Winter Park during World War II
Dear Winter Park History Museum Friend, It's 1940, the year the Colony Theatre opens on Park Avenue featuring a new "air cooled" system...
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Dena Bader
Sep 183 min read
Summer Memories
by Dorothy Shepherd Smith Grab your fan It's summer in Winter Park 1920s style when the Isle of Sicily was known as "Woo Island" and you...
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Dena Bader
Sep 182 min read
1920, A Christmas to Remember
by Dorothy Shepherd Smith We lived in a large two-story white frame house on the present site of the Langford Hotel.* In the early days...
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Dena Bader
Sep 182 min read
There's a reason it's called Orange County.
By the 1880s, Central Florida boasts thousands of acres of "liquid gold''- citrus. It's the tasty fruit that contains an essential...
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Dena Bader
Sep 181 min read
O'Brien's Pharmacy, 336 S. Park Avenue
A LOOK BACK AT PARK AVENUE 1940-1974 There was a time when you could enjoy a quick hamburger, grilled cheese sandwich, milkshake, or...
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Dena Bader
Sep 182 min read
Miller’s Hardware, 143 Fairbanks Avenue
Opening in 1945, Miller’s is our town’s oldest family-owned business. For three generations, Miller’s credo has been “service, service,...
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Dena Bader
Sep 182 min read
Remembering Eleanor Fisher
Our dear friend, a founder of the Winter Park History Museum and our first Association Director, Eleanor Fisher, lived 99 incredible...
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Dena Bader
Sep 181 min read
Cottrell’s: Park Avenue’s 5 & Dime (1934-1985)
The building was non-descript, but if you were a child during the 1930s-1960s, before the profusion of shopping malls, wandering the...
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Dena Bader
Sep 181 min read
Dr. Jack Lane Day!
Jack was chosen as Winter Park History Museum's 2021 History Honoree. We celebrate his contributions documenting and preserving the...
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Dena Bader
Sep 182 min read
Winter Park Author Eulalie Grover and her Sunbonnet Babies
These colorful Sunbonnet Babies are illustrations from children's books written by Winter Park resident Eulalie Osgood Grover. Eulalie,...
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Dena Bader
Sep 181 min read
Carol Anderson's Oral History
This photo of Carol Anderson is from the Sage Collection, courtesy of Peter Schreyer. We are celebrating the transition between Black...
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Dena Bader
Sep 182 min read
Woman's Club of Winter Park
What are they doing behind the French doors of the cozy yellow building on Interlachen? The Woman’s Club of Winter Park (WCWP) traces...
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Dena Bader
Sep 172 min read
Uncovering the Story of our Brick Roads
During Winter Park's development in the 1880s, town roads are surfaced from any available, workable material. Some streets are originally...
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Dena Bader
Sep 171 min read
Immerse yourself in Jack Lane's love letter to the Grand Old Lady of Rollins: Pinehurst
Credit: Winter Park History Museum Archives Jack tells the tale of this beautiful Victorian dormitory, the oldest original building on...
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Dena Bader
Sep 171 min read
100 Years Ago
Prosperity abounds across the country, as well as in Winter Park. Downtown Winter Park, c. 1920s 1922 Winter Park News Construction of...
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Dena Bader
Sep 173 min read
The Road to Silver Springs
Just after the Civil War tourists discover the dazzling artesian springs south of Gainesville. By the late 1800s, Silver Springs becomes...
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Dena Bader
Sep 172 min read
Drawings and Paintings of Carol Wilson
Both the pen-and-ink Carpenter Gothic church series and the oil painting of Greeneda Court are by artist Carol Wilson. Carol was a...
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Dena Bader
Sep 172 min read
Paradise Park
A few months ago, WPHM featured a nostalgic article about family trips to Silver Springs. It was brought to our attention that there was...
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Dena Bader
Sep 172 min read
Celebrating Black History Month: The Businesses of Hannibal Square
Our recently opened exhibition “Retailing Our Story” The Bistros, Boutiques and Businesses of Winter Park is the story of the past 100...
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Dena Bader
Sep 172 min read
Memories of Villa Nova
Many of you will remember the fun and food of the Villa Nova which opened in 1948 and brought classic dining and New York style...
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