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Orange Grove in Winter Park, March 28, 1911, visited by Slavia investors
Three potential investors (unidentified) in Slavia Land Co. visit an orange grove in Winter Park on March 28, 1911, before inspecting the land destined to become Slavia Colony on the same trip, a few days later. 4x6 sepia print. Handwritten on front: 'Orange Grove Winter Park- March 28.' Scanned at SLLC, 2011.
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Orange Grove Observation Tower
Black-and-white photograph of a watchtower located in an orange grove.
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Organist, Olga Jakubcin. February, 1972
Olga Jakubcin accompanies worshipers during a worship service in St. Luke's Lutheran Church (1957 church addition), playing an electronic Allen organ. February, 1972.
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Original Brick Church and Parsonage, c. 1940, Wide Angle View
Wide angle view of the original brick church and parsonage, c. 1940, taken at some distance from the west. This photo was found in the 1940 edition of the SELC 'Kalendar,' a Slovak publication. Image scanned from 1940 edition of SELC 'Kalendar' on Epson10000XL at SLLC, Oct. 2011.
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Original church and cemetery, c. 1934
Original church of St. Luke's Lutheran congregation: single story wood building (converted from turpentine shack), with covered, single-door entry, 2 windows facing northward. Adjacent to small new cemetery with one or more graves. Rural setting, native trees and plants are visible; From 50 Years of Grace and Mercy: "Our old church building in 1934 located in the new cemetery. To the left is the grave of the first adult buried in this cemetery, August 4, 1934. One child had been buried a few years earlier. In 1939 this building was moved to the rear of our new brick Church building and used as a school and parish building." (Author of this narrative: Ferdinand Duda, Sr. Image has been reproduced in several newspapers and in "Like a Mustard Seed, the Slavia Settlement" by Paul Wehr. Mickler House Publishers, 1982). Scanned at SLLS, 2001. Original size not known.
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Original church and cemetery, c. 1934
Original church of St. Luke's Lutheran congregation: single story wood building (converted from turpentine shack), with covered, single-door entry, 2 windows facing northward. Adjacent to small new cemetery with one or more graves. Rural setting, native trees and plants are visible; From 50 Years of Grace and Mercy: "Our old church building in 1934 located in the new cemetery. To the left is the grave of the first adult buried in this cemetery, August 4, 1934. One child had been buried a few years earlier. In 1939 this building was moved to the rear of our new brick Church building and used as a school and parish building." (Author of this narrative: Ferdinand Duda, Sr. Image has been reproduced in several newspapers and in "Like a Mustard Seed, the Slavia Settlement" by Paul Wehr. Mickler House Publishers, 1982). Scanned at SLLS, 2001. Original size not known.
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Original church and cemetery, c. 1934
Original church of St. Luke's Lutheran congregation: single story wood building (converted from turpentine shack), with covered, single-door entry, 2 windows facing northward. Adjacent to small new cemetery with one or more graves. Rural setting, native trees and plants are visible; From 50 Years of Grace and Mercy: "Our old church building in 1934 located in the new cemetery. To the left is the grave of the first adult buried in this cemetery, August 4, 1934. One child had been buried a few years earlier. In 1939 this building was moved to the rear of our new brick Church building and used as a school and parish building." (Author of this narrative: Ferdinand Duda, Sr. Image has been reproduced in several newspapers and in "Like a Mustard Seed, the Slavia Settlement" by Paul Wehr. Mickler House Publishers, 1982). Scanned at SLLS, 2001. Original size not known.
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Original church on cement blocks, with outbuilding, c.1920
This photo of the wood building, used as the first church by St. Luke's congregation, is shown resting on cement blocks on the property later used as the cemetery. Until 1939, when the first permanent, brick structure was erected at another site, the congregation had no electricity or plumbing. The outbuilding to the right of the little church was probably used as a restroom. This photo was found in a Slovak publication, the 'Kalendar-1940,'of the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches, of which St. Luke's was a member-congregation.
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Original church on cement blocks, with outbuilding, c.1920
This photo of the wood building, used as the first church by St. Luke's congregation, is shown resting on cement blocks on the property later used as the cemetery. Until 1939, when the first permanent, brick structure was erected at another site, the congregation had no electricity or plumbing. The outbuilding to the right of the little church was probably used as a restroom. This photo was found in a Slovak publication, the 'Kalendar-1940,'of the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches, of which St. Luke's was a member-congregation.
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Original church on cement blocks, with outbuilding, c.1920
This photo of the wood building, used as the first church by St. Luke's congregation, is shown resting on cement blocks on the property later used as the cemetery. Until 1939, when the first permanent, brick structure was erected at another site, the congregation had no electricity or plumbing. The outbuilding to the right of the little church was probably used as a restroom. This photo was found in a Slovak publication, the 'Kalendar-1940,'of the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches, of which St. Luke's was a member-congregation.
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Original church on cement blocks, with outbuilding, c. 1920
This photo of the wood building, used as the first church by St. Luke's congregation, is shown resting on cement blocks on the property later used as the cemetery. Until 1939, when the first permanent, brick structure was erected at another site, the congregation had no electricity or plumbing. The outbuilding to the right of the little church was probably used as a restroom. This photo was found in a Slovak publication, the 'Kalendar-1940,' of the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches, of which St. Luke's was a member-congregation. Photo from 1940 'Kalendar,' published by SELC, scanned at SLLC, on Epson 10000XL, Oct., 2011.
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Original church on cement blocks, with outbuilding, c. 1920
This photo of the wood building, used as the first church by St. Luke's congregation, is shown resting on cement blocks on the property later used as the cemetery. Until 1939, when the first permanent, brick structure was erected at another site, the congregation had no electricity or plumbing. The outbuilding to the right of the little church was probably used as a restroom. This photo was found in a Slovak publication, the 'Kalendar-1940,' of the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches, of which St. Luke's was a member-congregation. Photo from 1940 'Kalendar,' published by SELC, scanned at SLLC, on Epson 10000XL, Oct., 2011.
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Original Duda Family house and farm: Then and Now, 2015
A view of the Duda Family's first wooden farmhouse and barn on Mikler Road and one of their first celery crops (c. 1927) forms a stark contrast with a 2015 digital image taken from approximately the same vantage point. Today the original 40 acre sand farm contains several homes belonging to 4th generation descendants of Andrew and Katarina Duda. Muck land proved to be more effective for growing crops than the sandy soil on that first farm, so Andrew Duda and his three sons moved their operations to other areas where muck farming could be done.
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Original Duda Family house and farm: Then and Now, c. 1927
A view of the Duda Family's first wooden farmhouse and barn on Mikler Road and one of their first celery crops (c. 1927) forms a stark contrast with a 2015 digital image taken from approximately the same vantage point. Today the original 40 acre sand farm contains several homes belonging to 4th generation descendants of Andrew and Katarina Duda. Muck land proved to be more effective for growing crops than the sandy soil on that first farm, so Andrew Duda and his three sons moved their operations to other areas where muck farming could be done.
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Original Seminole Hotel.
Black-and-white photograph of the original Seminole Hotel (1886-1902) located at the foot of New England Park and between both Lake Osceola and Lake Virginia, by J.G. Mangold, photo and landscape artist. Photograph was once the property of Elinor Douglas Flood.
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Original, wood church on cement blocks, c. early 1920s
The original, wood church, fashioned from a deserted turpentine shack, stands on cement blocks on land that was later used as the cemetery for St. Luke*s Lutheran Church members. 8x10 black and white print, scanned at SLLC, 2011.
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Original Wooden Church Used as a "Teacherage" c. 1960
After the construction of the brick church in 1939, the little wood church was moved from the cemetery property to the new campus and became the site of St. Luke's first school. After the construction of the first permanent school building in 1947, the little wooden structure became a "teacherage." Over the years, several female teachers lived in the little apartment (the building had been expanded to provide kitchen and bath facilities) and it became the home of Mr. Steven Sidlik after his arrival as a called teacher at the school in 1955. Later, the building was used for many purposes (including a church nursery in the 1980s) until it was finally moved back to the cemetery property, c. 2000.; 4x6 colored photo scanned on Epson 10000XL at SLLC, April, 2012.
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Orlando bicycle club.
Black-and-white photograph of Orlando Bicycle Club taken on June, 1892. Photograph with text, plus text and label on backof photograph.
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Orlando fire brigade.
Black-and-white photograph of an early Orlando fire brigade posing by fire fighting equipment. Text on back of photograph: "One of the first fire brigades."
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Orlando, Florida: county seat of Orange County. 1884.
1884 birds-eye-view map of Orlando, Florida, showing streets, street names, rail lines, structures and lakes. Pictorial map of Orlando with landscape, buildings, and roads. Map is copyright secured by Sinclair's Real Estate Agency. Map was printed by Beck and Pauli, Litho, Milwaukee, Wis. and published by J.J. Stoner, Madison, Wis.
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Orlando High School ca. 1900.
Black-and-white photograph of the Orlando High School students taken ca. 1900 in front of a building. Text on back includes the names of those in the photograph written in ink, and largely obscurred by an affixed piece of paper with names of those in the photograph typewritten.
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Orlando High School Diploma for Annie Mildred McNeil
Orlando High School diploma for Annie Mildred McNeil given on June 3, 1927. Diploma was printed by W.M. Welsh Diploma House, Chicago.
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Orlando High School Diploma for Annie Patrick
Orlando High School diploma for Annie Patrick given on April 28, 1893. Diploma contains signatures of school faculty and members of school board, the remainder of a seal, along with decorative motifs, foliage, and a depiction Muses accompanied by instruments of education.
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Orlando High School diploma for Kimble Foster Hughes
Orlando High School diploma for Kimble Foster Hughes upon graduation on May 25, 1915.
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Orlando Luther Debt Challenge confronted in 1993
An article printed in the May, 1993 edition of "Lutheran Life," Vol 15, No. 5, a publication of the Florida-GA District of the LC-MS, reports on the dire financial situation challenging the Lutheran HS Association of Central FL in handling the debt on its Econlockhatchee Rd. campus in Orlando and the prospective loss of the site, which would force the school to relocate or close its doors. A brief summary of the school's history, an interview with Principal Richard Wallace and the new proposal the LHSA offered to save a portion of the campus are included.
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Orlando Luther Debt Challenge confronted in 1993
An article printed in the May, 1993 edition of "Lutheran Life," Vol 15, No. 5, a publication of the Florida-GA District of the LC-MS, reports on the dire financial situation challenging the Lutheran HS Association of Central FL in handling the debt on its Econlockhatchee Rd. campus in Orlando and the prospective loss of the site, which would force the school to relocate or close its doors. A brief summary of the school's history, an interview with Principal Richard Wallace and the new proposal the LHSA offered to save a portion of the campus are included.
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Orlando Luther: Luther Middle School + Luther High School
A promotional piece, produced in 1993-94 to recruit students to "Orlando Luther" explains that the new name of the school is an umbrella for both "Luther Middle School" (grades 7 & 8) and "Luther High School" (grades 9-12) which shared space on the Econ Road campus. Richard Wallace served as administrator for Orlando Luther during this period in the school's history.
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Orlando Luther: Luther Middle School + Luther High School
A promotional piece, produced in 1993-94 to recruit students to "Orlando Luther" explains that the new name of the school is an umbrella for both "Luther Middle School" (grades 7 & 8) and "Luther High School" (grades 9-12) which shared space on the Econ Road campus. Richard Wallace served as administrator for Orlando Luther during this period in the school's history.
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Orlando Luther: Luther Middle School + Luther High School
A promotional piece, produced in 1993-94 to recruit students to "Orlando Luther" explains that the new name of the school is an umbrella for both "Luther Middle School" (grades 7 & 8) and "Luther High School" (grades 9-12) which shared space on the Econ Road campus. Richard Wallace served as administrator for Orlando Luther during this period in the school's history.
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Orlando Public Schools report card, 1914.
Orlando Public Schools report card for Edward Hotaling, grade 2, for month ending April 24, 1914, teacher Grace Holt.
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Orlando Sentinel Article- "St. Luke's to Note 50th Anniversary"
In an article which appeared in the Orlando Sentinel 0n May 25, 1962 (written by Virginia Bellhorn and noting "Slavia" as the location) plans for the upcoming celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the founding of St. Luke's congregation were described. The article, entitled "St. Luke's To Note 50th Anniversary," includes a brief recap of the congregation's history and a photo of St. Luke's pastor, Stephen M. Tuhy. It mentions that the church membership was "350 baptized souls" at that point in time and that two of the original Founders of the congregation (Joseph Mikler, Sr. and George Jakubcin, Sr.) were expected to be present for the festivities on May 27, 1962.
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Orlando's first college.
Black-and-white photograph of the first college built in Orlando in 1884, occupied the present site of the Baptist church. Photograph depicts students and faculty standing outside the building. The building is Victorian in style with a wooden exterior.
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Osceola Schoolhouse
Black-and-white photograph of the Osceola Schoolhouse with children and teachers standing in front, view includes a flagpole. Inscribed on the back of the photograph in pen is: Osceola--1920--School house, Teachers: Mrs. Dooley and Helen Moran with their classes from J.V. Toole, Sem Co. Hist Comm; and inscribed in pencil: 2003.002.0274.
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Oswald Perry Bronson
A black and white portrait of President of Bethune-Cookman University, Oswald Perry Bronson. Dr. Bronson is wearing a suit and tie, and eyeglasses. On the back of the photograph is a stamp that reads, "When you have no further use for this photograph, please return to: Office of the President; Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Florida, 32015." The photographer of the image is unknown.
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Oswald Perry Bronson and Joseph Johnson
A black and white image of President of Bethune-Cookman University Oswald Perry Bronson, left, and trustee-emeritus Joseph Johnson, right. Dr. Bronson is wearing a suit jacket, tie, and eyeglasses. He has his left arm around Johnson's shoulders, and with his right is holding a medal that has been placed around Johnson's neck. Johnson is wearing a hat, suit, and tie. On the wall behind them can be seen a decorative wreath, as well as a piece of artwork that has a painting of Mary McLeod Bethune in it. The photographer of the image is unknown.
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Oswald Perry Bronson, Jake Gaither, Harry Burney
A black and white photograph of President Oswald Perry Bronson, left; Jake Gaither, Florida Atlantic Metropolitan University (FAMU) coach, center; and Harry Burney, development, left. Dr. Bronson is wearing a suit and eyeglasses, and appears to be thinking deeply. Gaither and Burney are also wearing suits and ties. On the back of the photograph are the names and titles of the people present in the photograph, as well as the stamp of, "Thomas Porter, Chief Photographer, Bethune-Cookman College."
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Outdoor ceremony
A black and white image of an outdoor ceremony taking place on Bethune-Cookman's campus. It is most likely taking place at Mary McLeod Bethune's gravesite. Three African American males and one African American female are pictured. The men are wearing three-piece suits, and the woman is wearing a white suit and is holding a handbag. The people are looking very solemn. The two men at the left are James Keys, academic dean, and Chaplain Roger Fair. The man at the right of the image is reading out of a program. A group of trees can be seen behind the group. On the back of the image is written in pen, "L-R Mr. James Keys (Dean) Academic, Dr. Roger Fair (Chaplain)." The photographer of the image is unknown.
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Outdoor church sign. c. 1986
The outdoor signage placed on church property, between the (1957) brick church and SR 426. Cars driving by could see the schedule for worship services. Photos likely taken in 1986.
