, from John F. Cogswell and Esther M. Cogswell to George W. Oden on November 1, 1902. The property transferred was 40 acres in the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 8 in Township 21, south of Range 28 East, and was notarized by Frank H. Davis and David E. Moulton. The deed was certified by J. N. Bradshaw and M. A. Howard, circuit court clerk and deputy clerk of the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit of Orange County, respectively, on January 28, 1903. George W. Oden (1862-1939) was a successful businessman and citrus grower in Apopka, Florida. Born in Sylacauga, Alabama, Oden moved to Apopka by 1902. He owned four businesses and five parcels of land, where he grew citrus. In 1933, Oden donated land for the construction of the Pleasant View Baptist Church, located at 1202 South Central Avenue. Oden was also the recipient of the City of Apopka's Fifty Years in Business Award.
source: Original warranty deed, January 6, 1903: State of Florida, County of Orange, Apopka, Florida: series I, box 1, folder 29, 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: Oden, George W.
contributor: Cogswell, John F.
contributor: Cogswell, Esther M.
contributor: Bradshaw, J. N.
contributor: Howard, M. A.
contributor: Daggett, Angelia
contributor: Libby, C. E.
contributor: Davis, Frank H.
contributor: Moulton, David E.
contributor: Mundy, Carol E.
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Apopka, Florida