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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.

Newspaper clipping with two short articles about the upcoming Christmas in the Park event and the planned visits for Santa Claus in Winter Park.

Image and associated caption of a Tiffany window in Winter Park's Central Park.

Advertisement and coupon for ice skating at the Central Park West Meadow holiday ice rink.

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.…

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…

An important part of neighborhood revival is represented by the high number of Habitat homes.

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Robert Knight represents the fourth generation owner of a restaurant started in 1926 by his great-grandparents Minnie Lee and Inez Jordan. The small restaurant was called "Baby's Lunch Box" after their daughter's nickname "Baby Young." People of "all…

Article about the Christmas in the Park event sponsored by the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, featuring a number of leaded-glass windows by Louis Comfort Tiffany.

Newspaper article about the winners of the Winter Park Christmas Decorations contest and the Winter Park Pines Christmas Decorations contest

Newspaper article about the 1999 pancake breakfast sponsored by Leadership Winter Park alumni and the annual Winter Park Christmas Parade sponsored by the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce.

Newspaper article about the decision made by the county to save $30,000 by not purchasing a 50-foot-tall live Christmas tree

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…