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A. Duda & Sons, Inc. celery packing house in Slavia, c. 1945, Enhanced
A. Duda & Sons, Inc. packing house in Slavia, c.1945. A railroad spur from the Seaboard line to the packing house near SR 426 made it possible to ship the crates of celery from this location to other markets
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A. Duda & Sons, Inc. celery packing house in Slavia, c. 1945, Original
A. Duda & Sons, Inc. packing house in Slavia, c.1945. A railroad spur from the Seaboard line to the packing house near SR 426 made it possible to ship the crates of celery from this location to other markets
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A. Duda & Sons, Inc. first office building, c.1938, Black and White
Andrew Duda, Jr. stands at the entrance of the frame building which served as the first corporate office for A. Duda & Sons, Inc. c.1938. An automobile (vintage and model unknown)is parked behind the office building and near the packing house which was an essential part of Duda's celery growing business. From the packing house, crates of celery were loaded onto railroad cars and shipped to markets all over the country.
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A. Duda & Sons, Inc. first office building, c.1938. Original
Andrew Duda, Jr. stands at the entrance of the frame building which served as the first corporate office for A. Duda & Sons, Inc. c.1938. An automobile (vintage and model unknown)is parked behind the office building and near the packing house which was an essential part of Duda's celery growing business. From the packing house, crates of celery were loaded onto railroad cars and shipped to markets all over the country.
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A. Duda & Sons, Inc. first office building, c.1940, with Andy, Jr. and John Duda, Black and White
Andy Duda, Jr. (left) and brother, John Duda, stand in front of A. Duda and Sons first corporate office, located on SR 426 in Slavia, c.1940.
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A. Duda & Sons, Inc. first office building, c.1940, with Andy, Jr. and John Duda, Original
Andy Duda, Jr. (left) and brother, John Duda, stand in front of A. Duda and Sons first corporate office, located on SR 426 in Slavia, c.1940.
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Adult Bible Class. c. 1990-91
Mr. Steven R. Sidlik, instructor for this small Adult Bible Class, hands a document to John Fenich, while the class looks on. The only other member identified is at far left, wearing a plaid skirt: Ms. Patty Short, who would become the bride of Mr. Sidlik within the next year or so.; Colored print 4"x6" scanned at SLLC on Epson 10000XL. Oct. 2013
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Adult Bible classes, c. 1990
Images of two Adult Bible classes held in the classroom spaces of St. Luke's Lutheran School, c. 1989-1990
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Adult Costume Winners, Halloween, 1954. St. Luke's Christian Day School
Adult costume winners (individuals not identified) at the community Halloween celebration sponsored by St. Luke's Christian Day School, October, 1954.
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Aerial photo of Lutheran Haven Old Folks Home, c.1950s, Enhanced
An aerial view of the Lutheran Haven Old Folks Home, probably taken in late 1950s.
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Aerial photo of Lutheran Haven Old Folks Home, c.1950s, Original
An aerial view of the Lutheran Haven Old Folks Home, probably taken in late 1950s.
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Aerial photo of St. Luke's Lutheran Church and School, c.1960
An aerial photo showing St. Luke's Lutheran Church and school as they appeared, c. 1960. Note that the 1939 brick church had been augmented (1957) with an elongated nave and two horizontal transepts, so that the church now had a cross-shaped footprint (cruciform). The school, likewise, had been expanded since its initial construction in 1949, with the addition of a south wing of classrooms and office in the 1950s.
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Aerial photo of St. Luke's School and Lutheran Haven campuses. c. 1970
Aerial view of the campuses of St. Luke's School and the Lutheran Haven, c. 1970. The image was commissioned by the Lutheran Haven for use as a marketing tool and was printed as a postcard. Visible is the (then) two-laned SR 426, intersecting with Chapman Road. To the east (right) of SR 426, the original Lutheran Haven Old Folks Home (by 1970, expanded to include nursing care) can be seen near the bottom-right of photo. Also visible are the Lutheran Haven's two Children's Cottages and St. Luke's Lutheran School. To the WEST of SR426, near top, is the home then used as the principal's residence (later as a vicarage) and on bottom-left, the home of Walter and Judy Duda. Railroad tracks (later vacated by Seaboard RR and railroad bed later used for a hiking/biking trail) are visible, running along west side of highway.
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Aerial photos of Lutheran Haven and church campus, c. 1970
Aerial views of the Lutheran Haven, c. 1970, show the Lutheran Haven campus adjoining the St. Luke's Church campus and a closer view of the Lutheran Haven "Old Folks Home," with six buildings of the new Retirement Center (for independent living) already erected behind it. The Retirement Center grew rapidly in ensuing years and a new nursing wing was soon to be added to the existing congregate home.
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Aerial photos of Lutheran Haven and church campus, c. 1970
Aerial views of the Lutheran Haven, c. 1970, show the Lutheran Haven campus adjoining the St. Luke's Church campus and a closer view of the Lutheran Haven "Old Folks Home," with six buildings of the new Retirement Center (for independent living) already erected behind it. The Retirement Center grew rapidly in ensuing years and a new nursing wing was soon to be added to the existing congregate home.
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Aerial View of Slavia, Showing Lutheran Haven and St. Luke's Properties, c. 2006
An aerial view taken from the east of the Lutheran Haven and St. Luke's properties c. 2006. The camera is aimed toward the west-southwest and the elevation is high enough so that the 417 Expressway, SR 426 and Chapman Road are all visible in the image. Note that the Lutheran Haven Nursing Home had recently been constructed (a cluster of coral rooftops), with St. Luke's Church and School to the right (north) of the Haven property. Chapman Road was "four-laned" a few years after this image was taken.
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Aerial View of St. Luke's and Lutheran Haven Campuses. c. 2006
A high, wide aerial view, taken from slightly NW of the church, shows the campuses of St. Luke's Lutheran Church and School, as well as that of the Lutheran Haven Retirement Center. c. 2006. State Road 426 (by now a 4 lane, divided highway) cuts diagonally across the lower corner of the image and its intersection with Chapman Road (still a 2 lane road at this point in time) can be seen near the far right. The Lutheran Haven's newly-built Nursing Home and ALF can be identified by the large red roofs near that intersection. Across Chapman Road from those buildings, the cleared area is the site of St. Luke's Cemetery (original location of the congregation's first "turpentine shack church" in the 1920s). By 2006, St.Luke's had erected a new two-story brick school behind the 1993 church facility. The athletic track area was modified to provide space for playgrounds and parking (adjacent property was purchased for use as new athletic fields); the "old school" (first portion erected in 1947) was dubbed "Slavia Square" and its spaces were used for various outreach ministries, including Shepherd's Hope and Lutheran Counseling Services, etc.
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Aerial View of St. Luke's and Lutheran Haven Properties c. 1993-2000
An aerial view, the photo taken sometime between the completion of St. Luke's new sanctuary (1993) and the construction of St. Luke's new two-story school facility (2000). This image also includes a view of the Lutheran Haven campus, St. Luke's Cemetery and other properties owned by the church and Lutheran Haven, immediately south of Chapman Road. The photo was taken to show "north" at the top of the image. Chapman Road (two-laned at time of photo) can be seen running across the bottom, with State Road 426, running diagonally on the left side of the photo.
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Aerial View of St. Luke's Church and School. Mid-1990s
This aerial photo, taken from slightly southwest of the church, shows St, Luke's campus as it appeared in the mid-1990s. The new sanctuary had been completed and dedicated in 1993; St. Luke's School still operated K-8th grade classes in the structure which was originally built in 1947 and expanded several times over the next 50 years. Founders Hall (gymnasium), built in 1979, sits between the church and the school; an athletic track, created the same year, is placed farther back on the campus, as are playground and picnic areas. State Road 426 was still a 2 lane (undivided) highway when this photo was taken.
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Aerial View of St. Luke's Church & School and Lutheran Haven Campus c. 2007-08
Wide aerial view (taken 2007-08)showing the entire campus of St. Luke's Church and School, as well as the campus of the Lutheran Haven Retirement Center (including new Nursing Home and ALF). This broad view extends almost to Slavia Road (on the north), beyond the intersection of Chapman and SR 426 (to the south) and more than a quarter mile east of the church property.
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Aerial View of St. Luke's School c. 1971
Aerial view of St. Luke's Christian Day School (St. Luke's Lutheran School) c.1971. Since the first phase of the school was constructed in 1947, several additions had been made as school enrollment increased. The most recent addition prior to this photograph was the erection of a "junior high building" among the eastern perimeter of the school. For a few years, St. Luke's School (emulating the county's public school system at the time) operated a junior high school (grades 7-9) and offered home economics and industrial arts courses. The school reverted to an elementary school model (K-8) in the mid-70s, again following the Seminole Co. school district's lead. At the time this photo was taken, a gymnasium had not yet been built... only a clay basketball court (on the right...south... side of the school) existed. The narrow two-lane road (SR 426) traveling past the school brought far less traffic to the still-agrarian community than the divided highway which was destined to be built some 25 years later.
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Aerial Views and other maps of Slavia 2013-2015
Various aerial views and roadmaps showing St. Luke's property, the Lutheran Haven and surrounding areas, from 2013-2015
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Aerial Views and other maps of Slavia 2013-2015
Various aerial views and roadmaps showing St. Luke's property, the Lutheran Haven and surrounding areas, from 2013-2015
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Aerial Views and other maps of Slavia 2013-2015
Various aerial views and roadmaps showing St. Luke's property, the Lutheran Haven and surrounding areas, from 2013-2015
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Aerial Views and other maps of Slavia 2013-2015
Various aerial views and roadmaps showing St. Luke's property, the Lutheran Haven and surrounding areas, from 2013-2015
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Aerial Views and other maps of Slavia 2013-2015
Various aerial views and roadmaps showing St. Luke's property, the Lutheran Haven and surrounding areas, from 2013-2015
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Aerial Views and other maps of Slavia 2013-2015
Various aerial views and roadmaps showing St. Luke's property, the Lutheran Haven and surrounding areas, from 2013-2015
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Aerial Views and other maps of Slavia 2013-2015
Various aerial views and roadmaps showing St. Luke's property, the Lutheran Haven and surrounding areas, from 2013-2015
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Aerial Views and other maps of Slavia 2013-2015
Various aerial views and roadmaps showing St. Luke's property, the Lutheran Haven and surrounding areas, from 2013-2015
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Aerial views of the construction of Founders Hall and new track, c. 1978, and of campus after completion of the project, c.1980.
Two aerial views of the church, school and a portion of the Haven campus in the late 1970s, during the construction of Founders Hall... a gymnasium and multi-purpose addition for the use of the church and school. Note that SR 426 is still a narrow, two-lane road and the church's frontal property is much deeper in this photo than after road widening several years later. The second view shows the campus in early 1980s, after completion of these construction projects.
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Aerial View: St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 1971
An aerial view of St. Luke's Lutheran Church as it appeared in 1971. Note that, with the transepts added in 1957, the brick building now has the shape of a cross. Behind (east) of the brick structure, one can see the original wooden church (now painted white and having been augmented with additional rooms). This photo appeared in a promotional piece in the 1971 edition of the SELC "Kalendar," a Slovak language publication for the member congregations of the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches.
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Aerial view:St Luke's School 60th anniversary event 2008-09
Aerial view of church and school campus, taken (ca. 2008-09)during the celebration of St. Luke's Lutheran School's 60th Anniversary celebration. Note that the number '60' is visible on the school athletic field. This is a formation of St. Luke's STUDENTS, aligned to created the number for this commemorative photo.
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Aerial view:St Luke's School 60th anniversary event 2008-09
Aerial view of church and school campus, taken (ca. 2008-09)during the celebration of St. Luke's Lutheran School's 60th Anniversary celebration. Note that the number '60' is visible on the school athletic field. This is a formation of St. Luke's STUDENTS, aligned to created the number for this commemorative photo.
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A game of horseshoes at a church picnic, c. 1940s
Men enjoy a game of horseshoes on the grounds behind the brick church at a church picnic, c. 1940s. Snapshot (courtesy: Ethel Mikler) scanned, 2001, at SLLS for archival collection.
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Allen Organ In Brick Church, c. 1986
The 3 manual Allen organ, purchased c. 1974, after it was moved from it's original spot at the front of the nave in the 1957 church, to a new location in the south transept. The organ was relocated because the brick church was remodeled in 1986, replacing former offices in the south wing with pews to accommodate the growth of the congregation
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Altar and chancel of the 1939 brick church, Holy Week, c. 1940
View of altar of 1939 brick church. Holy Week, c.1940. Cross on altar is covered with a veil, as was the custom during this penitential period in the church calendar. Small B&W photo, scanned on Epson 10000XL at SLS, 2011.
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Altar and pulpit of Duda Family's ancestral church in Slovakia. June, 2009, Enhanced Image
June, 2009. View of the altar and pulpit in the ancestral church (built in 1791) of the Andrew Duda, Sr. Family in Slovakia (Adamovske Kochanovce). Note that the pulpit is ABOVE the altar;the pastor must climb a steep, hidden stairway to reach the covered pulpit, which reaches almost to the ceiling of the sanctuary. It is from this elevated spot that the sermon is preached.
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Altar and pulpit of Duda Family's ancestral church in Slovakia. June, 2009, Original Image
June, 2009. View of the altar and pulpit in the ancestral church (built in 1791) of the Andrew Duda, Sr. Family in Slovakia (Adamovske Kochanovce). Note that the pulpit is ABOVE the altar;the pastor must climb a steep, hidden stairway to reach the covered pulpit, which reaches almost to the ceiling of the sanctuary. It is from this elevated spot that the sermon is preached.
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Altar of Brick Church. Mid-1980s
The altar of the church, as it appeared in the mid-1980s after it had been moved away from the east wall to provide better sight lines for worshipers seated in the TWO transepts. The gold dossal curtain (which had hung behind the altar since the expansion of the brick church in 1957) had been removed and the east wall was now adorned with an illuminated wooden cross.
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Altar of the 1939 brick church
Two views of the altar of the brick building constructed in 1939 for St. Luke's Lutheran Church.One photo, taken from first pew in the church, shows an aisle cloth and pew decorations, probably placed for one of the weddings which took place in the new church in 1939. Snapshot (courtesy: Judy Duda) scanned at SLLS, 2001 for archival collection.
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Altar of the 1939 brick church
Two views of the altar of the brick building constructed in 1939 for St. Luke's Lutheran Church.One photo, taken from first pew in the church, shows an aisle cloth and pew decorations, probably placed for one of the weddings which took place in the new church in 1939. Snapshot (courtesy: Judy Duda) scanned at SLLS, 2001 for archival collection.
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Altar of the 1957 church, communion setting.
Black and white image of the altar in the 1957 brick church, prepared for communion. Calla lilies (very possibly those originally planted decades earlier by Andrew Duda, Sr. on a swampy section of the Duda acreage on Mikler Road) adorn the altar. The image is not dated, but because of the use of these flowers, it is likely that the photo was taken in the spring of the year, possibly on Maundy Thursday.
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Altar of the 1957 church, communion setting.
Black and white image of the altar in the 1957 brick church, prepared for communion. Calla lilies (very possibly those originally planted decades earlier by Andrew Duda, Sr. on a swampy section of the Duda acreage on Mikler Road) adorn the altar. The image is not dated, but because of the use of these flowers, it is likely that the photo was taken in the spring of the year, possibly on Maundy Thursday.
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Altar of the 1957 Church; Photo From 1990
A close-up view of the altar of the 1957 church as it appeared in 1990, shortly before this portion of the building was demolished for the church expansion project. The altar had been moved forward and changes were made to the chancel area in 1986, when church offices were relocated to the old parsonage and the south transept was remodeled to make space for more seating.
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Amazing view of the old church and the new. 1938-39
Both the heroic past and the hopes for the future of St. Luke's Lutheran congregation are brought into focus in this iconic photo of the original wooden church (once a deserted turpentine shack), as it is moved to its new site, east of the new brick church, which is still under construction. 1938-39. The bronze bell, to be installed in the new bell tower, waits, for now, on its wooden palette, until the day on which it can peal its first glad tidings. 8x10 black & white print. Scanned on Epson 10000XL at SLLC, 2011.
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Amazing view of the old church and the new. 1938-39
Both the heroic past and the hopes for the future of St. Luke's Lutheran congregation are brought into focus in this iconic photo of the original wooden church (once a deserted turpentine shack), as it is moved to its new site, east of the new brick church, which is still under construction. 1938-39. The bronze bell, to be installed in the new bell tower, waits, for now, on its wooden palette, until the day on which it can peal its first glad tidings. 8x10 black & white print. Scanned on Epson 10000XL at SLLC, 2011.
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Andrew and Katarina Duda with Sons. Earliest Farming Experience in Slavia. c. 1915
Andrew Duda, Sr. and wife, Katarina (standing at right) pose with an unknown visitor (kneeling) to their land in Slavia. c.1915. To the left are their young sons (l-r): John, Andrew, Jr. (Andy), and Ferdinand. It should be noted that the Duda Family left Slavia for Cleveland in 1916 to work and earn more needed capital there. Only when they returned to stay in 1926 did celery become their favored crop.
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Andrew and Mildred Mikler, March 15, 1942
Andrew and Mildred Mikler, March 15, 1942. Andrew may have been on leave from his duty with the US Army during WWII. Snapshot (courtesy: Elaine Lavender) scanned at SLLS, 2001 for archival collection.
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Andrew and Mildred Mikler, March 15, 1942
Andrew and Mildred Mikler, March 15, 1942. Andrew may have been on leave from his duty with the US Army during WWII. Snapshot (courtesy: Elaine Lavender) scanned at SLLS, 2001 for archival collection.
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Andrew Duda family's first home and farm in Slavia, c.1927, Black and White
A view (from west side of Mikler Road) of the home built by the Andrew Duda, Sr. when the parents and three sons returned in 1926 from a 10 year hiatus in Cleveland, to begin farming in Slavia, Florida. Note the barn, which was used to cook family meals until it burned down a few years later, the house (which was enlarged in a short time when oldest son, John married Katie Mikler and the couple moved into the Duda family home), the "outdoor facilities," and the vehicle parked near the house. The man shown tending the Duda's first crop of celery may be son, John, or son, Andy, Jr. It should be noted that this house (with several revisions made in the interim) stood until heavy damages from Hurricane Charlie caused it to be demolished in 2004. The house had served as a temporary home for many young couples in the Duda and Mikler families, as well as for newly arrived teachers in St. Luke's School for over 60 years, so that it came to be known in the community as "the honeymoon cottage."