Economy Auto Store and City Cab Company

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Title

Economy Auto Store and City Cab Company

Alternative Title

Economy Auto Store & City Cab Co.

Subject

Orlando (Fla.)
Taxis (Vehicles)

Description

This painting accompanies the Orlando Remembered exhibit at the Downtown Orlando Information Center, located at 201 South Orange Avenue in Downtown Orlando, Florida. The painting was created by James Stoll, who has contributed various works of art, as well as some scale model replicas, to several Orlando Remembered exhibits.

This particular portion of the painting features the City Cab Company Taxi Service, founded by Napoleon B. Broward as early as 1941. Broward left the company in 1943 and was replaced by the company's secretary treasurer, Paul Mears. Later renamed Mears Transportation, it became one of the largest taxicab companies in Orlando and still operates today.

Creator

Stoll, James

Source

Original color painting by James Stoll: Orlando Remembered Exhibit, Downtown Orlando Information Center, Orlando, Florida.

Is Format Of

Original color digital image by Robert Randall, September 22, 2014.

Is Part Of

Downtown Orlando Information Center Collection, Orlando Remembered Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

Format

image/jpg

Extent

266 KB

Medium

1 color painting

Language

eng

Type

Still Image

Coverage

City Cab Company Taxi Service, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Economy Auto Store, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Accrual Method

Donation

Mediator

History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher

Provenance

Originally created by James Stoll.

Rights Holder

Copyright to this resource is held by the Orange County Regional History Center and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Contributing Project

Curator

Cepero, Laura

Digital Collection

External Reference

Bacon, Eve. "Post-War Building Era Begins." In Orlando A Centennial History, 138. Vol. 2. Chuluota: Mickler House, Publishers, 1977.
R. L. Polk & Company. "Street Directory." Florida Polk's Orlando City Directory: Including Winter Park and Orange County. Richmond, Va: R. L. Polk, 1941.
R. L. Polk & Company. "Street Directory." Florida Polk's Orlando City Directory 1943-44: Including Winter Park and Orange County. Richmond, Va: R. L. Polk, 1944.
R. L. Polk & Company. "Street Directory." Florida Polk's Orlando City Directory: Including Conway, Maitland and Winter Park. Richmond, Va: R. L. Polk, 1945.
R. L. Polk & Company. "Street Directory." Florida Polk's Orlando City Directory 1946-47: Including Winter Park and Orange County. Richmond, Va: R. L. Polk, 1947.

Transcript

ECONOMY
AUTO

CITY CAB
[illegible]

TAXi

CITY CAB CO.

Citation

Stoll, James, “Economy Auto Store and City Cab Company,” RICHES, accessed November 23, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/4596.

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