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Patricia Black at Age Eight
Eight year-old Patricia Ann Black (1956- ) while attending Hopper Elementary School, located on South Bay Avenue in Georgetown in Sanford, Florida. Patricia Ann Black was the daughter of Pilgrim Black (1905-2002) and Lula Mae Haynes Black…
Patricia Black at Age Fourteen
Fourteen year-old Patricia Ann Black (1956- ) while attending North Rose-Wolcott High School, located at 11631 Salter-Colvin Road in Wolcott, New York. Black was the daughter of Pilgrim Black (1905-2002) and Lula Mae Haynes Black (1917-2007), who got…
Patricia Black with Nephew Benjamin Hawkins, Jr.
Six year old Patricia Ann Black (1956- ) with her two year old nephew, Benjamin Hawkins, Jr. (1960-), in 1962. The two children are pictured in the front yard of the Black family home located at the corner of East Tenth Street and South Bay Avenue in…
Patricia Black, 1982
Patricia Ann Black (1956- ) in Rochester, New York, a couple of months after she gave birth to her son William Bigham III (1982- ) in 1982 with her third husband William Bigham Jr. (1952- ). Patricia Ann Black was the daughter of Pilgrim Black…
Patricia Eileen Bartlett, Mary Leonora Aulin Bartlett, and Alice Irene Bartlett
Mary "Lona" Leonora Aulin Bartlett (b. 1924) with her two eldest daughters, Patricia "Trish" Eileen Bartlett (b. 1948) and Alice Irene Bartlett (b. 1949). Lona was the granddaughter of Emma Leonora Lawton Aulin (1853-1907) and Andrew Aulin, Sr.…
Patron Donations Help Band
A newspaper article published by The Oviedo Outlook on July 7, 1971. This article is the publication of an open letter by Oviedo High School band director, Richard A. Feinberg, asking for donations for the marching band. The article also outlines…
Patty Reynolds and A History of Racial Injustice Calendars
Patty Reynolds behind a table with stacks of calendars, entitled "A History of Racial Injustice", at a screening of the 60-minute documentary, "The Yard", at the First Unitarian Church of Orlando. The event took place on March 7, 2019, from 6:30pm to…
Paul and Margaret Hardy
Paul and Margaret Hardy celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary on January 15, 1953. The couple are standing in front of a cake with a bride and groom cake topper. Three children appear in the bottom left corner of the photograph.
Born on December…
Peace Memorial Church Postcard
A postcard depicting the Peace Memorial Presbyterian Church (PMPC), located at 110 South Fort Harrison Avenue, in Clearwater, Florida. PMPC was chartered in 1891 under the name Clearwater Presbyterian Church. The church was later renamed the First…
Peninsular Florida Depends Upon The Rainfall Cycle for Water Supplies
A document discussing the importance of rainfall to Central Florida's water supply. This reporthows Orlando rainfall data for circa 1905 to circa 1965, listing monthly averages and record highs and lows.
Pensacola High School's Senior Class, 1939
A page from Pensacola High School's yearbook, Tiger's Tale for the 1938-1939 school year. In 1870, the first public school for boys in Pensacola, Florida, was organized. In 1875, a two-story building was constructed on Wright Street and the school…
People Fishing on Lake Monroe
Postcard of people fishing along Lake Monroe in Sanford, Florida. Lake Monroe is a lake that is part of the St. Johns River system in Florida and is also the eighth largest lake in the Orlando metropolitan area. Sanford is located on its northern…
Perry Family
Photograph of Perry family members in swimming costumes at Hampton Springs, Florida, in 1912. On the back of the photograph is a handwritten caption that partially reads "Kate Perry" and "Augusta Lee". Newton "Newt" Perry was born in Valdosta,…
Personal Check from Edwin G. Eastman Paid to Self (June 8, 1871)
This is a check written on June 8, 1871 by Edwin G. Eastman, made payable to himself in the amount of $100.00, likely related to a transaction involving Belair Grove. Eastman was an associate of Henry Shelton Sanford (1823-1891). The two initially…
Personal Check from Edwin G. Eastman Paid to Self (June 8, 1871)
This is a check written on June 8, 1871 by Edwin G. Eastman, made payable to himself in the amount of $80.00, likely related to a transaction involving Belair Grove. Eastman was an associate of Henry Shelton Sanford (1823-1891). The two initially met…
Personal Check from Edwin G. Eastman Paid to Self (May 23, 1871)
This is a personal check written on May 23, 1871 by Edwin G. Eastman and paid to self in the amount of $168.87. Eastman was an associate of Henry Shelton Sanford (1823-1891). The two initially met through their mutual service in the U.S. Diplomatic…
Personal Check from Edwin G. Eastman to G. W. Twain (June 8, 1871)
Personal check from Edwin G. Eastman paid to G. W. Twain in the amount of $6.30 on June 8, 1871, likely related to a transaction involving Belair Grove. Eastman was an associate of Henry Shelton Sanford (1823-1891). The two initially met through…
Personal Check from Edwin G. Eastman to Jacob Brock (June 4, 1871)
This is a check written on June 4, 1871 and addressed to Jacob Brock from Edwin G. Eastman in the amount of $16.50, likely related to a transaction involving Belair Grove. Eastman was an associate of Henry Shelton Sanford (1823-1891). The two…
Personal Check from Edwin G. Eastman to Jacob Brock (June 6, 1871)
This is a personal check written on June 6, 1871 and addressed from Edwin G. Eastman to Jacob Brock in the amount of $16. Eastman was an associate of Henry Shelton Sanford. The two initially met through their mutual service in the U.S. Diplomatic…
Personal Check from Edwin G. Eastman to Manuel Medecis (June 8, 1871)
Personal check from Edwin G. Eastman paid to Manuel Medicis in the amount of $100.50 on June 8, 1871, likely related to a transaction involving Belair Grove. Eastman was an associate of Henry Shelton Sanford (1823-1891). The two initially met through…
Personal Check from Edwin G. Eastman to S. B. Hubbard (June 8, 1871)
This is a personal check written on June 8, 1871, and addressed from Edwin G. Eastman to S. B. Hubbard in the amount of $238.06. Eastman was an associate of Henry Shelton Sanford (1823-1891). The two initially met through their mutual service in the…
Personal Mention
A newspaper article published in The Times Herald on August 9, 1929. The article describes Bryce Lafave (1920-1996), a young boy who underwent mastoid operation surgery two weeks before publication.
Born on November 22, 1920, in Bay City, Michigan,…
Personnel at the Downtown Orlando Post Office, 1930
The staff of the Downtown Orlando Post Office, located at 44 East Central Boulevard in Downtown Orlando, Florida, in 1930, including Postmaster Dr. Laycock and assistant Postmaster Dedaney. All employees of the Post Office, including the custodians,…
Personnel at the Downtown Orlando Post Office, 1938
The staff of the Downtown Orlando Post Office, located at 44 East Central Boulevard in Downtown Orlando, Florida, in 1938, including Postmaster Beggs. All employees of the Post Office, including the custodians, were considered full employees of the…
Personnel at the Downtown Orlando Post Office, 1941
Taken in 1941, this group photograph shows all the operational staff at the newly constructed Downtown Orlando Post Office, located at 51 East Jefferson Street in Downtown Orlando, Florida. All employees of the Post Office, including the custodians,…
Personnel Diary
The Personnel Diary of the United States Navy, featuring the enlisted sailors on board the USS Paricutin. The muster roll lists the names, field or service number, ranking and change description on June 8, 1951.
A notable person listed is Charles…
Peter Frampton Ticket Stub
A ticket stub for Rock Super Bowl III, featuring Peter Frampton (b. 1950), Kansas, The J. Geils Band, and Rick Derringer (b. 1947), at the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando, Florida. The concert took place on September 4, 1977, and was presented by the Beach…
Peters Shoes by Bettye Reagan, 1986
A painting by Bettye Reagan, a local artist in Central Florida, inspired by a photograph of Downtown Oviedo, Florida sometime, between 1880 and 1919. The painting depicts two past businesses located on Broadway: Peters Shoes and J. B. Jones and…
Peters Shoes by Bettye Reagan, 2001
A painting by Bettye Reagan, a local artist in Central Florida, inspired by a photograph of Downtown Oviedo, Florida sometime, between 1880 and 1919. The painting depicts two past businesses located on Broadway: Peters Shoes and J. B. Jones and…
Petrified Bridge Tree Postcard
A postcard shows petrified bridge tree, near Adamana, Arizona. Now a ghost town with only four inhabited buildings, Adamana was once home to 30 families, and had a hotel until 1965 and a post office until 1969. It was known as the "Gateway to the…
Philip Glass Ensemble Ticket Stub
A ticket stub for a concert featuring The Philip Glass Ensemble at the Enzian Theater, located at 1300 South Orlando Avenue in Maitland, Florida, on April 10, 1985. Ticket prices were $15 in advance and $20 at the door. The Philip Glass Ensemble was…
Picnic at Meads Woods
A picnic at Meads Woods near Oviedo, Florida. Mead Woods was named after Dr. Theodore Luqueer Mead (1852-1936), who was famous for hybridizing orchids, amaryllis, and caladiums. Dr. T. L. Mead migrated from New York to Eustis, Florida, in 1869, and…
PICO Block
View of the former PICO Block from the intersection of North Oak Avenue and West Commercial Street in Sanford, Florida. The building was constructed and opened by the Plant Investment Company (PICO) in 1887 to house the company's local offices. PICO…
PICO Hotel
PICO Hotel, located at 209 North Oak Avenue in Sanford, Florida, was built in 1887 for Henry Bradley Plant, President of the Plant Investment Company (PICO). The onion-shaped dome located on the southwest corner of the roof resembled a Turkish…
PICO Hotel Postcard
Sanford's PICO Hotel, located at 209 North Oak Avenue, was built in 1887 for Henry B. Plant, President of the Plant Investment Company or (PICO). The onion-shaped dome located on the southwest corner of the roof resembled a Turkish minaret. The dome…
Pilgrim Black
Pilgrim Black (1905-2002), the father of Patricia Ann Black (1956- ), standing in front of his house at the corner of East Twenty-Fifth Street and South Sanford Avenue in Sanford, and wearing his first pair of long pants sometime between age 12 and…
Pilgrim Black with Grandson William Bigham III
Pilgrim Black (1905-2002) with his grandson, William Bigham III (1982- ), who is also the son of Patricia Ann Black (1956- ) and her third husband William Bigham, Jr. (1952- ). This photograph was taken around 1983 or 1984 and shows Pilgrim tickling…
Pillar Honoring Robert Rich Mudge
A pillar honoring the place where Second Lieutenant Mudge fell during Dade’s Battle. The area is now a part of Dade Battlefield State Park in Bushnell, Florida. On June 13, 1842, as a prelude to the formal ending of the Second Seminole War, Col.…
Pillow Talk, May 17 & 18, 2014
A program for the Orlando Gay Chorus' concert, "Pillow Talk", on May 17 &
Pillow Talk: Come Fly With Us
A poster for the Orlando Gay Chorus concert "Divas on the Halfshell". The event was held at The Plaza Theater in Orlando, Florida on May 17 &
Pine Crest Elementary Fifth Grade Class, 1990-1991
Pine Crest Elementary School fifth grade teachers and students for the 1990-1991 school year. The principal for the school year was Tim Seibert and the assistant principal was Kathy Cody.Pine Crest Elementary opened in 1955 at 405 West 27th Street in…
Pine Crest Elementary First Grade Class, 1986-1987
Ms. Hopkins' first grade class at Pine Crest Elementary for the 1986-1987 school year. The principal for that school year was C. Carroll.Pine Crest Elementary opened in 1955 at 405 West 27th Street in Sanford, Florida. The school was built in order…
Pine Crest Elementary First Grade Class, 1989-1990
Ms. Hopkins' first grade class at Pine Crest Elementary for the 1989-1990 school year.Pine Crest Elementary opened in 1955 at 405 West 27th Street in Sanford, Florida. The school was built in order to accommodate the growing population of…
Pine Crest Elementary Fourth Grade Class 1989-1990
Ms. Francis' fourth grade class at Pine Crest Elementary for the 1989-1990 school year. Other teachers photographed are Mrs. Redisky, Mrs. Franica, and Mrs. Kooy. Students in the photograph include: Roxsan[sp] Strine, Patrik[sp] Helms, Andra[sp]…
Pine Crest Elementary Fourth Grade Class, 1992-1993
Patty Johnson Swann's fourth grade class at Pine Crest Elementary for the 1992-1993 school year. The principal for that school year was Tim Seibert. Students photographed include: Yessinia Grtiz, Sherri Jackson, Robby Ford, Terrica Zimmerman, Jimmy…
Pine Crest Elementary Kindergarten Class, 1985-1986
Ms. Jarand's kindergarten class at Pine Crest Elementary for the 1985-1986 school year. The principal for that school year was C. Carroll.Pine Crest Elementary opened in 1955 at 405 West 27th Street in Sanford, Florida. The school was built in order…
Pine Crest Elementary Kindergarten Class, 1988-1989
Mrs. Smith's kindergarten class at Pine Crest Elementary for the 1988-1989 school year. Students photographed include Stephanie, Christina Brown, Oren, Edard[sp], Micheal[sp] Randall, and Crystal in the first…
Pine Crest Elementary School Principal's Monthly Payroll Report, August 15, 1955-September 12, 1955
Pine Crest Elementary School's Monthly Payroll Report for the period of August 15, 1955-September 12, 1955. The principal was Margaret Reynolds and her secretary was June Vance. The payroll included eleven teachers: Polly Daniels and Ann F. Echols,…
Pine Crest Elementary Second Grade Class, 1990-1991
Ms. Hicks' second grade class at Pine Crest Elementary for the 1990-1991 school year. Pine Crest Elementary opened in 1955 at 405 West 27th Street in Sanford, Florida. The school was built in order to accommodate the growing population of…
Pine Crest Elementary Third Grade Class, 1988-1989
Mrs. Hudick's third grade class at Pine Crest Elementary for the 1988-1989 school year. Students photographed include Charlie McLain, Stephanie Murray, Donald Cadman, Jennifer Elwell, Bret Whitte, Cherie May, Micheal[sp] Arington, and April…
Pine Crest Elementary Third Grade Class, 1991-1992
Mrs. Francis' third grade class at Pine Crest Elementary for the 1991-1992 school year. Pine Crest Elementary opened in 1955 at 405 West 27th Street in Sanford, Florida. The school was built in order to accommodate the growing population of…
Pine Needle Basket Weaved by a Geneva Resident
Pine needle basket woven by Mrs. Nixon, a Geneva resident, in 1917. Geneva is a community in Seminole County. The area was originally inhabited by the Timucuan tribe as early as 2000 B.C.E. Between 1765 and 1766, John and William Bartram explored the…
Pinewood Estate at Bok Tower Gardens
The Pinewood Estate at Bok Tower Gardens, located at 1151 Tower Boulevard in Lake Wales, Florida. The Pinewood Estate is a mansion that was constructed for Charles Austin Buck, the vice president of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation. In 1929, William…
Pioneer Palm Crafts from Geneva
Palm crafts designed by pioneers in Geneva, Florida, between 1850 and 1920. The crafts pictured include a State Fair award-winning palm hat, a fan, an unfinished necktie, a turtle toy with head and tail that move, a utility basket, and a finger trap.…
Plane and Patches for Lieutenant Dean N. Post, Jr.
The plane and patches for Lieutenant Dean N. Post, Jr. (1921-1944). Lt. Post was a pilot from Tampa, Florida, who served in the U.S. Army during World World II with the 357th Fighter Group of the 264th Fighter Squadron. His airplane crashed in…
Plant Railroad Station
A railroad station in the Plant System in 1872. The Lake Monroe and Orlando Railroad was organized in 1875. The charter planned to construct a railroad from the St. Johns River port in Sanford south to Orlando. On October 16, 1878, the South Florida…
Plant System Hospital No. 1
Plant System Hospital No. 1 in 1872. The Lake Monroe and Orlando Railroad was organized in 1875. The charter planned to construct a railroad from the St. Johns River port in Sanford south to Orlando. On October 16, 1878, the South Florida Railroad…
Plaque for Kenneth W. Hunter, Jr.
A plaque for First Lieutenant Kenneth W. Hunter, Jr. (1922-1944), an Army pilot during World War II. Hunter died during his service in France and is currently buried at the Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial in Dinozé, France. He is one of 85…
Plaque for Lieutenant Dean N. Post, Jr. at Kléber Barracks
Kleber Barracks, where American Lieutenant Dean N. Post, Jr. (1921-1944) was executed by German authorities on May 27, 1944. Lt. Post was a pilot from Tampa, Florida, who served in the U.S. Army during World World II with the 357th Fighter Group of…
Plaque for Major Jack Cameron Heist at Greenwood Cemetery
The plaque for Major Jack Cameron Heist (1919-1944) at Greenwood Cemetery in Orlando, Florida. Maj. Heist was born to Henry S. Heist and Christina Heist on November 6, 1919, in Eustis, Florida. He received his commission on May 29, 1941, to serve in…
Plat of Survey for Pilgrim Black
Plat of survey for Pilgrim Black (1905-2002). This document certifies that V. K. Smith, a land surveyor for A. C. Doudney Surveyors, Inc., completed the location survey of Pilgrim Black's property on the corner of East Tenth Street and South Bay…
Playback Head Selector Equipment at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Blockhouse
Electronic equipment at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 Blockhouse, mounted in racks similar to the way modern computer servers are, was used to monitor the rocket during Project Mercury launches. Instead of digital readouts…
PO Box Receipt for R. C. M. Zachary (September 30, 1954)
A receipt for a PO box for R. C. M. Zachary with the box number that he paid for, listed along with the dates of purchase and when the rent for the PO box expires. In addition, the receipt shows the exact amount of $4.52 that Zachary paid along with…
Point of Battery and Statue, Showing Junction of Ashley and Cooper Rivers Postcard
A postcard depicting The Battery at the junction of Ashley River and Cooper River in Charleston, South Carolina. The Battery is a defensive seawall and promenade named for a Civil War-era defense artillery battery located at the site.This postcard is…
Police Arrest Youths
A newspaper article published by The Oviedo Outlook on May 26, 1977. The article details the arrest of three youths who were committing burglary at T. W. Lawton Elementary School, located at 151 Graham Avenue in Oviedo, Florida. Originally called the…
Polishing-Machine for Floors Patent Drawing
The patent drawing for a polishing machine for floors by Ercole Cavicchi. The application was filed on November 22, 1915, and it was patented on February 18, 1919. Ercole's son, Henry Francis Cavicchi (1896-1991), is one of the featured veterans in…
Pop Bands—The Rovin' Flames
A newspaper article published in The Tampa Tribune on September 1, 1966, describing an interview with The Rovin' Flames. The article was written by Rose Marie Almas and Cherie Wallace. In the upper right corner is a photograph of the band standing on…
Pop Goes the Chorus
A poster for the Orlando Gay Chorus concert, “Pop Goes the Chorus”. The event was held at the John & Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center in Loch Haven Park, located at 812 East Rollins Street in Orlando, Florida, on April 3 and 4, 2004. Tickets were…
Population Census for Haines City, Polk County, Florida, 1935
The Florida State Population Census for Haines City, Bradford County, Florida, for 1935. The census divides the population by address, age, gender, race, relationship to head of house, place of birth, occupation, education, and whether they owned or…
Population Census for New York City, Borough of Manhattan, 1905
The Population of the United States Census for Manhattan, New York, New York, for 1905. The census divides the population by categories of
Port Orange Train Station
The Port Orange Train Station in Port Orange, Florida. Originally built in 1894, the Port Orange Train Station was a part of the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) and was used as a flag stop for freight and passenger transport as late as 1955. In…
Portrait of Carrie Ensminger
This portrait is of Jefferson Clay Ensminger's daughter, Carrie Ensminger, at an unspecified time. Carrie Ensminger was born in 1882 and attended school at the Little Red School House in 1893. She would later become a teacher at Sanford Grammar…
Portrait of Clara Louise Guild
Clara Louise Guild, born June 5, 1864, was the first graduate of Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. Her family originally hailed from Boston, Massachusetts. Her father, William Guild, was a Harvard Medical School graduate and pharmacist. Clara…
Portrait of Forrest Lake
Portrait of businessman and politician, Forrest Lake. He first arrived in Sanford in the 1880s. Lake was known as a local politician and later a member of state government. One of his most well known successes in politics was the passing of the bill…
Portrait of Fredrick Ensminger
This photograph is a portrait of a man in his mid-twenties, wearing the traditional Victorian-era collar, crovat, and three-piece suit. Evidence indicates that the young man in this photograph is Fredrick Ensminger, born 1877.
Portrait of Jefferson Clay Ensminger
Self portrait of Jefferson Clay Ensminger, likely taken at the same time as his other portraits. Ensminger was born in 1843 in Stark County, Ohio. His father was a photographer and he likely picked up the trade from the family business based out of…
Portrait of Mary Ensminger
This portrait is of Mary Ensmigner, Jefferson Clay Ensminger's eldest daughter. According to History of Buchanan County, Iowa: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, Mary was five years old in 1881; this would place her year of birth between…
Post 53's Original Post Home Located on Lake Monroe
The American Legion Hall Cannon, located at the 300 Seminole Boulevard in Sanford, Florida around 1939. The log cabin was originally used as the American Legion Campbell-Lossing Post 53, which received the property from the City of Sanford during the…
Post Dean, tué Froidement le 29 Mai 1944
A French newspaper article about Lieutenant Dean N. Post, Jr. (1921-1944), who was killed in action in France during World War II. The article talks about the plane crash that Andre Clair witnessed as a boy, as well as the French citizens' act of…
Post Office Postcard
Postcard showing the United States Post Office and Federal Courthouse at 42-44 East Central Boulevard in Downtown Orlando, Florida. The building was constructed in a Spanish Colonial Revival style from 1939 to 1941 and dedicated on April 14, 1941. It…
Postal Mail Strap
A leather postal mail strap from the Downtown Orlando Post Office, located at 51 East Jefferson Street. Mail straps were used by Orlando postal workers to tie mail together. Leather satchels were used by U.S. postal workers to carry mail from 1864 to…
Postal Willys Wagon at the Dixie Village Post Office, 1958
The Postal Willys Wagon, which first debuted in August of 1953. Willys Motors gained credibility for developing rugged and reliable vehicles during World War II. The Postal Willys Wagon was the first right-hand drive vehicle to be produced in the…
Postcard of Weeki Wachee Springs Mermaid Bonnie Georgiadis Posing Underwater in Costume
Color postcard of Weeki Wachee Springs Mermaid Bonnie Georgiadis in a costume, mid-ballet move during an underwater performance. Text on back of postcard reads, "The underwater acrobatic butterfly ballet is just one of eight big scenes produced for…
Postcards from Sergeant John B. Hancock to Edna P. Hancock (July 1944)
A series of photographic postcards and an envelope sent from Sergeant John B. Hancock (1913-1944) to his wife, Edna P. Hancock in July of 1944. The photographs feature various scenes in Rome, Italy. Sgt. Hancock was born in Thomasville, Georgia, in…
Posting of the Colors
The posting of the colors ceremony at the Geneva Community Center in Geneva, Florida. Three men stand behind the recently mounted flags to the left of a white podium with a red, white and blue ribbon.The Geneva Historical & Genealogical Society,…
Postman's Hat
The classic and distinguished hat that was a part of the attire worn by both postmen and mail truck drivers. The iconic badge of the U.S. Post Office adorns the face of the hat to identify postmen as federal employees and also to signify the role…
Postmark
A notary/corporate postmark used to officially apply to a piece of mail as it passes through the mailstream. It includes town data and was part of a process where postal workers would stamp markings indicating routing, directory service, postage due,…
Postmark Handstamp
This a notary/corporate postmark used to officially apply to a piece of mail as it passes through the mailstream. It includes town data (Orlando) and was part of a process where postal workers would stamp markings indicating routing, directory…
Powell Cemetery, 2003
Powell Cemetery, located at 3858 South Orange Avenue in Orlando, Florida, in 2003. The cemetery is located on land originally owned by Isaac and Sarah Ann Powell. The cemetery is approximately a quarter of an acre and has 32 gravestones, many of…
Power Systems Business Unit
This brochure was published around mid-1986 to announce a major restructuring of Westinghouse Electric's Power Systems Business Unit (PSBU). Until that time, the unit was composed of two separate business units: Nuclear Energy Systems, headquartered…
Praise Team at Restore Orlando
The praise team at the after-school program of Restore Orlando, a church that is now known as the Emmanuel Fellowship and Worship Center. Created by Jerry Applebee and Polly Applebee in 1994, the Restore Orlando's after-school program organized…
Pre-Cooler at the Nelson and Company Packing Plant, 1973
The Nelson and Company Packing plant and a pre-cooler. The company was originally founded by Steen Nelson and Gus Nelson and called Nelson Brothers. The company changed its name to Nelson and Company after it became a three-way partnership between…
Pre-Launch Meeting
A newspaper article about a meeting that occurred on October 9, 1962, before the launch of Walter "Wally" Marty Schirra, Jr. in Sigma 7 between representatives of the Aerospace Corporation; the Burroughs Corporation; Rocketdyne, Inc.; General…
Prediction for 1940
A newspaper article published by The Central Florida Press on June 20, 1930. This article lists a number of predicts for Oviedo in 1940. Predicts include population growth, expansion of land cleared in Black Hammock, the operation of a canning…
Preliminary Plat of Four Lakes, 1983
A plat map showing the area around the Four Lakes area, located east of Florida State Road 436 near the border of Seminole County and Orange County, Florida. The area is named in reference to the four surrounding lakes: Lake Sharp to the north, Deep…
Premier Concerts, June 23 & 24, 1990
A program for the Orlando Gay Chorus' concert, "Premier Concerts", on June 23 and 24, 1990, at the Orlando Museum of Art. The program includes brief biographies of Music Director Dr. Charles Callahan, and Accompanist Terry E. Thomas, program notes,…
Premiere Concerts
A poster for the annual Orlando Gay Chorus show, “Premiere Concerts.” The event was held at the Orlando Museum of Art, located at 2416 North Mills Avenue in Orlando, Florida, on June 23 and 24, 1990. The poster has a black background with white…
Preparing for Sponge Diving Postcard
A postcard depicting a diver suiting up to go sponge diving in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Sponge harvesting in Tarpon began in 1852 when Walter Lowe sailed to Anclote Key to secure cargo containing sponges. The Anclote and Rock Island Sponge Company…