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MtMoriahMissionaryBaptistChurch2.jpg
The church was organized in 1887 by Reverend and Mrs. Charles Ambrose. The building was erected at the corner of Pennsylvania and Lyman Avenues in 1892. With close to 400 active parishioners, Mt. Moriah represents the oldest and one of the largest…

MtMoriahMissionaryBaptistChurch.jpg
The church was organized in 1887 by Reverend and Mrs. Charles Ambrose. The building was erected at the corner of Pennsylvania and Lyman Avenues in 1892. With close to 400 active parishioners, Mt. Moriah represents the oldest and one of the largest…

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Mrs. Willie Smith photographed with part of her large family: her daughter Allie, with her husband, Joe Burns, and granddaughter.

MrsWillieSmith.jpg
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…

MrsErnestineIngram.jpg
The president of the Ideal Woman's Club was also a member of Ward Chapel in 1995. Prior to its closing in the mid 1980s, Mrs. Ingram worked for 27 years as a sales person at Leedy's Dress Shop on Park Avenue South in downtown Winter Park. A lifelong…

MrsEarlineBlue.jpg
The secretary of the Ideal Woman's Club in 1994, Mrs. Blue is also the sister of Ernestine Ingram.

MrsCarolAnderson.jpg
Born in Winter Park, she recently retired from 36 years of service as a public school teacher. Except for her college years and a brief teaching position in Sarasota, she has lived in the same Winter Park neighborhood all of her life. Growing up in…

MrsAllieJohnson.jpg
At the time this photo was taken, Mrs. Johnson lived half-a-block from Warner Chapel on Comstock Avenue. The two story home was built by her father after moving to Winter Park in the late 1920s from North Florida. When Mrs. Johnson was a child she…

MrAndMrsRichmondJLawson.jpg
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…

MrAndMrsBear1900.jpg
Mr. and Mrs. Bear about 1900. Mr. Bear is on horseback and Mrs. Bear is on a bicycle.

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Winter Park History General - Christmas Customs 2000 - current - 24.pdf
Newspaper article about the nine glass Tiffany windows displayed at the Christmas in the Park event.

Winter Park History General - Hannibal Square - 013.pdf
Creator could be city given that the document is talking about city property.
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