Christmas Parade Kicks off Holidays in Winter Park
Christmas Customs (2000 - present) - Winter Park (Fla.)
Newspaper article about the upcoming annual Winter Park Christmas Parade on Park Avenue, with details provided about the participating floats and the Grand Marshall of the event.
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Winter Park Christmas Parade to Kick Off Holiday Season - Sen. Toni Jennings to be the Parade Grand Marshall
Newspaper article about the upcoming "Ye Olde Hometown Christmas Parade", marshalled by Florida Senator Toni Jennings. Expected at the parade are a number of floats, local marching bands, and local celebrities.
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Winter Park Neighborhood Exhibits Holiday Spirit
Newspaper article about houses near Bell Place and Lander Road and their holiday decorations and events. A local event put on by Mary and Everett Sain is called "Santa's Workshop" and draws tourists from around the country.
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Collection of short articles from the Winter Park Observer about the upcoming holiday season
Four short articles about upcoming holiday events in Winter Park, entitled 'Tree Lighting Ceremony', 'Christmas Parade', 'Santa to Visit Winter Park', and 'City to participate in 'Share Your Christmas''.
November 16, 2000 November 30, 2000 December 14, 2000
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Newspaper article about the upcoming lighting ceremony for the Winter Park Christmas Tree.
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Parade and Tree Lighting Usher in Holiday Season
Newspaper article about the lighting of the Winter Park Christmas Tree by Mayor Terry Hotard and Channel 9 news anchor Bob Opsahl.
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Newspaper article about the upcoming Annual Christmas Tree Lighting and Holiday Card Unveiling and associated details.
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A Holiday Tradition Continues in Winter Park
Newspaper article about the upcoming Christmas in the Park event, including the musical performances, the display of Tiffany windows courtesy of the Morse Museum, and other associated details.
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Christmas in the Park; Santa to Visit Winter Park
Newspaper clipping with two short articles about the upcoming Christmas in the Park event and the planned visits for Santa Claus in Winter Park.
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Image and associated caption of a Tiffany window in Winter Park's Central Park.
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Winter in the Park at Central Park West Meadow (2010-11)
Advertisement and coupon for ice skating at the Central Park West Meadow holiday ice rink.
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Program providing information about the events taking place in Winter Park as part of the 2010 holiday season, including events for Christmas and Hannukah as well as more "general" events. Also included are updated store hours for the holiday season.
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The tracks that originally divided the city also provided employment for Westside residents. A position with the railroad meant prestige and financial security. A woman living in the neighborhood remembers that, as an eight-year-old, she had difficulty falling asleep as the trains rumbled through the night in the 1940s. The frequent presence of trains would soon become a way of life for her. Even in today's jet age, Winter Park can boast two northbound and two southbound passenger trains that stop at the Morse Boulevard station. The photograph shows a passing Amtrak train from Comstock Avenue.
Schreyer, Peter -- Photographer, Executive Director of the Crealdé School of Art
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Historic Homes -- Florida -- Winter Park
An important part of neighborhood revival is represented by the high number of Habitat homes.
African-Americans -- Florida -- Winter Park
The decorating of Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Fitzgerald's house has become an annual holiday tradition, which is appreciated by children and adults in the neighborhood.
For over a hundred years the Square has been the center of black-owned businesses in Winter Park. Today, only a few community owned businesses survive. Renewed efforts and the establishment of a historic district are being discussed by neighborhood residents.
The Westside Library Building initially was the Library of Hannibal School. The building was later used as a Westside annex of the Winter Park Public Library. In recent years the building has been incorporated into the Winter Park Community Center. It is currently used as an office for "Head Start" and other programs.
For decades the Pennsylvania Avenue business has represented a grocery store and community meeting place.
Business partners Alonzo Roberts and James Chandler have been giving haircuts at the Deluxe Barbershop for 50 and 39 years, respectfully. Original owners included James Dixon, Jr. and Bill Hardy, who operated a barbershop in the same location around the turn of the century. In March of 1995 the current owners moved across the street to the northside of the square. The newly constructed building will continue the one-hundred-year-old tradition of a continuously operated barbershop in Hannibal Square.
Like many other communities across America, Winter Park celebrates January 16th as a memorial and tribute to the famous civil rights leader. City officials, pastors and community groups march each year through the Westside neighborhood. The festivities usually culminate with musical presentations and speeches by community leaders in Shady Park near Hannibal Square.
The oldest building in Hannibal Square, "The Sands," is the only remaining Westside hotel or boarding house. These establishments once played an important role as a temporary home for seasonal workers coming to Winter Park.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawson operated the first Westside funeral home. Originally they served the community out of what is now the DePugh Nursing Home. The current tow story Pennsylvania Avenue building, which served both as a business and a residence, was constructed in the 1950s. Prior to the establishment of their business, black Westside residents had to hire funeral home services from out of town.
In the backyard of the Pennsylvania Avenue building rests a 1960s Cadillac Hearse. This was the first new professional vehicle purchased by the funeral home. Mrs. Lawson's response to a question about the car: "The Hearse has always been part of the family."
Mrs. Willie Smith photographed with part of her large family: her daughter Allie, with her husband, Joe Burns, and granddaughter.
In 1995, Mrs. Smith was ninety years old and a resident of DePugh Nursing Home. She moved to Winter Park in 1932 with her husband and four children. Her husband worked for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and the young family lived in the "section houses," railroad-owned housing which stood near Webster and Pennsylvania Avenue. Rent was $2 per month. The family of two working parents and eight children later moved to their own home on Morse Boulevard.