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Title
Seminole County Public Schools Collection
Alternative Title
SCPS Collection
Subject
Seminole County (Fla.)
Schools
High schools--Florida
Elementary schools
Grammar schools
Middle schools--Florida
Education--Florida
Teachers--Florida
Educators--Florida
Description
Collection of digital images, documents, and other records depicting the educational history of Seminole County, Florida. Items from this collection are donated by the Student Museum and UCF Public History Center.
The Student Museum has collaborated with the University of Central Florida and established the UCF Public History Center (PHC). All of the Student Museum's collections are presently housed at the PHC. The goal of the PHC is to promote access to history through ground-breaking research connecting local to global, provide cutting-edge hands-on educational programs for students and visitors, and to engage the community in contributing to and learning from history.
Contributor
<a href="http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/studentmuseum/Home.aspx" target="_blank">Student Museum</a>
<a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center</a>
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/31" target="_blank">Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/44" target="_blank">Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Cameron City, Sanford, Florida
Crooms Academy, Goldsoboro, Sanford, Florida
Chuluota Primary School, Chuluota, Florida
East Side Primary School, Sanford, Florida
Forest City School, Forest City, Altamonte Springs, Florida
Fort Reed, Sanford, Florida
Gabriella Colored School, Gabriella, Oviedo, Florida
Geneva Colored School, Geneva, Florida
Geneva Elementary, Geneva, Florida
Georgetown, Sanford, Florida
Goldsboro Primary School, Goldsboro, Sanford, Florida
Hungerford School, Florida
Kolokee, Geneva, Florida
Lake Howell High School, Winter Park, Florida
Lake Mary School, Lake Mary, Florida
Lake Monroe Colored School, Lake Monroe, Sanford, Florida
Longwood School, Longwood, Florida
Lyman High School, Longwood, Florida
Lyman Elementary School, Longwood, Florida
Midway, Sanford, Florida
Osceola School, Osceola, Geneva, Florida
Oviedo Colored School, Curryville, Oviedo, Florida
Oviedo High School, Oviedo, Florida
Oviedo School, Oviedo, Florida
Paola, Florida
Sanford Grammar School, Sanford, Florida
Sanford High School, Sanford, Florida
Sanford Junior High School, Sanford, Florida
Sanford Middle School, Sanford, Florida
Sanford Primary School, Sanford, Florida
Seminole County Public Schools, Sanford, Florida
Seminole High School, Sanford, Florida
South Side Primary School, Sanford, Florida
Student Museum, Sanford, Florida
UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida
Wagner Colored School, Florida
Westside Grammar Elementary School, Sanford, Florida
West Side Primary School, Sanford, Florida
Wilson School, Altamonte Springs, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">Public History Center/Student Museum</a>
External Reference
<span>"</span><a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">Public History Center</a><span>." Public History Center, University of Central Florida. http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/.</span>
<span>"</span><a href="http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/studentmuseum/Home.aspx" target="_blank">Student Museum</a><span>." Seminole County Public Schools. http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/studentmuseum/Home.aspx.</span>
Accrual Method
Donation
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
116 page loose-leaf ledger
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Title
Seminole County Public Schools Teachers and Salaries, 1913-1954
Alternative Title
Seminole County Teacher Salaries
Subject
Seminole County (Fla.)
Schools
Elementary schools
High schools--Florida
Teachers--Florida
Educators--Florida
Employees--Florida
Description
Seminole County Public Schools' Teacher Records from 1913 to 1954. When the Seminole County School Board was established in 1913, it began recording teachers' names, ages, certifications, years of experience, number of months contracted, and salaries in a loose-leaf ledger. Over the years, the records began including new categories of information, such as home addresses and colleges/universities attended. In total, the ledger includes 116 pages and details the teachers employed at both Caucasian and African-American schools. Schools were located in various towns in Seminole County including Sanford, Lake Mary, Geneva, Longwood, Oviedo, Clyde, Gabriella, Altamonte Springs, Chuluota, Paola, Lake Monroe, Goldsboro, Markham, Forest City, Curryville, and Midway-Canaan.
Type
Text
Source
Original ledger by <a href="http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/schoolboard/Home.aspx" target="_blank">Seminole County School Board</a>: Seminole County Public School System Collection, box 2, folder 1A, <a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center</a>, Sanford, Florida.
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<a href="http://www.adobe.com/reader.html" target="_blank">Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
Is Part Of
Seminole County Public School System Collection, box 2, folder 1A, <a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center</a>, Sanford, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/73" target="_blank">Seminole County Public Schools Collection</a>, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original ledger by <a href="http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/schoolboard/Home.aspx" target="_blank">Seminole County School Board</a>.
Coverage
Sanford High School, Sanford, Florida
Lake Mary, Florida
Geneva Elementary School, Geneva, Florida
Lyman High School, Longwood, Florida
Oviedo High School, Oviedo, Florida
Gabriella, Oviedo, Florida
Altamonte Springs, Florida
Chuluota, Florida
Goldsboro Primary School, Goldsboro, Sanford, Florida
Paola, Florida
Forest City Elementary School, Forest City, Altamonte Springs, Florida
Curryville, Oviedo, Florida
Lake Monroe, Sanford, Florida
Midway Elementary School, Midway, Sanford, Florida
Kolokee School, Kolokee, Geneva, Florida
Osceola, Geneva, Florida
Fort Reed, Sanford, Florida
Hopper Academy, Georgetown, Sanford, Florida
Seminole High School, Sanford, Florida
Cameron City, Sanford, Florida
Crooms High School, Goldsboro, Sanford, Florida
Wilson Elementary School, Sanford, Florida
Seminole-Rosenwald School, Altamonte Springs, Florida
Creator
<a href="http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/schoolboard/Home.aspx" target="_blank">Seminole County School Board</a>
Date Created
ca. 1913-1954
Format
application/pdf
Extent
70.2 MB
Medium
116-page loose-leaf ledger
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created and published by the <a href="http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/schoolboard/Home.aspx" target="_blank">Seminole County School Board</a>.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Public History Center/Student Museum</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/communityinvolvement/AboutUs.aspx" target="_blank">About Us</a>." Seminole County Public Schools. http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/communityinvolvement/AboutUs.aspx.
Bentley, Altermese Smith. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45705201" target="_blank"><em>Seminole County</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2000.
"<a href="http://www.geneva.scps.k12.fl.us/" target="_blank">Geneva Elementary School</a>." Geneva Elementary School, Seminole County Public Schools. http://www.geneva.scps.k12.fl.us/.
Martin, Mal. "<a href="http://www.ruralheritagecenter.net/geneva-schoolhouse/item/27-history-schoolhouse" target="_blank">History of the Geneva School House</a>." Rural Heritage Center. http://www.ruralheritagecenter.net/geneva-schoolhouse/item/27-history-schoolhouse.
"<a href="http://www.lyman7576.com/history.html" target="_blank">The History of Lyman High School</a>." Lyman High School Classes of 1975 & 1976. http://www.lyman7576.com/history.html.
"<a href="http://www.lymanhigh.org/lymanhistory.html" target="_blank">Lyman History</a>." Lyman High School, Seminole County Public Schools. http://lyman.scps.k12.fl.us/Parents/ParentsAH/HistoryofLyman.aspx.
"<a href="http://www.milwee.scps.k12.fl.us/Home/HomeRedirects/OurHistory.aspx" target="_blank">Milwee History</a>." Milwee Middle School. http://www.milwee.scps.k12.fl.us/Home/HomeRedirects/OurHistory.aspx.
"<a href="http://www.oviedo.scps.k12.fl.us/" target="_blank">Oviedo High School</a>." Oviedo High School, Seminole County Public Schools. http://www.oviedo.scps.k12.fl.us/.
"<a href="http://www.ohsr.net/about-oviedo-high-school" target="_blank">About Oviedo High School</a>." Oviedo High School Reunions. http://www.ohsr.net/about-oviedo-high-school.
"<a href="http://www.mwms.scps.k12.fl.us/Home.aspx" target="_blank">Markham Woods Middle School</a>." Markham Woods Middle School. http://www.mwms.scps.k12.fl.us/Home.aspx.
"<a href="http://teachercenter.scps.k12.fl.us/education/components/layout/default.php?sectionid=15&url_redirect=1" target="_blank">Forest City Elementary School</a>." Forest City Elementary School. http://teachercenter.scps.k12.fl.us/education/components/layout/default.php?sectionid=15&url_redirect=1.
"<a href="http://teachercenter.scps.k12.fl.us/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=69124" target="_blank">About Us</a>." Midway Elementary School of the Arts. http://teachercenter.scps.k12.fl.us/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=69124.
"<a href="http://www.usgennet.org/usa/fl/county/seminole/Geneva/extinct_towns_.htm" target="_blank">Extinct Towns in the Geneva Area*</a>." Geneva Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc.. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/fl/county/seminole/Geneva/extinct_towns_.htm.
"<a href="http://www.usgennet.org/usa/fl/county/seminole/Geneva/schools.htm" target="_blank">The Geneva Area Schools</a>." Geneva Historical & Geneva Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/fl/county/seminole/Geneva/schools.htm.
"<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/about-the-museum-of-seminole-county-hi/museum-resources-historical-informatio/1878-1913-black-schools-in-seminole-co.stml" target="_blank">1878 -1913 Black Schools in Seminole County</a>." Parks and Preservation, Seminole County Government. http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/about-the-museum-of-seminole-county-hi/museum-resources-historical-informatio/1878-1913-black-schools-in-seminole-co.stml.
Bentley, Altermese. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21264645" target="_blank"><em>Georgetown, The History of A Black Neighborhood</em></a>. Sanford: Reprinted by the Sanford Museum, 1995.
"<a href="http://croomsaoit.org/#about" target="_blank">About Crooms Academy</a>." Crooms Academy of Information Technology, Seminole County Public Schools. http://croomsaoit.org/#about.
"<a href="http://www.goldsboromuseum.com/The-Education-In-Goldsboro.html" target="_blank">Education In Goldsboro & Sanford</a>." Goldsboro Historical Museum. http://www.goldsboromuseum.com/The-Education-In-Goldsboro.html.
Flewellyn, Valada S. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/320804616" target="_blank"><em>African Americans of Sanford</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2009.
"<a href="http://teachercenter.scps.k12.fl.us/education/school/schoolhistory.php?sectiondetailid=607&" target="_blank">School Information</a>." Wilson Elementary. http://teachercenter.scps.k12.fl.us/education/school/schoolhistory.php?sectiondetailid=607&.
"<a href="http://www.goldsboromuseum.com/The-History-of-Goldsboro.html" target="_blank">The Rich History of Goldsboro</a>." Goldsboro Historical Museum. http://www.goldsboromuseum.com/The-History-of-Goldsboro.html.
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Oakland
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Osceola
Osceola School
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Oviedo High School
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Sanford Junior High
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Sanford Primary School
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Title
Sanford Baseball Collection
Description
Sanford entered the world of professional baseball in 1919 with the formation of the Class D Florida State League. In its inaugural season, the Celeryfeds won the first half pennant, finishing in a tie with Orlando for the best overall record. Although the league folded in 1928, it was revived in 1936, and once again included a team from Sanford called the Lookouts, which was part of the Senators family of clubs. This struggling team finally turned around when they acquired former Major League star, Dale Alexander, as manager and first baseman in 1939. In over 80 years of Florida State League history, no team has ever matched their .737 winning percentage that season. The next season, the Sanford Seminoles emerged as the city's baseball team.
Contributor
<a href="https://www.thehistorycenter.org/" target="_blank">Orange County Regional History Center</a>
<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=108" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>
Alternative Title
Baseball Collection
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Baseball--Florida
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/14" target="_blank">Sanford Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Curator
Marra, Katherine
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
<span>McCarthy, Kevin. <a title="Baseball in Florida" href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33102678" target="_blank"><em>Baseball in Florida</em></a></span><span>. Sarasota, Florida: Pineapple Press, 1996.</span>
<span>Singletary, Wes. <a title="Florida's First Big League Baseball Players: A Narrative History" href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62872816" target="_blank"><em>Florida's First Big League Baseball Players: A Narrative History</em></a></span><span>. Charleston, South Carolina: History Press, 2006.</span>
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
4-page booklet
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Title
Official Schedule for the Sanford Lookouts, Florida State League
Alternative Title
Baseball Schedule
Subject
Baseball--Florida
Sanford (Fla.)
Description
Official schedule of the Sanford Lookouts of the 1939 Florida State League. The cover page features a drawing of a batter and catcher. There are two advertisements and a list of games played by the Lookouts in the 1939 Season.
Sanford entered the world of pro ball in 1919 with the formation of the Class D Florida State League. In its inaugural season, the Celeryfeds won the first half pennant, finishing in a tie with Orlando for the best overall record. Although the league folded in 1928, it was revived in 1936, and once again included a team from Sanford called the Lookouts, which was part of the Senators family of clubs. This struggling team finally turned around when they acquired former Major League star, Dale Alexander, as manager and first baseman in 1939. In over 80 years of Florida State League history, no team has ever matched their .737 winning percentage that season. The next season, the Sanford Seminoles emerged as the city's baseball team.
Creator
<a title="Florida State League" href="http://www.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=l123" target="_blank">Florida State League</a>
Source
Original schedule by the <a title="Florida State League" href="http://www.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=l123" target="_blank">Florida State League</a>: "Official Schedule, Sanford Lookouts, Florida State League 1939." Sanford, Florida: Celery City Printing Company, 1939: Baseball Exhibit, <a title="Sanford Museum" href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>, Sanford, Florida.
Publisher
Celery City Printing Company
Date Created
1939
Is Part Of
Baseball Exhibit, <a title="Sanford Museum" href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>, Sanford, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/15" target="_blank">Sanford Baseball Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
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Format
application/pdf
Extent
800 KB
Medium
4-page booklet
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Leesburg, Florida
Daytona Beach, Florida
Palatka, Florida
St. Augustine, Florida
DeLand, Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Spatial Coverage
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Temporal Coverage
1939-04-15/1939-09-04
Accrual Method
Donation
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a title="Sanford Museum" href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a> and is provided here by <a title="RICHES of Central Florida" href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Curator
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a title="RICHES MI" href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a title="Sanford Museum" href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>
External Reference
McCarthy, Kevin. <em>Baseball in Florida</em>. Sarasota, Florida: Pineapple Press, 1996.
Singletary, Wes. <em>Florida's First Big League Baseball Players: A Narrative History</em>. Charleston, South Carolina: History Press, 2006.
Weiss, Bill and Marshall Wright. "Top 100 Teams: 68. 1939 Sanford Lookouts." <em>MiLB History</em>. 2011. http://www.milb.com/milb/history/top100.jsp?idx=68.
External Reference Title
<a title="Baseball in Florida" href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33102678" target="_blank"><em>Baseball in Florida</em></a>
<a title="Florida's First Big League Baseball Players: A Narrative History" href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62872816" target="_blank"><em>Florida's First Big League Baseball Players: A Narrative History</em></a>
"<a title="Minor League Baseball History" href="http://www.milb.com/milb/history/top100.jsp?idx=68" target="_blank">Top 100 Teams: 68. 1939 Sanford Lookouts</a>"
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original schedule by the <a title="Florida State League" href="http://www.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=l123" target="_blank">Florida State League</a>: "Official Schedule, Sanford Lookouts, Florida State League 1939." Sanford, Florida: Celery City Printing Company, 1939.
Audience Education Level
SS.K.A.1.2; SS.K.A.2.5; SS.1.A.1.1; SS.2.A.1.1; SS.1.C.3.2; SS.2.C.3.2; SS.3.A.1.1; SS.3.A.1.2; SS.4.A.1.1; SS.5.A.1.1; SS.6.W.1.3; SS.8.A.1.5; SS.912.A.1.2; SS.912.W.1.3
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created and owned by <a title="Florida State League" href="http://www.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=l123" target="_blank">Florida State League</a>.
Transcript
Official Schedule
Sanford Lookouts
Florida State League 1939
Pharis
The Lowest Priced
First Line Tire in America
Games Played by the Sanford Lookouts in the Florida State League for the 1939 Baseball Season
Date Home Away
DeLand
St. Augustine
Daytona
Gainesville
Leesburg
Orlando
Palatka
Compliments
W. H. Reitz
Distributor
Pharis Tires
Amoco Gasoline
Amoco Oils
Phone 9130
Second St. and Sanford Ave.
Sanford, Florida
Celery City Printing Co., Sanford
2nd Street
Amoco Gasoline
Amoco Oils
baseball
Celery Printing Co.
Celery Printing Company
Daytona
DeLand
Florida State League
Gainesville
Leesburg
Lookouts
orlando
Palatka
Pharis
Pharis Tires
Reitz, W. H.
Sanford
Sanford Ave.
Sanford Avenue
Sanford Lookouts
Second St.
Second Street
St. Augustine
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Title
Milane Theatre Collection
Alternative Title
Milane Collection
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Buildings--Florida
Theaters--Florida
Film industry (Motion pictures)
Description
The Milane Theatre was built at 203 South Magnolia Avenue, the former location of the Star Theatre, an abandoned movie house. Scroggs and Ewing, architects from Georgia, prepared the plans for the Milane. The name of the new theater was derived from the combination of the Milane Amusement Company president and vice president: Frank L. Miller and Edward F. Lane, respectively. The Milane opened in July of 1923 and seated 823 patrons.
In 1933, the Milane was sold to Frank and Stella Evans, investors from Lake Mary, Florida. The new owners renamed their business the Ritz Theater and held the property until the 1990s. However, the Ritz struggled financially in the 1960s and closed in 1978 due to failure to compete with the new multiplex theaters. The building remained vacant until 1984, when it reopened as the Showtime Cantina. The Showtime Cantina closed in 1988 and remained vacant and in decay.
In the mid-1990s, Ritz Community Theater Projects, Inc. acquired the property and began rehabilitation in 1998. On May 6, 2000, the theater reopened as the Helen Stairs Theatre in honor of the citizen who led the restoration project, Helen Stairs. The following year, the location was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008, additional renovations were completed and the theater was renamed the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in honor of the Wayne Densch Charitable Trust Fund for contributing to the renovations fund.
Language
eng
Coverage
Opera House, Downtown Sanford, Florida
Star Theatre, Downtown Sanford, Florida
Milane Theatre, Downtown Sanford, Florida
Ritz Theatre, Downtown Sanford, Florida
Showtime Cantina, Downtown Sanford, Florida
Helen Stairs Theatre, Downtown Sanford, Florida
Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center, Downtown Sanford, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Contributor
Cepero, Laura Lynn
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>
<a href="http://thehistorycenter.org/">Orange County Regional History Center</a>
<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456">Sanford Museum</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/16" target="_blank">Sanford Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.stageclick.com/venue/457.aspx" target="_blank">Helen Stairs Theatre</a>." StageClick. http://www.stageclick.com/venue/457.aspx.
"<a href="http://www.wdpac.com/footer-menu/theater-history/" target="_blank">Theater History</a>." Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center. http://www.wdpac.com/footer-menu/theater-history/.
"<a href="http://www.wdpac.com/footer-menu/theater-history/" target="_blank">Theater History</a>." Seminole County: Florida's Natural Choice. http://www.visitseminole.com/listingdetail/53/wayne-densch-performing-arts-center.aspx.
Still Image
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Original Format
8 color digital images
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Title
Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center, 2011
Alternative Title
Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Theaters--Florida
Description
The Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center, located at 203 South Magnolia Avenue in Downtown Sanford, Florida in 2011. Originally the Milane Theatre, the building was constructed at 203 South Magnolia Avenue in Sanford, the former location of the Star Theatre, an abandoned movie house. Scroggs and Ewing, architects from Georgia, prepared the plans for the Milane. The name of the new theater was derived from the combination of the presidents of the Milane Amusement Company president and vice president: Frank L. Miller and Edward F. Lane. The Milane opened in July of 1923 and seated 823 patrons. In 1933, the Milane was sold to Frank and Stella Evans, investors from Lake Mary, Florida. The new owners renamed their business the Ritz Theatre and held the property until the 1990s. However, the Ritz struggled financially in the 1960s and closed in 1978 due to failure to compete with the new multiplex theaters.<br /><br />The building remained vacant until 1984, when it reopened as the Showtime Cantina. The Showtime Cantina closed in 1988 and remained vacant and in decay. In the mid-1990s, Ritz Community Theater Projects, Inc. acquired the property and began rehabilitation in 1998. On May 6, 2000, the theater reopened as the Helen Stairs Theatre in honor of the citizen who led the restoration project, Helen Stairs. The following year, the location was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008, additional renovations were completed at the theater was renamed the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in honor of the Wayne Densch Charitable Trust Fund for contributing to the renovations fund.
Creator
Cepero, Laura
Publisher
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
Date Created
2011-07-09
Format
image/jpg
Extent
869 KB
1.17 MB
705 KB
978 KB
793 KB
649 KB
808 KB
1.55 MB
Medium
8 color digital images
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center, Sanford, Florida
Spatial Coverage
28.810527, -81.266859
Temporal Coverage
2008-01-01/2011-07-09
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Laura Cepero and owned by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/">RICHES of Central Florida</a>.
Rights Holder
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
Contributing Project
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/buildingblocks.php">Building Blocks</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.stageclick.com/venue/457.aspx">Helen Stairs Theatre</a>." StageClick. http://www.stageclick.com/venue/457.aspx.
"<a href="http://www.wdpac.com/footer-menu/theater-history/">Theater History</a>." Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center. http://www.wdpac.com/footer-menu/theater-history/.
"<a href="http://www.visitseminole.com/things-to-do/general/wayne-densch-performing-arts-center">Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center</a>." Seminole County: Florida's Natural Choice. http://www.visitseminole.com/things-to-do/general/wayne-densch-performing-arts-center.
Source
Original color digital image by Laura Cepero, July 9, 2011.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/42">Milane Theatre Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Accrual Method
Item Creation
Transcript
BEAUTY & THE BEAST JR.
JUNE 16 - 19
TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE
Wayne Densch
PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
CINDYS DANCE STUDI[sic]
JUNE 10 & 11
STAGE ENTRANCE
Farmers' Market
Saturday AM
VISIT
WWW.WDPAC.COM
FOR UPCOMING EVENTS
BEAUTY & THE BEAST JR.
JUNE 16 - 19
TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE
BEAUTY & THE BEAST JR.
JUNE 16 - 19
TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE
Wayne Densch
PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
CINDYS DANCE STUDI[sic]
JUNE 10 & 11
Wayne Densch
PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
BEAUTY & THE BEAST JR.
JUNE 16 - 19
TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE
Wayne Densch
PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
2nd Street
Beauty & the Beast Jr.
Cepero, Laura
Cindy's Dance Studio
farmers' market
Magnolia Avenue
Palmetto Avenue
Second Street
stage entrance
ticket booth
Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center
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Title
Sanford Collection
Alternative Title
Sanford Collection
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Description
Select images, correspondence, and other records from the Chase Collection (MS 14) at Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. According to the biographical sketch in the collection's finding aid:
"The story of the Chases in Florida began in 1878 when Sydney Octavius Chase (1860-1941), having read about orange groves in Scribner's Magazine, came to Florida from Philadelphia. His brother, Joshua Coffin Chase (1858-1948), joined him in 1884 and together they formed Chase and Company that year. The Chase brothers came to Florida at the right time for Florida citrus and at the right time for them as investment entrepreneurs. Strong family ties in the North provided them with financial backing for their ventures. Joshua left Florida in 1895 to work in the California citrus industry. He returned to Florida in 1904 and rejoined his brother. Another brother, Randall, remained in Philadelphia and augmented his brothers' finances when convenient. Sydney and Joshua were also important civic leaders who took part in community development, most notably in the City of Sanford. Both were elected to the Sanford city commission. They also supported the development of Rollins College, worked with the Florida Historical Society, and were the benefactors of numerous charities.
Chase and Company began as an insurance company and branched out to storage facilities and fertilizer sales. The latter was the beginning of the company's lucrative agricultural supply division which remained in operation throughout the existence of the company. Although citrus was the primary interest, the company also invested in other agricultural pursuits including celery in central Florida, tung oil production in Jefferson County, and winter vegetables and sugar cane in the Lake Okeechobee muck lands. The company was also involved in the peach business in Georgia and North Carolina. The company was incorporated in 1914, with the Chase brothers owning 75 percent of the stock, and reincorporated in 1948. A second generation of Chases began its involvement in the family operations when Sydney O. Chase, Jr. ( b. 1890) became a citrus buyer in 1922. He was later joined by his brother Randall who served as president of Chase and Company from 1948-1965. Outside the Chase Family, Alfred Foster, W. R. Harney, and William "Billy" Leffler figured prominently as company executives and investors. The company dissolved in 1979 when its principal assets were sold to Sunniland for $5.5 million.
The Chases' interest in citrus began when Sydney came to Florida and became associated with General Henry S. Sanford. The Chases would eventually own General Sanford's experimental farm, Belair, and the Chase family home in Sanford was located there. Over the years, the Chases invested in a number of citrus groves and owned others outright. In 1912, they organized the Chase Investment Company as a holding company for their farms. Initially, the company operated the Isleworth, Nocatee, Belair, and Kelly citrus groves as well as celery farms in Sanford. The company was renamed Chase Groves, Inc. in 1951. From time to time, Chase Investment was involved in real estate in Florida and North Carolina. The latter included Fort Caswell, a former military property that was held for a time and then sold. Unquestionably, the jewel in the Chase crown was the Isleworth grove at Windermere. Isleworth's four hundred lake-tempered acres carried the Chases through many difficult times. It proved to be the principal asset at the company's demise when it was sold to golf legend Arnold Palmer in 1984. Chase Groves dissolved that same year, 100 years after the founding of Chase and Company."
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/23" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Referenced By
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">A Guide to the Chase Collection</a>
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Holy Cross Episcopal Church, Sanford, Florida
Sanford Country Club and Golf Course, Sanford, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<span>University of Florida, </span><a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
Warner, S.C. "<a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a>." <em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.
<span>Hopkins, James T. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a><span>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.</span>
<span>"</span><a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a><span>." </span><em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em><span>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.</span>
<span>"</span><a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus" target="_blank">Franklin Chase, 'Towering Figure in Citrus Industry</a><span>.'" </span><em>The Orlando Sentinel</em><span>, September 30, 1986. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus.</span>
Contributor
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/94" target="_blank">Holy Cross Episcopal Church Collection</a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/87" target="_blank">Sanford Country Club and Golf Course Collection</a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Provenance
<span>Entire </span><a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a><span> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.</span>
Rights Holder
<span>The displayed collection is housed at </span><a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a><span> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. </span><a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a><span> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.</span>
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
1 black and white photograph
Physical Dimensions
8.5 x 5.5 inch
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Title
Intersection at Second Street and Oak Street
Alternative Title
Second Street and Oak Street
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Buildings--Florida
Streets--Florida
Description
The intersection of Second Street and Oak Street in Sanford, Florida in 1884. When General Henry Shelton Sanford (1823-1891) first established the City of Sanford, he laid out the streets on a grid plan. Streets running toward Lake Monroe were given names of native Florida trees, while streets running parallel to the lake were numbered.
Abstract
Seal on back of photograph, "Ensminger Bros., Photographers, Sanford, Florida"
Creator
Chase & Company
Source
Original 8.5 x 5.5 inch black and white photograph by Chase & Company, 1884: Chase Collection (MS 14), box 211, folder 3.30A, item CC 114, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Publisher
Ensminger Bros.
Is Referenced By
Folder referenced in Chase Collection finding guide, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm">http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm</a>.
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
143 KB
Medium
8.5 x 5.5 inch black and white photograph
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Spatial Coverage
28.810808, -81.269058
Temporal Coverage
1884-01-01/1884-12-31
Accrual Method
Donation
Provenance
Entire <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection item is housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>
Curator
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">University of Florida, Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
Brochure, <em>Sanford: Central Florida's Waterfront Gateway</em>. Sanford, Florida: City of Sanford, 2005.
Sanford Historical Society, Inc. <em>Sanford</em>. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2003.
Henry Shelton Sanford Papers. General Sanford Memorial Library, Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.
External Reference Title
<a title="Sanford: Central Florida's Waterfront Gateway" href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=21" target="_blank"><em>Sanford: Central Florida's Waterfront Gateway</em></a>
<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53015288" target="_blank"><em>Sanford</em></a>
<a href="http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/the-henry-shelton-sanford-papers.html" target="_blank">Henry Shelton Sanford Papers</a>
Transcript
(?) OIL
Glass
Date Created
1884
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 8.5 x 5.5 inch black and white photograph by Chase & Company, 1884.
Is Part Of
Chase Collection (MS 14), box 211, folder 3.30A, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/86" target="_blank">Sanford Collection</a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Audience Education Level
SS.K.A.1.2; SS.K.G.2.1; SS.1.A.1.1; SS.1.A.2.2; SS.1.G.1.5; SS.2.A.1.1; SS.2.G.1.2; SS.3.A.1.1; SS.3.G.1.1; SS.3.G.2.5; SS.3.G.2.6; SS.3.G.4.1; SS.4.A.1.1; SS.4.G.1.2; SS.5.A.1.1; SS.5.G.1.4; SS.6.G.2.1; SS.6.G.2.4; SS.6.W.1.3; SS.7.G.2.3; SS.8.A.1.2; SS.8.A.1.5; SS.912.A.1.1; SS.912.A.1.4; SS.912.A.3.13; SS.912.G.1.2; SS.912.G.1.4; SS.912.G.2.1; SS.912.G.5.1; SS.912.W.1.3
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
2nd Street
grid plan
Oak St.
Oak Street
Sanford, Henry S.
Second St.
Second Street
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Title
Sanford Collection
Description
The present-day Sanford area was originally inhabited by the Mayaca/Joroco natives by the time Europeans arrived. The tribe was decimated by war and disease by 1760 and was replaced by the Seminole Indians. In 1821, the United States acquired Florida from Spain and Americans began to settled in the state.
Camp Monroe was established in the mid-1830s to defend the area against Seminoles during the Seminole Wars. In 1836, the United States Army built a road (present-day Mellonville Avenue) to a location called "Camp Monroe," during the Second Seminole War. Following an attack on February 8, 1837, the camp was renamed "Fort Mellon," in honor of the battle's only American casualty, Captain Charles Mellon.
The town of Mellonville was founded nearby in 1842 by Daniel Stewart. When Florida became a state three years later, Mellonville became the county seat for Orange County, which was originally a portion of Mosquito County. Citrus was the first cash crop in the area and the first fruit packing plant was constructed in 1869.
In 1870, a lawyer from Connecticut by the name of Henry Shelton Sanford (1832-1891) purchased 12,548 acres of open land west of Mellonville. His vision was to make this new land a major port city, both railway and by water. Sitting on Lake Monroe, and the head of the St. Johns River, the City of Sanford earned the nickname of “The Gate City of South Florida.” Sanford became not only a transportation hub, but a leading citrus industry in Florida, and eventually globally.
The Great Fire of 1887 devastated the city, which also suffered from a statewide epidemic of yellow fever the following year. The citrus industry flourished until the Great Freezes of 1894 and 1895, causing planters to begin growing celery in 1896 as an alternative. Celery replaced citrus as the city's cash crop and Sanford was nicknamed "Celery City." In 1913, Sanford became the county seat of Seminole County, once part of Orange County. Agriculture dominated the region until Walt Disney World opened in October of 1971, effectively shifting the Central Florida economy towards tourism and residential development.
Alternative Title
Sanford Collection
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Contributor
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>
<a href="https://www.thehistorycenter.org/" target="_blank">Orange County Regional History Center</a>
<a href="http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/" target="_blank">Sanford Historical Society, Inc.</a>
<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=108" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/44" target="_blank">Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Curator
Marra, Katherine
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
Sanford Historical Society (Fla.). <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53015288" target="_blank"><em>Sanford</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.
"<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=48" target="_blank">Sanford: A Brief History</a>." City of Sanford. http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=48.
<em>The Seminole Herald</em>. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52633016" target="_blank"><em>Sanford: Our First 125 Years</em></a>. [Sanford, FL]: The Herald, 2002.
<span>Mills, Jerry W., and F. Blair Reeves. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11338196" target="_blank"><em>A Chronology of the Development of the City of Sanford, Florida: With Major Emphasis on Early Growth</em></a></span><span>, 1975.</span>
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/82" target="_blank"><em>Celery Soup: Florida’s Folk Life Play</em> Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/65" target="_blank">Churches of Sanford Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/131" target="_blank">Creative Sanford, Inc. Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/41" target="_blank">Georgetown Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/78" target="_blank">Marie J. Francis Collection</a>, Georgetown Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/101" target="_blank">Sanford Avenue Collection</a>, Georgetown Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/79" target="_blank">Goldsboro Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/116" target="_blank">Henry L. DeForest Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/12" target="_blank">Hotel Forrest Lake Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/14" target="_blank">Ice Houses of Sanford Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/42" target="_blank">Milane Theatre Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/13" target="_blank">Naval Air Station Sanford Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/15" target="_blank">Sanford Baseball Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/61" target="_blank">Sanford Cigar Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/10" target="_blank">Sanford Riverfront Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/11" target="_blank">Sanford State Farmers' Market Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
1 color photograph
Dublin Core
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Title
Northwest Corner of South Magnolia Avenue and East Second Street
Alternative Title
Magnolia Ave. and 2nd St.
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Buildings--Florida
Parking lots
Description
The parking lot on the northwest corner of South Magnolia Avenue and East Second Street in Downtown Sanford, Florida, in 2012. In the 1920s, a building designed by architect Elton James Moughton was located here.
Type
Still Image
Source
Original color photograph by Christine Dalton, 2012: Elton Moughton Archives, Private Collection of Christine Dalton.
Is Part Of
Elton Moughton Archives, Private Collection of Christine Dalton.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/16" target="_blank">Sanford Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original color photograph by Christine Dalton, 2012.
Coverage
Downtown Sanford, Florida
Creator
Dalton, Christine
Date Created
2012
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
116 KB
Medium
1 color photograph
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Christine Dalton.
Rights Holder
Copyright to the resource is held by Christine Dalton and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/buildingblocks.php" target="_blank">Building Blocks</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
Elton Moughton Archives
External Reference
<em>The Seminole Herald</em>. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52633016" target="_blank"><em>Sanford: Our First 125 Years</em></a>. [Sanford, FL]: The Herald, 2002.
Sanford Historical Society (Fla.). <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53015288" target="_blank"><em>Sanford</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.
"<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=48" target="_blank">Sanford: A Brief History</a>." City of Sanford. http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=48.
2nd Street
Downtown Sanford
Magnolia Avenue
parking lot
Sanford
Second Street
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https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/1e3d6a8903fd876f397fb8e874e95303.mp3
fcc6d527a46d56948c35456b7a21f329
https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/d3db22861b20e15022993b037d91af11.pdf
7fa2aef6d827b83921203af64caa1714
Dublin Core
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Title
Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project Collection
Alternative Title
Linda McKnight Batman Collection
Subject
Ocala (Fla.)
Orlando (Fla.)
Oviedo (Fla.)
Port Tampa (Fla.)
Sanford (Fla.)
Silver Springs (Fla.)
Titusville (Fla.)
Zellwood (Fla.)
Description
Collection of oral histories depicting the history of Seminole County, Florida. The project was funded by Linda McKnight Batman, a former teacher, historian, and Vice President of the State of Florida Commission on Ethics.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>
External Reference
<span>Museum of Seminole County History, and University of Central Florida. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/744676869" target="_blank"><em>Researcher's Guide to Seminole County Oral Histories: Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project</em></a><span>. [Sanford, Fla.]: Museum of Seminole County History, 2010.</span>
Contributor
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>
Coverage
Seminole County, Florida
Ocala, Florida
Oviedo, Florida
Port Tampa, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Silver Springs, Florida
Titusville, Florida
Zellwood, Florida
Contributing Project
Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Interviewer
Morris, Joseph
Interviewee
Whittington, Charles
Location
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a><span>, Sanford, Florida</span>
Dublin Core
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Title
Oral History of Charles Whittington
Alternative Title
Oral History, Whittington
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Celery
Agriculture--Florida
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
Army
Air Force
Description
An oral history of Charles Whittington b. 1938), conducted by Joseph Morris on November 18, 2011. Whittington was born in Sanford, Florida, in March of 1938. In the interview, he discusses his childhood in Sanford and Charleston, celery and gladiola farming, his father's service in the U.S. Navy, his mother and sister, how Sanford has changed over time, his employment history, his world travel experiences, his activities after retirement, his work with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),his wife and children, his service in the U.S. Army and in the U.S. Air Force, and the Apollo 8.
Table Of Contents
0:00:00 Introduction
0:00:56 Growing up in Sanford and Charleston
0:04:33 Father’s gas station
0:05:13 Celery and gladiola farming
0:09:55 Working on a farm
0:14:07 Father’s service in the Navy
0:19:29 Parents and sister
0:23:04 How Sanford has changed over time
0:25:44 Employment history
0:29:05 World travel experiences
0:34:06 Retirement
0:37:15 Working with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
0:40:11 Wife and children
0:45:25 Serving in the Army and the Air Force
0:55:04 Apollo 8
0:57:01 Closing remarks
Abstract
Oral history interview of Charles Whittington. Interview conducted by Joseph Morris at the <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a> in Sanford, Florida.
Type
Sound
Source
Original 58-minute and 16-second oral history: Whittington, Charles Interviewed. by Joseph Morris. November 18, 2011. Audio record available. <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>, Sanford, Florida.
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Multimedia software, such as <a href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" target="_blank"> QuickTime</a>.
<a href="https://get.adobe.com/reader/" target="_blank">Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>, Sanford, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/123" target="_blank">Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Coverage
Sinclair Oil Corporation Gas Station, Sanford, Florida
Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, South Carolina
Sanford, Florida
Anchorage, Alaska
Creator
Morris, Joseph
Whittington, Charles
Contributor
Vickers, Savannah
Date Created
2011-11-18
Date Modified
2014-10-10
Date Copyrighted
2011-11-18
Format
audio/mp3
application/pdf
Extent
451 MB
197 KB
Medium
58-minute and 16-second audio recording
22-page typed transcript
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Economics Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Joseph Morris and Charles Whittington, and trasncribed by Savannah Vickers.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>
External Reference
Sanford Historical Society (Fla.). <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53015288" target="_blank"><em>Sanford</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.
Mills, Jerry W., and F. Blair Reeves. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11338196" target="_blank"><em>A Chronology of the Development of the City of Sanford, Florida: With Major Emphasis on Early Growth</em></a>, 1975.
Transcript
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>This is an interview with Charles Whittington. This interview is being conducted on the 18<sup>th</sup> of November, 2011, at the Museum of Seminole County History. The interviewer is Joseph Morris, representing the Linda McKnight Batman Oral History Project for the Historical Society of Central Florida. Sir, could you tell us about where and when you were born?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Yes, I was born in Seminole County, in Sanford, at the old Fernald-Laughton Sanford Hospital, and that was in March of 1938. The building is still standing, and the last time I was by there, it was used as a—I believe it was a halfway house of sorts. I’m not really sure, and I’m not well-informed on that, but that was my understanding. But it is still there. It’s across from the old Sanford library.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir, and can you describe the place where you grew up?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Yes, my dad owned a Sinclair [Oil Corporation] gas station on the corner of [South] Park Avenue and [East] Second [Street], and we had a little home on Oak Avenue.</p>
<p class="Body">When World War II broke out in 1942, my dad was offered a job as a machinist in the Navy shipyard<a title="">[1]</a> in Charleston, South Carolina. And we moved up there, and my dad worked in the division of the shipyard that later became the test bed for our first nuclear research into nuclear-powered ships. And it was highly classified and very structured, and he didn’t understand why at the time. and I didn’t either, until later, realized that no wonder was it top secret—I mean, because this was our first involvement in nuclear research for, you know, powering anything.</p>
<p class="Body">And then, in the latter part of 1943, my dad had saved enough money to come back here and buy a farm. We bought a little 13-acre farm on Richmond Avenue, and moved down there. And my dad—it was sort of a lifelong dream for him—went into farming. And at that time, primarily we grew celery, and corn and cabbage, other crops that could be shipped up north.</p>
<p class="Body">But the days of the small farmer in Seminole County, toward the end of that decade—the end of the ‘40s—was starting pretty rapidly to come to an end. The soil was worn out, and much of the farming had moved to the Everglades, to the area around Lake Okeechobee. And my dad hung on, and tried to make it, and he finally realized that we were going under, and this just wasn’t going to do it for us. And we sold the farm, and moved to Pasco County, down near Tampa, and he got back into the poultry industry there and did, you know, quite well.</p>
<p class="Body">But I hated to leave. I loved Sanford. I loved being raised on a small farm, and it was a big disappointment for me to leave Sanford, especially in my sophomore year in high school. The two schools were just as, you know, much different as night and day—the high school here and the high school down there. The one down there wouldn’t come anywhere near the quality of what we had here in Sanford, and I missed that very much. And I come back to Seminole County as often as I can, and that’s why I’m here today, for this interview and also to meet with some former classmates. And I still feel like this is my hometown, but it’s also, if anyone asks me where I’m from it’s always Sanford, not Zephyrhills.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. And you said your dad, prior to World War II, he ran or owned a...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>A Sinclair gas station.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>A gas station. What happened to that when he moved to South Carolina for the machinist job?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Okay. He sold it to someone else, and the station now is the office of Edward Jones Investment Agency, and Bill Kirchhoff had that, and I believe he has been here and talked to you folks. And he and I are good friends. Matter of fact, I’ve got a tractor radiator cap for him. I’ve got to get to him after our interview.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>But his dad was involved in the overall agricultural structure of Seminole County during the time that we had the farm on Richmond Avenue. He raised gladiolas in Florida and also in New York, and I think he even had some farms on the West Coast, and he would, you know, follow seasons. And also there was a problem with a little microbe in the soil here called a “nematode” that was not present in the soil of New York, because, you know, the soil freezes up there in the winter and kills these things. And here it doesn’t freeze, and these little guys do pretty well, and they really wreak havoc on both celery plants and gladiola bulbs.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>These were nematodes, you said?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Nematodes. Right. It’s a little microbe, and they attack the roots of the young plants.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>How did you counter those when you were farming?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>You would flood the area. You would dam in a little area of the farm that would be the area for the seed beds, where the young celery plants were growing, and flood it for about two and a half weeks. And just keep, you know, a couple inches of water on it, with the well running in there, you know, all the time, and keep the water in there for about two and a half weeks. And that would kill the nematodes in this area, and you would raise your young celery plants in seed beds in this area. And once the plants caught up to, you know, a height of like three or four inches, they could deal with these little bugs. But it was the little bitty plants that they would go after.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And when they were the little bitty plants, that’s when you flooded, or did you flood and then plant?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>No. You flooded, then planted.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>You would flood, drain it, and form the seed beds, and plant those. And I’ve got pictures I’ll send you too. You had to put muslin covers over the seed beds, because when the plants first came up, they were very sensitive to sun. So you had to keep them covered during the hot part of the day, and in the afternoon you would open the side of the cover, along all the way, halfway through the field, and let air, fresh air and sunlight in, with the sun over here, and in the morning, you would open, you know, the back side, other side, west side, and get air and sunlight in there. But not direct sunlight, because they were very, very—a celery plant is a very tender little guy when it’s, you know, when it’s an inch high.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay. And the sun would just be too strong for it early on?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>If you just opened it up, they couldn’t handle it.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Did you have to do that when they, when the little celery grew up, or...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>No. Once the celery got to a height of maybe two or three inches, then you could take the cover off, and it was okay then. But it was just when they were first starting, first coming up, that they were so sensitive to the sun.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay. What other kinds of problems did you have while raising celery, other than the sunlight, and other than the microbes? Was there any other kind of difficulty that you found out about?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Well, the main difficulty would be weather during the, you know, winter months, when you planted celery—typically wasn’t an issue. But the real issue was the market price of the celery when you harvested it. You know, if it was good, why, you did okay. And if it was bad, you know, it was just another bad year. </p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>What affected these—what would change from year to year that would make it a good year or a bad year for selling celery?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Well, just the market price in New York. That was where we shipped. We shipped from the Sanford [State] Farmers’ Market, usually to New York and that—you know, the New England area. And it was just the price of celery up there that, you know, was whether you made it that year or not. And we had too many of the had-not years.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, really?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay. And what was your involvement? Like how old were you when you moved to the farm? And what was your involvement while you lived there?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Well, I was five years old when we moved there, and we started farming. We started farming with a pair of mules. [<em>laughs</em>] Now this is how far back it goes. We used mules for plowing and discing and so forth.</p>
<p class="Body">And after this, we bought a Model F Fordson tractor. I’ve got a picture of this, and there are several online now. And my dad would let me drive it, but it was so hard to steer, until I was about 12 years old, I could not turn it around at the end of the row. It took that much power to turn the steering wheel. And also, I didn’t weigh enough to push the clutch in. The clutch was the lever that stuck out of the transfer case, and you had to press down on it, and I could stand on it, and it wouldn’t go anywhere. [<em>laughs</em>] So, obviously, I couldn’t operate the Fordson by myself.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Right.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>We later got rid of that and got a Model 8N Ford, and that’s the radiator cap for the one I have in my car, and it was, you know, had power steering and the hydraulic lift in the back, and so forth. And so, I did a lot of plowing, and discing, and running the tractor. That was, you know—10 years on, I did a lot of it. That was my part of helping.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris <br /></strong>No planting or harvesting necessarily?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>No. We—for harvesting the celery crops, we usually used crews of labor that we would hire locally. And they would plant the celery, and also cabbage or couple other plants that required—you know, physical planting—and then they would also do the harvesting and packing. And you contacted a crew leader, a team leader, and contracted with him to do the harvesting in your field. And we were just responsible really for, you know, making certain that the celery—if it was celery, or whatever the crop—was sprayed, in case there was any kind of a blight or a fungus, or some sort of an insect problem, that we sprayed it with the proper spray, and that we fertilized it, and also cultivated the rows to keep the weeds down, and it was a very labor-intensive occupation.</p>
<p class="Body">And I was very upset with my dad, especially in the later years, because he could’ve stayed on forever. He already had his foot in the door in the nuclear—the government nuclear involvement in the Military, and he didn’t even know it. I mean, he knew he was under a very tight security environment, but he didn’t know why. But he was an excellent machinist. He was moved up shop chief in no time at all, making good money, but his dream was always to come back to Sanford and own a farm. And, I mean, it was quite obvious by the end of, you know, the ‘40s, that the farming here was in trouble. And, you know, in later years, I thought, “Why couldn’t you have just stayed in Charleston with the Navy?” And, you know, gotten a civil service retirement. And we wouldn’t have, you know, been in the situation that we found ourselves in here. Although, like I say, I do really love Sanford, and loved growing up here.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay. A little bit of a catch-22.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Yeah. That’s a very good comparison there.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Now, you said you moved here—you moved to Sanford when you were five.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Uh huh.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>How long was your dad a machinist for the Navy? Because I know when he moved up to South Carolina, you must have been only a couple years old.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Right. Well, I was born in ’38, and we moved up there in ’42.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>And he worked for about 18 months, and put everything aside. And that was enough to buy that farm, and so we came back. And that—and plus he had sold the gas station by this time, and he had some income from that, and so he put it all in that farm and getting some equipment, and…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Mules.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Yeah. Mules. He had mules, and then the Fordson and then the Model 8N Ford, which I’m trying to find—got a couple leads on it—but I’d like to learn how to get some pictures of it.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay. So I’m kind of surprised, because when you moved to Sanford, World War II was still going on.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Right.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And they didn’t have a problem, coming from a very heavily secured area, and during World War II, an able-bodied man—I’m surprised they just—that he was able to leave his job and become a farmer.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>That’s an excellent point, and I would be surprised at it except that farming was a fairly high-priority occupation, as far as the government was concerned, because you were feeding, you know, you were feeding the population, and providing some foods that could be used in preparation of foods for the—you know, our military. So that was effective. We came back here, and we’re going into farming wasn’t a problem. And he had—my dad had served in World War I in France.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>And he was past the draft age. So that was something else too. I mean, he was too old for, you know, for required military service.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay. And what was the cap at this time for age? The age cap before you could no longer be drafted?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Joe, I don’t remember exactly. I think somewhere in the 30s—like 35?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>I believe that was it. I’ll do some checking, get back to you on that.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>All right. Thank you, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>I believe that was in, you know, mid-30s.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris <br /></strong>I was a little surprised they’d let such an excellent machinist, you know, leave so easily.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Well…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Unless they put up a fight trying to entice him and keep him to stay. But it just seemed, during World War II, to let him go to farming—I mean, maybe they didn’t have any say in the matter, as well. That’s just where my question was going.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Right. And I really wish that, of the many things you want to go back and ask your parents, something I’d really like to talk to my dad about is why you left. I mean, was farming that important to you, that you would leave, you know, a high-tech, high-paying, secure job like that, and go back into something that, you know, almost going in it was a known gamble, because there was problems with weather, insects, and, you know, always the market fluctuations?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Did he like his career as a machinist?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Yes. He did. I mean, he liked that very much, but it didn’t have the pull that, you know, being his own boss in farming did.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>I guess maybe it could have been just his own culture growing up, attached significance to farming and independence.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Right. Well, he was raised on a farm in North Carolina.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>So, you know, that was his—where his roots were. He wanted to get back into it down here. And, of course, you know, in the ‘30s, Sanford couldn’t produce enough celery. I mean, it was the celery capital of the world.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Right.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>And some of that aura sort of hung over for quite some time, that, you know— “Oh, get a farm and get celery growing. You’ll get rich.” Well, that didn’t always work out that way.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Shoot.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>But, anyway, that was…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>How long did your family own the farm?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>We sold the farm in 1950, and he leased another farm, and we stayed on ‘til 1953, and at Christmas that year, my sophomore year in high school, we left and went to Zephyrhills.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>So how long did you live, then, in Sanford, from the first farm up until that, 1953?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Okay. I was born here, and we lived here until we left in 1942, and then—the early part of 1942—and then toward the latter part of 1943, we came back. So I was only gone, like 18 months.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>And then we stayed here until 1953, and I was a sophomore in high school at that time.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. Then, I know we talked a little bit about your father. Could you tell me more about your parents and any kind of siblings?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>I had one sister that was 17 years older than I was, and she graduated from Florida State [University], which was Florida [State] College for Women back then, with a degree in education. And she went to Melbourne and got a teaching job there, and when World War II started, the City of Melbourne offered her the directorship of the USO that they’d built in Melbourne for the, mainly the sailors, because there’s a lot of Navy and Coast Guard. You know, all these war activities at that time in that area. And so, Melbourne built a USO and offered my sister a job to run that, and she took it and did that until the war ended.</p>
<p class="Body">And my dad had a couple years of mechanical engineering at NC [North Carolina] State [University], and that’s why he did well at Charleston, because he had that—already had some college training in, you know, the math end of mechanical engineering. Well, it’s primarily math. But, the, you know, his roots in North Carolina—being raised on a small farm—just were too strong, and he wanted to go back to it. Plus, he just—he had the problem that a lot of folks have of not wanting to work for somebody else. That’s why he ran the gas station is because, you know, he was his own boss there, and, you know, he could hire somebody else to help him, but he didn’t report to anybody else. He was his own station, and he ran it the way he wanted to.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay. And what about your mother, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>My mother helped my dad a lot. I mean, farming was sort of a family thing that you got into, because, I mean, there was just so much work to be done, that my mother frequently would help, not only, you know, taking care of running the home, but she would actually physically help with some of the labor on the farm itself. And I didn’t like that. It just seemed wrong that a woman should be, you know, having to make ends meet, to have to work, you know, on the farm. Even though it was not really heavy labor work. It was the fact that she still had to chip in and help us to make it. That bothered me. But she did, and never complained about it. But it was, you know—it was something that many families here did. The whole family was involved in farming. And I didn’t mind, you know, running the tractor at all. I liked it. I mean, that was [<em>laughs</em>]—especially the Ford that I could handle, not the big Ford, but the little one that was newer.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Well, sir, how has Sanford changed over the years, from…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Sorry?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>How has Sanford changed over the years?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>How’s it changed?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>From when you grew up to how it is now, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Oh, okay. Well, the change that I noticed when I first came back was the decline of the downtown area, which is so typical of many small towns. The shopping moves out to shopping centers in the suburbs, and that has happened to me—that Downtown Sanford’s the perfect example of it. Because we had, downtown, we had a Firestone store and a JCPenney, and Lerner Clothing Store, and a McCrory’s Five and Dime [Store]—I can’t think of—two hardware stores, some regional area chain department stores, and two banks. And it was just, you know, it was a very functional little downtown area.</p>
<p class="Body">And you could see that starting to go. You know, stores would close and be empty, and then somebody else would try something else in it. It wouldn’t make it. Now, it’s a lot of antique shops down there, and that’s about it. I mean, that’s that whole main street, is antique shops. And I didn’t like to see that. The old telephone company was over the JCPenney store. There was an old manual switchboard with operators on the second floor of the JCPenney building, and then there was the Thudson[?] Drugstore on one corner, and the Roman Anderson[?] Drugstore on the other. There were no Target or pharmacy or CVS, any of those. You know, there were none of the chain stores. The Eckerd chain was the first one down here—Eckerd and Walgreens. But, you know, during my growing up years, those two were places that you hung out, and you could get a hamburger and a malt, or, you know, whatever. And, also, there was a pharmacy there. And I hated to see those go, because that was, you know, that was just a very active part of Sanford.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. And where have you lived over the course of your life?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Well, after I got discharged from the hospital following that jet accident in the Air Force, I immediately went right back to the Cape [Canaveral] and applied to NASA [National Aeronautics and Space Administration] and got on. This was during the Gemini program.<a title="">[2]</a> I got on at the flight simulator over at the Cape. And I worked the NASA contracts. I was at Houston[, Texas] twice. I was in Ecuador for one time, and then a tracking station in the Smokey Mountains, and was there through, well, after the end of the Skylab program. When that ended, and the shuttle program wasn’t yet, you know—we’d gone to the Moon and done that thing with the Apollo series, and the shuttles weren’t flying it, so there was a massive layoff. I got caught in that.</p>
<p class="Body">And I got into the telecom industry, and followed that all over the country as a contractor. And I found that I could—of course, you weren’t building any pension or retirement—but I found that I could make more money than a company employee. I could make more money as a contractor if I was willing to move around. And you just had to discipline yourself, and put aside what otherwise would have been your retirement from the company. And I did that and did all right. And I liked to travel. But I ended up in an ISP [Internet service provider] Internet hosting outfit in Seattle[, Washington], and was doing that when I retired in 2001. You know, the travel and, you know, the change, the challenges of new jobs, and being able to go to a new area and move into the new company and a new job—that part of moving around was attractive to me.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>What kind of places did you move, sir? For example?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Okay. I was in San Francisco[, California], and was there during the earthquake, and was in Los Angeles[, California], and then in the Seattle area for about 10 years. and then, prior to that, I had moved around just for, like, a few months at a time, in various places all over the U.S.—Indianapolis[, Indiana] and Chicago, Illinois]—you know, for like maybe six weeks or two months at a time on just a contract job. And, it was interesting, but I was single then, and just pull up and move without any real concern. It was okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>You said you liked to travel, sir. Have you ever traveled outside of the country? Or—vacation travel?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Yes. Yes. I have. I’ve traveled to, well, the South America travel was mainly as a function of the Military and NASA time. But I’ve traveled to England, and done the Hawaiian Islands, was in Israel in Tel Aviv for five weeks for a company school. And that was an eye-opener. That really was. I mean, I got a good look at the Holy Land. It was [<em>laughs</em>]—it was a lot different than I expected. It really was.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>How so, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Well, those people have got an unreal—I’m talking about the Israelis—have got an unreal work ethic. I mean, if they are asked to work 24 hours a day, and there’s a need for it, they’ll do it, and no griping. You don’t find that very much in the U.S.</p>
<p class="Body">I mean, they are very, very much—uh, I can’t really express myself here—loyal to Israel, and to their faith, and to the country. I mean, just, you know, they’ve got a country, and they’re going to hang onto it now. And the [<em>laughs</em>], the guys around them had better not mess with them. I can say that from being there, and being in the technology. I know what they’ve got. And they can—the guys around them can end up a big smoking hole in the ground over there, if, you know, they push Israel too hard.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>All right, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington</strong>They might hurt Israel too, but they’ll come out the losers.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And have you travelled anywhere else, sir, for work or vacation? You said South America. What countries in South America?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Okay. I’ve been over a good bit of England, and I was in Alaska, and was in the Army up there. I liked that, but I’ve been back just as a tourist with my wife, and took my in-laws up there. And the Hawaiian Islands several times. I’ve not done China. I’d like to see China. I really would. And that’s kind of the feeling I got, because there was a contract. The Chinese were going to completely replace their aging landline system with a…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Towers?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>With a tower network.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Yeah. With towers, and cell phones. And several different companies had some pretty good contracts over there, if you’d go and stay for as long as you could take it. But, some of the places I heard about, you know, they were all right, and some were pretty Spartan—I mean, food and accommodations. And you having been there, you probably would validate some of that. I don’t know.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Some of it, sir. When was this going on? When were these contracts for landlines or...</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Okay. The contracts for China were, like, in the mid-‘90s.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>There was some openings there, and that kind of moved around. It would change a lot, and I never could get somebody to, you know, sit down with me and say, “Okay,” you know, “here’s what we can offer you, and here’s when you leave.” And I never was able to find it at that point. Perhaps it’s a good thing. But anyway, I’ve not been there. I’ve met a good friend my wife worked with in San Francisco and Seattle that is from Ethiopia—not Ethiopia. [<em>sighs</em>] Can’t say it. Starts with “E,” and it’s part of the Soviet Union. Oh, fiddle.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Is this in Africa or Asia?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>No, it’s in…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, is it Estonia?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Yeah. Estonia. [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Oh, okay.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>I couldn’t say it. And he’s gone back to Russia several times, and the pictures and so forth. And the stories I got from when I would talk to him afterwards, I don’t really have any desire to travel in Russia. And that’s not one of the things I want to do. I want to do Europe first, and really work it over really good, and Hong Kong and Japan. Those are ones that I really wanna [<em>laughs</em>]…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>They’re both very nice. Sir, are you still working right now?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>No. I’m retired now.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay. How long have you been retired, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>I retired in 2001.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay. And what have you been doing to, you know, kill your time since then, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Okay. I’m very much into researching my ancestry—into genealogy. I’ve got a solid trace back to, now, I don’t if you’ve ever heard of this, the story of Dick Woodington and his cat.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>No, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>But this was a guy who was Lord Mayor of London four different times. And anyway, he was a far-distant cousin, and I’ve gone 200 years past him, with a solid trace back, and that was a lot of fun. And I think I’ve got my own family tree built now. I’m working my wife’s, and just anybody else that pops up. I thought, “Well, let’s just see what,” you know, “theirs looks like.” That’s a lot of fun.</p>
<p class="Body">I’ve been in ham radio for, since, well, it was 11 years old, and that technology keeps advancing. I mean, we were digital before digital phones were, you know, the thing. We were bouncing, you know, signals off the Moon, communicating that way. We’ve got a whole bunch of satellites up. Not our satellites, but we’ve got ham radio, we would piggyback on a lot of satellites that are up there. So you can send up with a little handheld and talk to somebody on the other side of the earth. And that, to me, is fascinating. So that’s been something that’s kept me really busy with my time—is ham radio.</p>
<p class="Body">And my wife and I like to travel, and, you know, if we get a few days that we can see we can get away to do something, we get in the car and go. And that’s, you know—we had a great big map when we were in California, a huge, plasticized, ceiling-to-floor map of the whole state. And when I was there, I was able to take off, you know, and be gone for a week at a time, with no charge against any vacation time, because I was on-duty 7 by 24 out there. They didn’t require that much support, but I had to be there. So if I wanted to leave, they’d fly one of the managers out there to watch my equipment, because it was a little vacation for him to San Francisco, and we’d take off. And we went to little towns that we’d just find this map and say, “Let’s go there this weekend.” And we’d go to little towns in California that the average Californian had never heard of, and go spend the night, or sometimes not spend the night. Just go, come back. The travel was a big thing out there, especially in the mountains. Of course, California’s got a lot of them, and that was an interesting thing.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>I was involved in the Voyager aircraft project that flew around the world, non-refueled, nonstop. It was the bird [Burt] Rutan designed. Canard, weird-looking airplane. And I worked on that for about two and a half months, or two and a half years, as a volunteer on the staff for the world-record flight, and they wanted me for my NASA background, because I knew how to solder without putting a lot of weight in the airplane and solder. Because they proved that if you improperly—if the crews that built the big Saturn [inaudible] spacecraft that we used to go to the Moon—they used too much solder—you could end up with five tons of solder in the spacecraft, that it would never get off the pad. And, so there’s a very finite point in soldering where you can, you have just barely enough but not too much solder, and I had instructors for hand-soldering for, you know, air space flight hardware. And the Voyager crew wanted me for that reason, because I could keep the weight down. We put something in the plane in the wiring—in the way it’s hooked up.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And when’s this again, sir? Like, can you give me a time frame?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>This was from, like, ’84 through, the plane flew in ’87. It was those years.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /> </strong>Okay, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>And they were up for just under 10 days, but they flew all the way around, you know, nonstop, from Edwards Air Force Base, back to Edwards Air Force Base, in California, nonstop and non-refueled.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Did you enjoy working for NASA and with NASA projects?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Oh, yeah. Yeah. I was very much into that, and I also enjoyed the work when I was assigned to Patrick [Air Force Base] over at the Cape, because we were supporting the NASA effort, and we were right on the cutting-edge of everything there. And that was extremely, extremely fascinating and challenging. And it was the kind of a job you’d go into early, not to be on overtime—‘cause you couldn’t just go clock in arbitrarily—but just to be part of it. And I worked the midnight shift, and a lot of times I’d still be over there at noon just hanging around, watching stuff. You know, just to be part of it, and, you know, you’d realize, “Hey, I’ve got to go home and get some sleep.” And sometimes they’d run you out, when there were too many of us hanging around, but it was extremely fascinating.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And, sir, you mentioned your wife. How long have you been married, and who is she? Where did you meet her?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Okay. My first wife I met here locally. She was from Plant City, and we were married 16 years, and got a divorce. I was divorced 12 years, and I met my second wife in Zephyrhills, and she was with a company in California that provided mortgage insurance—was part of this thing. It kept the housing bubble sort of going, because it allowed you to buy a home with mortgage insurance instead of a much larger down payment. And it was a good concept. There was nothing under-handed about it. But anyway, she had 20 years with them, and she was in charge of a team that would go to the various offices around the country and underwrite, you know, maybe 500 loans at one time. They’d be there a week, and as such, you know, they flew constantly, and we always had a whole stack of frequent flyer tickets on the dresser. And we flew to England, to Ecuador, to Hawaii, to Alaska twice, on frequent flyer passes [<em>laughs</em>]. And took her folks to Alaska. And she enjoyed her work and enjoyed the travel, and I enjoyed being able to grab those tickets and say, “Let’s go to jolly old England.” [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>That must have been very convenient.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>It was.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And do you have any children, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Yes. I do. I have a daughter and two boys. And my daughter lives in Brooksville, and the boys are in the Atlanta[, Georgia] area.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>What are their names and ages, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Okay. My daughter is 46 now, and the oldest boy is 44, and the youngest one is 37. So they’re getting up there.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Are they all from the first marriage?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>All from the first marriage. Right.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. And, okay. Are they doing anything similar to what you did?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>No. My daughter worked as a—she did hematology studies for Smith Klein Beacham in veterinary medicine. And I thought she was going to stay with it, because it was, you know, an excellent field, and she got out, and got into, of all things, running a business, and she’s got a fairly large one. But have you noticed on the freeways, you’ll see a large load being hauled on the freeway, and there’s a truck ahead of it with a flashing light?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Mm-hm.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Called a pilot car?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Yes, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Well, she has a pilot car operation in Brooksville, and she’s the biggest company east of the Mississippi. And she covers the whole country, because she’s got contract drivers for her all over the country. That one driver can take the load from here to there, and then somebody else picks it up and goes on. And she even had a contract with NASA to escort those solid rocket boosters from the West Coast to the Cape. [<em>laughs</em>] And, you know, this was—she said, “Well, Dad will be proud of this.” And I was. And she asked—they would always—when they would ship these boosters back, they would send two engineers from the plant with them, because they were very critical insofar as temperature and pressures and so forth went, even though they were solid fuel. And one of the engineers told her one time, he said, “If you see smoke coming out of the casing for one of those boosters, run.” And she said, “Right, sir! But let me ask a question: which way?” [<em>laughs</em>] And I thought her sarcastic humor was a little bit funny, because, really, which way is it gonna go if it pops, you know? But, anyway, she does that.</p>
<p class="Body">And the oldest boy, regrettably, had a stroke a couple years ago, and his, you know—he won’t be working anymore. And the young one works for a granite quarry in Atlanta—the north side of Atlanta—and is driving a truck, a dump truck. [<em>laughs</em>] So…</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Very eclectic.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Yeah. But he’s still—even in this economy, he’s still staying employed. So, you know, more power to him. [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Definitely, sir. Could you tell us a little about your military experience?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Military experience. The first one—I was in the Army, and they sent me to Indianapolis for court reporter training, and I thought, “Wow,” you know, “A court reporter!” And after four months there, learning to transcribe, you know, court proceedings, they sent three of us to Alaska, and we got up there, and they had civil service court reporters and no need for us. So they assigned me to the Army dock in Downtown Anchorage[, Alaska], and it was one of those dream tours that you get one of in the service. There were seven of us assigned there. There was a captain, and two NCOs [non-commissioner officer], and the rest of us were enlisted.</p>
<p class="Body">And during the summer months, when the port was open and—you know, real busy, you’d work sometimes 36 hours straight, and during the winter months, when it was froze up and closed, you’d pull secure watch for 24 hours and, you know, you were off 48. Well, it wasn’t missile science for us to get together and say, “Hey guys, let’s pull it for a week straight and take two weeks off.” [<em>laughs</em>] So I lived to ski though. I did. I loved skiing, and during winter months, you know, I’d work my week and then that was it. They wouldn’t see me again until two weeks’ time went by.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>You would have to be awake for a week straight, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Oh, you wouldn’t have to be awake. You’d just have to be on-duty there. The place was closed up and frozen over really. And you just had to be there and answer the phone. That’s all.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>And also pull fire watch, and whatever.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>No. I understand.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>But you didn’t do anything. There were only two TV stations in Anchorage at that time. [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Got a lot of reading done, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Yeah. You did a lot of reading.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Caught up on world events?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>] But anyway, I should have stayed in. I mean, I was—I made E[nlisted Rank]-4 after 18 months. and I had my private license at that time, and if you had any college at all—I had one year at Southern—Florida Southern [College]—you could apply for the warrant officer program, go to Fort Rucker, Alabama, and get helicopter training. And I always wanted a rotary wing rating. I mean, I wanted a chopper rating. But some little voice said, “Don’t do it.” Because if I had, I’d have been one of the first Huey pilots in [the] Vietnam [War].</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>One of the first, ‘cause this was in 1959, and I would have gotten through warrant officer school and flight training by about 1961, and Vietnam was just starting to stir about then. And a good friend from high school here was the first commissioned officer killed in Vietnam, Terry Cordell. First one killed over there. And I knew Terry. He was our football captain, and he was a senior, and I was a freshman. Just a real nice guy. But flying an observation plane, got shot down. That was the end of Terry.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>And then you got out of the Army. What after that, sir?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Went out of the Army in 1959, and enlisted in the Air Force in ’62, and was in there until July ’64, when I got the medical discharge. And I was actually [<em>laughs</em>] —I don’t even like to tell people about it, but in—when I saw the end of the NASA thing coming, the Army had a program at that time called “Stripes for Skills,” and they offered me an E-5 and choice of assignment, which I took Denver, Colorado—but based on my NASA background. They wanted somebody that had some satellite experience, and so the deal was that I go through a little three-week refresher basic, and then would be assigned to Denver, Colorado, as an E-5. And they enlisted my wife at the same time. This was my first wife. She had court reporter experience, and they would put her through the same program, and she would have to go through the full wide basic, but they would assign us to both to go to the same base, and as much as they could, you know, in the military, would keep us together.</p>
<p class="Body">But at that time, I’d had a medical discharge, I had three kids, I was overage, I had all kind of disqualifiers. And a retired general and old-timer [inaudible] there where I was working for NASA, said, “Go to the Pentagon.” And, like a dummy, I climbed in the car, and we headed off to the Pentagon, and got there at eight o’clock in the morning, and got in with the crowd that, you know, was going into work, and I fell in with this bird colonel, and he said, “Where are you going?” And I said, “Well, I need to see the Army G2.” And he says, “Oh, yeah?” [<em>laughs</em>] He couldn’t believe this—me and my wife and three kids. I mean, it blew him away so badly, that he took us and signed us in, and he says, “Stay right here.” And finally, somebody from that office came down, and saw all of us kind of sitting there, and he said, “What do you want?” I said, “I want a waiver for the disqualifiers that are keeping me out of the Minuteman program.” And I talked to the guy for about an hour, and I’ve got the letter that waives my disqualifications to go back in the Army. [<em>laughs</em>] You know, this was after a medical discharge, three kids, and overage.</p>
<p class="Body">But anyway, I went to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, went through this little basic training, which was kind of fun—learning the new weapons and new techniques and stuff. And then, everybody else left, and no assignment. Another guy and I were by ourselves in the outfit, and just the cadre people were still there, and finally, they came through and they said, “We hate to admit it, but the Army has enlisted about 10 people in that career field for every slot we have.” And he said—this was the [inaudible]—said, “We can’t offer you Denver, Colorado.” Or Fort—can’t think of the base there now—but he said, “We can offer you Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, and E-3, and no concurrent assignment with your wife.” And I said, “Or what else?” And he said, “Or a discharge.” And I said, “Let’s go with plan B.” [<em>laughs</em>] So, I mean, I had a very short second enlistment in the Army.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>After all that trouble.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>After all that trouble, you know.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Shoot.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>But I didn’t really like the changes I’d seen in the Army either, at that time. I just don’t know. It just—there was a change in discipline, and attitudes, and stuff, that I would have had trouble with, because of coming from the Army of the late ‘50s to the Army of the mid-‘70s. And, I mean, there were guys, even in the training barracks, sitting in the dark smoking pot, and it was—I mean, I’m not that much against pot, but it was against Army regulations and against common sense. And to think like that, I was just this lad, and it didn’t work out, because I’m sure that would have gotten me in trouble, complaining about it—those kind of issues later on. So it’s just as well that I didn’t end up in that.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. And was that the end of your military experience then?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>That was the end of it.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay. Are there any historical events that come to mind, over the course of your entire life, sir? Like anything in your life that you felt like stands out or was, you know—that just changed your world, I guess I could say?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Well, being on the biomed[ical] council at Houston for the flight of the Apollo 8, the slingshot flight around the Moon, that to me was, it was just sort of a highlight in my life, because I was part of something that it was a first for us, for the U.S., that we were going to the Moon, and I’ll be in a small part. I was part of it. And I was just so impressed with the guys in the spacecraft. I was watching all their, you know—their biomedical functions, and I had no medical training at all. I was there being able to feed the biomed data that was being stripped out of the calorimetry to anyone in mission control that needed it for any reason. All they did was call me and say, “Give me biomed.” And I could patch that data to them, and I had to keep the equipment that stripped it out of the calorimetry downstream, had to keep that up and running, and it was real fussy stuff, because it was built very hurriedly. But, I was watching all of their, you know, their vital signs, and Frank Borman—Colonel Frank Borman—the mission commander’s pulse at T-2 was 80, and mine was way over 100. I mean, I was wound up. We’re going to the Moon! And, here he’s up there, “Okay, let’s—gonna go?” You know. And I was—I thought, <em>Wow. The ultimate test pilot</em>. You know, the thing could blast into a million pieces. You know, he was ready to take a chance on it.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Okay, sir. That’s interesting.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>That was, that’s sort of a highlight, and the time in Israel was, that too was a definite attitude-adjuster for me because, you know, seeing the way those people live, the way they felt about their country, and their faith and everything, it just—and I felt that every American Jew, really—they can’t now, because of the mess over there—but I felt that back then, they should spend some time in the Holy Land and see, you know, where they came from, and get an experience with the people who still lived there. The attitudes over here are a lot more lax and whatever than they are in Israel.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Definitely, sir. Is there anything you’d like to discuss that we haven’t covered?</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>That’s about it. It’s been a real pleasure discussing this with you.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>Thank you, sir. It’s been a pleasure.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>And, you know, if you can send me a CD or something, I’d love to have it for the record.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Morris<br /></strong>I will definitely do that, sir.</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Whittington<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
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<p><a title="">[2]</a> Project Gemini.</p>
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Sanford Collection
Description
The present-day Sanford area was originally inhabited by the Mayaca/Joroco natives by the time Europeans arrived. The tribe was decimated by war and disease by 1760 and was replaced by the Seminole Indians. In 1821, the United States acquired Florida from Spain and Americans began to settled in the state.
Camp Monroe was established in the mid-1830s to defend the area against Seminoles during the Seminole Wars. In 1836, the United States Army built a road (present-day Mellonville Avenue) to a location called "Camp Monroe," during the Second Seminole War. Following an attack on February 8, 1837, the camp was renamed "Fort Mellon," in honor of the battle's only American casualty, Captain Charles Mellon.
The town of Mellonville was founded nearby in 1842 by Daniel Stewart. When Florida became a state three years later, Mellonville became the county seat for Orange County, which was originally a portion of Mosquito County. Citrus was the first cash crop in the area and the first fruit packing plant was constructed in 1869.
In 1870, a lawyer from Connecticut by the name of Henry Shelton Sanford (1832-1891) purchased 12,548 acres of open land west of Mellonville. His vision was to make this new land a major port city, both railway and by water. Sitting on Lake Monroe, and the head of the St. Johns River, the City of Sanford earned the nickname of “The Gate City of South Florida.” Sanford became not only a transportation hub, but a leading citrus industry in Florida, and eventually globally.
The Great Fire of 1887 devastated the city, which also suffered from a statewide epidemic of yellow fever the following year. The citrus industry flourished until the Great Freezes of 1894 and 1895, causing planters to begin growing celery in 1896 as an alternative. Celery replaced citrus as the city's cash crop and Sanford was nicknamed "Celery City." In 1913, Sanford became the county seat of Seminole County, once part of Orange County. Agriculture dominated the region until Walt Disney World opened in October of 1971, effectively shifting the Central Florida economy towards tourism and residential development.
Alternative Title
Sanford Collection
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Contributor
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>
<a href="https://www.thehistorycenter.org/" target="_blank">Orange County Regional History Center</a>
<a href="http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/" target="_blank">Sanford Historical Society, Inc.</a>
<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=108" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/44" target="_blank">Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Curator
Marra, Katherine
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
Sanford Historical Society (Fla.). <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53015288" target="_blank"><em>Sanford</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.
"<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=48" target="_blank">Sanford: A Brief History</a>." City of Sanford. http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=48.
<em>The Seminole Herald</em>. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52633016" target="_blank"><em>Sanford: Our First 125 Years</em></a>. [Sanford, FL]: The Herald, 2002.
<span>Mills, Jerry W., and F. Blair Reeves. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11338196" target="_blank"><em>A Chronology of the Development of the City of Sanford, Florida: With Major Emphasis on Early Growth</em></a></span><span>, 1975.</span>
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/82" target="_blank"><em>Celery Soup: Florida’s Folk Life Play</em> Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/65" target="_blank">Churches of Sanford Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/131" target="_blank">Creative Sanford, Inc. Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/41" target="_blank">Georgetown Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/78" target="_blank">Marie J. Francis Collection</a>, Georgetown Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/101" target="_blank">Sanford Avenue Collection</a>, Georgetown Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/79" target="_blank">Goldsboro Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/116" target="_blank">Henry L. DeForest Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/12" target="_blank">Hotel Forrest Lake Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/14" target="_blank">Ice Houses of Sanford Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/42" target="_blank">Milane Theatre Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/13" target="_blank">Naval Air Station Sanford Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/15" target="_blank">Sanford Baseball Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/61" target="_blank">Sanford Cigar Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/10" target="_blank">Sanford Riverfront Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/11" target="_blank">Sanford State Farmers' Market Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
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Title
Northwest Corner of South Magnolia Avenue and East Second Street, 1924
Alternative Title
Magnolia Ave. and 2nd St.
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Buildings--Florida
Hotels--Florida
Automobiles--United States
Automobile industry and trade--Southern States
Description
The building on the northwest corner of South Magnolia Avenue and East Second Street in Downtown Sanford, Florida. The building was designed by architect Elton James Moughton. As of 2012, the location is being used as a parking lot. The Seminole Hotel, later renamed the Florida Hotel, can also be seen on the far left in this photograph. The hotel, which was located at 101 East First Street, is also known for housing the office of W. T. Cotter, a local architect, in the 1880s.
Type
Still Image
Source
Original black and white photograph by Woodward: item 14264-JJ4: Elton Moughton Archives, Private Collection of Christine Dalton.
Is Part Of
Elton Moughton Archives, Private Collection of Christine Dalton.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/16" target="_blank">Sanford Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original black and white photograph by Woodward.
Coverage
Downtown Sanford, Florida
Seminole Hotel, Downtown Sanford, Florida
Creator
Woodward
Date Created
ca. 1924
Format
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Medium
1 black and white photograph
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Woodward.
Rights Holder
Copyright to the resource is held by Christine Dalton and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
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Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/buildingblocks.php" target="_blank">Building Blocks</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
Elton Moughton Archives
External Reference
<em>The Seminole Herald</em>. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52633016" target="_blank"><em>Sanford: Our First 125 Years</em></a>. [Sanford, FL]: The Herald, 2002.
Sanford Historical Society (Fla.). <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53015288" target="_blank"><em>Sanford</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.
"<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=48" target="_blank">Sanford: A Brief History</a>." City of Sanford. http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=48.
2nd Street
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car dealership
Downtown Sanford
Florida Hotel
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Magnolia Avenue
Moughton, Elton James
Sanford
Second Street
Seminole Hotel
Woodward
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Title
Milane Theatre Collection
Alternative Title
Milane Collection
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Buildings--Florida
Theaters--Florida
Film industry (Motion pictures)
Description
The Milane Theatre was built at 203 South Magnolia Avenue, the former location of the Star Theatre, an abandoned movie house. Scroggs and Ewing, architects from Georgia, prepared the plans for the Milane. The name of the new theater was derived from the combination of the Milane Amusement Company president and vice president: Frank L. Miller and Edward F. Lane, respectively. The Milane opened in July of 1923 and seated 823 patrons.
In 1933, the Milane was sold to Frank and Stella Evans, investors from Lake Mary, Florida. The new owners renamed their business the Ritz Theater and held the property until the 1990s. However, the Ritz struggled financially in the 1960s and closed in 1978 due to failure to compete with the new multiplex theaters. The building remained vacant until 1984, when it reopened as the Showtime Cantina. The Showtime Cantina closed in 1988 and remained vacant and in decay.
In the mid-1990s, Ritz Community Theater Projects, Inc. acquired the property and began rehabilitation in 1998. On May 6, 2000, the theater reopened as the Helen Stairs Theatre in honor of the citizen who led the restoration project, Helen Stairs. The following year, the location was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008, additional renovations were completed and the theater was renamed the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in honor of the Wayne Densch Charitable Trust Fund for contributing to the renovations fund.
Language
eng
Coverage
Opera House, Downtown Sanford, Florida
Star Theatre, Downtown Sanford, Florida
Milane Theatre, Downtown Sanford, Florida
Ritz Theatre, Downtown Sanford, Florida
Showtime Cantina, Downtown Sanford, Florida
Helen Stairs Theatre, Downtown Sanford, Florida
Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center, Downtown Sanford, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Contributor
Cepero, Laura Lynn
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>
<a href="http://thehistorycenter.org/">Orange County Regional History Center</a>
<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456">Sanford Museum</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/16" target="_blank">Sanford Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.stageclick.com/venue/457.aspx" target="_blank">Helen Stairs Theatre</a>." StageClick. http://www.stageclick.com/venue/457.aspx.
"<a href="http://www.wdpac.com/footer-menu/theater-history/" target="_blank">Theater History</a>." Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center. http://www.wdpac.com/footer-menu/theater-history/.
"<a href="http://www.wdpac.com/footer-menu/theater-history/" target="_blank">Theater History</a>." Seminole County: Florida's Natural Choice. http://www.visitseminole.com/listingdetail/53/wayne-densch-performing-arts-center.aspx.
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1 black and white photograph
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Title
Ritz Theatre, 1950s
Alternative Title
Ritz Theatre
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Buildings--Florida
Theaters--Florida
Description
Photograph of the Ritz Theater in the 1950s.
Originally the Milane Theatre, the Ritz was built at 203 South Magnolia Avenue in Sanford, the former location of the Star Theatre, an abandoned movie house. Scroggs and Ewing, architects from Georgia, prepared the plans for the Milane. The name of the new theater was derived from the combination of the presidents of the Milane Amusement Company president and vice president: Frank L. Miller and Edward F. Lane. The Milane opened in July of 1923 and seated 823 patrons. In 1933, the Milane was sold to Frank and Stella Evans, investors from Lake Mary, Florida. The new owners renamed their business the Ritz Theatre and held the property until the 1990s. However, the Ritz struggled financially in the 1960s and closed in 1978 due to failure to compete with the new multiplex theaters. The building remained vacant until 1984, when it reopened as the Showtime Cantina. The Showtime Cantina closed in 1988 and remained vacant and in decay. In the mid-1990s, Ritz Community Theater Projects, Inc. acquired the property and began rehabilitation in 1998. On May 6, 2000, the theater reopened as the Helen Stairs Theatre in honor of the citizen who led the restoration project, Helen Stairs. The following year, the location was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008, additional renovations were completed at the theater was renamed the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in honor of the Wayne Densch Charitable Trust Fund for contributing to the renovations fund.
Source
Photocpy of original black and white photograph: <span><span>Ritz Theatre Collection, </span><a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/"><span>Museum of Seminole County History</span></a><span>, Sanford, Florida.</span></span>
Date Created
ca. 1950-1959
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of photocopied black and white photograph.
Is Part Of
<span><span>Ritz Theatre Collection, </span><a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/"><span>Museum of Seminole County History</span></a><span>, Sanford, Florida.</span></span>
<span><a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/42"><span>Milane Theatre Collection</span></a><span>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.</span></span>
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
743 KB
Medium
1 black and white photograph
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Spatial Coverage
28.810527, -81.266859
Temporal Coverage
1950-01-01/1959-12-31
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Rights Holder
<span><span>Copyright to this resource is owned by </span><a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/"><span>Museum of Seminole County History</span></a><span> and provided here by </span><a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/"><span>RICHES of Central Florida</span></a><span> for educational purposes only.</span></span>
Contributing Project
<span><a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/buildingblocks.php"><span>Building Blocks</span></a></span>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<span><a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/"><span>RICHES MI</span></a></span>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>
External Reference
"Helen Stairs Theatre." StageClick. http://www.stageclick.com/venue/457.aspx.
"Theater History." Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center. http://www.wdpac.com/footer-menu/theater-history/.
"Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center." Seminole County: Florida's Natural Choice. http://www.visitseminole.com/things-to-do/general/wayne-densch-performing-arts-center.
External Reference Title
"<a href="http://www.stageclick.com/venue/457.aspx" target="_blank">Helen Stairs Theatre</a>"
"<a href="http://www.wdpac.com/footer-menu/theater-history/" target="_blank">Theater History</a>"
"<a href="http://www.visitseminole.com/things-to-do/general/wayne-densch-performing-arts-center" target="_blank">Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center</a>"
Has Format
Original black and white photograph.
Transcript
RITZ
2nd Street
Magnolia Avenue
Ritz Theater
Second Street
-
https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/f71f37df5060039c129692b96e0f69b3.jpg
bd4bf8b8b64303780fe80f255585a33f
Dublin Core
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Title
Milane Theatre Collection
Alternative Title
Milane Collection
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Buildings--Florida
Theaters--Florida
Film industry (Motion pictures)
Description
The Milane Theatre was built at 203 South Magnolia Avenue, the former location of the Star Theatre, an abandoned movie house. Scroggs and Ewing, architects from Georgia, prepared the plans for the Milane. The name of the new theater was derived from the combination of the Milane Amusement Company president and vice president: Frank L. Miller and Edward F. Lane, respectively. The Milane opened in July of 1923 and seated 823 patrons.
In 1933, the Milane was sold to Frank and Stella Evans, investors from Lake Mary, Florida. The new owners renamed their business the Ritz Theater and held the property until the 1990s. However, the Ritz struggled financially in the 1960s and closed in 1978 due to failure to compete with the new multiplex theaters. The building remained vacant until 1984, when it reopened as the Showtime Cantina. The Showtime Cantina closed in 1988 and remained vacant and in decay.
In the mid-1990s, Ritz Community Theater Projects, Inc. acquired the property and began rehabilitation in 1998. On May 6, 2000, the theater reopened as the Helen Stairs Theatre in honor of the citizen who led the restoration project, Helen Stairs. The following year, the location was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008, additional renovations were completed and the theater was renamed the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in honor of the Wayne Densch Charitable Trust Fund for contributing to the renovations fund.
Language
eng
Coverage
Opera House, Downtown Sanford, Florida
Star Theatre, Downtown Sanford, Florida
Milane Theatre, Downtown Sanford, Florida
Ritz Theatre, Downtown Sanford, Florida
Showtime Cantina, Downtown Sanford, Florida
Helen Stairs Theatre, Downtown Sanford, Florida
Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center, Downtown Sanford, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Contributor
Cepero, Laura Lynn
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>
<a href="http://thehistorycenter.org/">Orange County Regional History Center</a>
<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456">Sanford Museum</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/16" target="_blank">Sanford Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.stageclick.com/venue/457.aspx" target="_blank">Helen Stairs Theatre</a>." StageClick. http://www.stageclick.com/venue/457.aspx.
"<a href="http://www.wdpac.com/footer-menu/theater-history/" target="_blank">Theater History</a>." Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center. http://www.wdpac.com/footer-menu/theater-history/.
"<a href="http://www.wdpac.com/footer-menu/theater-history/" target="_blank">Theater History</a>." Seminole County: Florida's Natural Choice. http://www.visitseminole.com/listingdetail/53/wayne-densch-performing-arts-center.aspx.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
1 black and white photograph
Dublin Core
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Title
Corner View of the Ritz Theatre, 1930s
Alternative Title
Ritz Theatre
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Buildings--Florida
Theaters--Florida
Description
Corner view of the Ritz Theater from South Magnolia Avenue and East Second Street in the 1930s.
Originally the Milane Theatre, the Ritz was built at 203 South Magnolia Avenue in Sanford, the former location of the Star Theatre, an abandoned movie house. Scroggs and Ewing, architects from Georgia, prepared the plans for the Milane. The name of the new theater was derived from the combination of the presidents of the Milane Amusement Company president and vice president: Frank L. Miller and Edward F. Lane. The Milane opened in July of 1923 and seated 823 patrons. In 1933, the Milane was sold to Frank and Stella Evans, investors from Lake Mary, Florida. The new owners renamed their business the Ritz Theatre and held the property until the 1990s. However, the Ritz struggled financially in the 1960s and closed in 1978 due to failure to compete with the new multiplex theaters. The building remained vacant until 1984, when it reopened as the Showtime Cantina. The Showtime Cantina closed in 1988 and remained vacant and in decay. In the mid-1990s, Ritz Community Theater Projects, Inc. acquired the property and began rehabilitation in 1998. On May 6, 2000, the theater reopened as the Helen Stairs Theatre in honor of the citizen who led the restoration project, Helen Stairs. The following year, the location was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008, additional renovations were completed at the theater was renamed the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in honor of the Wayne Densch Charitable Trust Fund for contributing to the renovations fund.
Abstract
The Milane Theater, a silent movie house, opened on August 2, 1923. The theater at South Magnolia was built by the Milane Amusement Co and was named for owners Frank Miller and Ed Lane. The theater was a center for activity in town. There were vaudevilles and Chautaqua programs. Election returns and World Series results were announced here. The theater was known as the Ritz from 1941 to 1977. Renovated in the late 1990s and renamed the Helen Stairs Theater on May 6, 2000, the theater now serves as a cultural center in Sanford.
Source
Photocopy of original black and white photograph: Ritz Theatre Collection, <a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/">Museum of Seminole County History</a>, Sanford, Florida.
Date Created
1930s
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of photocopied black and white photograph.
Is Part Of
<span><span>Ritz Theatre Collection, </span><a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/"><span>Museum of Seminole County History</span></a><span>, Sanford, Florida.</span></span>
<span><a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/42"><span>Milane Theatre Collection</span></a><span>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.</span></span>
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
197 KB
Medium
1 black and white photograph
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Spatial Coverage
28.810527, -81.266859
Temporal Coverage
1930-01-01/1939-12-31
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Rights Holder
<span><span>Copyright to this resource is owned by </span><a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/"><span>Museum of Seminole County History</span></a><span> and provided here by </span><a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/"><span>RICHES of Central Florida</span></a><span> for educational purposes only.</span></span>
Contributing Project
<span><a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/buildingblocks.php"><span>Building Blocks</span></a></span>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<span><a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/"><span>RICHES MI</span></a></span>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>
External Reference
"Helen Stairs Theatre." StageClick. http://www.stageclick.com/venue/457.aspx.
"Theater History." Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center. http://www.wdpac.com/footer-menu/theater-history/.
"Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center." Seminole County: Florida's Natural Choice. http://www.visitseminole.com/things-to-do/general/wayne-densch-performing-arts-center.
External Reference Title
"<a href="http://www.stageclick.com/venue/457.aspx" target="_blank">Helen Stairs Theatre</a>"
"<a href="http://www.wdpac.com/footer-menu/theater-history/" target="_blank">Theater History</a>"
"<a href="http://www.visitseminole.com/things-to-do/general/wayne-densch-performing-arts-center" target="_blank">Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center</a>"
Has Format
Original black and white photograph.
Transcript
RITZ
2nd Street
Magnolia Avenue
Ritz Theater
Second Street
-
https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/f42e361eb23ebb8ab8cd16c722c973fa.jpg
11954a3a897defa096f925c0a83b50b9
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
Sanford Riverfront Collection
Description
The Sanford Riverfront Collection consists of images depicting the history and significance of Lake Monroe and the St. Johns River to the City of Sanford, Florida. The waterways that surround Sanford have provided transportation, commerce, defense, and leisure activities for the city's citizens and visitors since its creation in 1877.
Contributor
<a href="http://www.thehistorycenter.org/research/library" target="_blank">Orange County Regional History Center</a>
<a href="http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/index.html" target="_blank">Sanford Historical Society, Inc.</a>
<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>
<a href="http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/" target="_blank">State Library and Archives of Florida</a>
Alternative Title
Riverfront Collection
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Lake Monroe (Seminole County and Volusia County, Fla.)
Riverfronts
Waterfronts--Florida
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/16" target="_blank">Sanford Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Curator
Marra, Katherine
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
<em>The Seminole Herald</em><span>. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52633016" target="_blank"><em>Sanford: Our First 125 Years</em></a></span><span>. [Sanford, FL]: The Herald, 2002.</span>
Sanford Historical Society (Fla.). <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53015288" target="_blank"><em>Sanford</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
1 black and white drawing
Dublin Core
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Title
City of Sanford Before the Great Fire of 1887
Alternative Title
Sanford Before the Great Fire
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Waterfront Districts
Lakes & ponds
Lake Monroe (Seminole County and Volusia County, Fla.)
Steamboats--Florida--St. Johns River
Description
The City of Sanford riverfront in the 1880s, just before the Great Fire of 1887. The present-day Sanford, Florida, area was originally inhabited by the Mayaca and Joroco tribes by the time Europeans arrived. The tribe was decimated by war and disease by 1760 and was replaced by the Seminole tribe.
In 1821, the United States acquired Florida from Spain and Americans began to settled in the state. Camp Monroe was established in the mid-1830s to defend the area against Seminoles during the Seminole Wars. Following an attack on February 8, 1837, the camp was renamed Fort Mellon in honor of the battle's only American casualty, Captain Charles Mellon. The Town of Mellonville was founded nearby in 1842 by Daniel Stewart. When Florida became a state three years later, Mellonville became the county seat for Orange County, which was originally a portion of Mosquito County. Citrus was the first cash crop in the area and the first fruit packing plant was constructed in 1869.
In 1870, Henry Shelton Sanford purchased over 12,000 acres of land west of Mellonville to form the community of Sanford. which he called "The Gateway City to South Florida." Sanford was incorporated in 1877 and absorbed Mellonville in 1883. The Great Fire of 1887 devastated the city, which also suffered from a statewide epidemic of yellow fever the following year. The citrus industry flourished until the Great Freezes of 1894 and 1895, causing planters to begin growing celery in 1896 as an alternative. Celery replaced citrus as the city's cash crop and Sanford was nicknamed "The Celery City." In 1913, Sanford became the county seat of Seminole County, once part of Orange County. Agriculture dominated the region until Walt Disney World opened in October of 1971, effectively shifting the Central Florida economy towards tourism and residential development. In 2003, Sanford began the redevelopment of the waterfront with the RiverWalk Project to revitalize the city's riverfront.
Abstract
A drawing of the city of Sanford, prior to the Great Fire of 1887.
Source
Original black and white drawing: <a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>, Sanford, Florida.
Publisher
<em>The Seminole Herald</em>
Date Created
ca. 1880-1887
Date Copyrighted
2002
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original black and white drawing.
Is Part Of
<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>, Sanford, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/10" target="_blank">Sanford Riverfront Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Referenced By
<em><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52633016" target="_blank">The Seminole Herald</a></em>. <em>Sanford: Our First 125 Years</em>. [Sanford, FL]: The Herald, 2002, page 2.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
1.14MB
Medium
1 black and white drawing
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>
External Reference
<em>The Seminole Herald</em>. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52633016" target="_blank"><em>Sanford: Our First 125 Years</em></a>. [Sanford, FL]: The Herald, 2002.
Sanford Historical Society (Fla.). <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53015288" target="_blank"><em>Sanford</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.
"<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=48" target="_blank">Sanford: A Brief History</a>." City of Sanford. http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=48.
Transcript
SANFORD AVE
COMMERCIAL ST
PALMETTO AVE
MAGNOLIA AVE
SECOND
Provenance
Originally published by <em>The Seminole Herald</em>.
2nd Street
Commercial Street
dock
Great Fire of 1887
lake
Lake Monroe
Palmetto Avenue
riverfront
RiverWalk
Sanford
Sanford Avenue
Sanford Riverfront
Second Street
St. Johns River
steamboat
waterfront
-
https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/cbf82bdc4593bead8f6e58c9ec62c784.jpg
0488c5f0141de6fe4b53d939060ac23f
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
Sanford Riverfront Collection
Description
The Sanford Riverfront Collection consists of images depicting the history and significance of Lake Monroe and the St. Johns River to the City of Sanford, Florida. The waterways that surround Sanford have provided transportation, commerce, defense, and leisure activities for the city's citizens and visitors since its creation in 1877.
Contributor
<a href="http://www.thehistorycenter.org/research/library" target="_blank">Orange County Regional History Center</a>
<a href="http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/index.html" target="_blank">Sanford Historical Society, Inc.</a>
<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>
<a href="http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/" target="_blank">State Library and Archives of Florida</a>
Alternative Title
Riverfront Collection
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Lake Monroe (Seminole County and Volusia County, Fla.)
Riverfronts
Waterfronts--Florida
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/16" target="_blank">Sanford Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Curator
Marra, Katherine
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
<em>The Seminole Herald</em><span>. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52633016" target="_blank"><em>Sanford: Our First 125 Years</em></a></span><span>. [Sanford, FL]: The Herald, 2002.</span>
Sanford Historical Society (Fla.). <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53015288" target="_blank"><em>Sanford</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
1 black and white drawing
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
City of Sanford After the Great Fire of 1887
Alternative Title
Sanford After the Great Fire
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Waterfront Districts
Lakes & ponds
Lake Monroe (Seminole County and Volusia County, Fla.)
South Florida Railroad Company
Railroads--Florida
Description
The City of Stanford in the 1890s, after the Great Fire of 1887. The present-day Sanford, Florida, area was originally inhabited by the Mayaca and Joroco tribes by the time Europeans arrived. The tribe was decimated by war and disease by 1760 and was replaced by the Seminole tribe.
In 1821, the United States acquired Florida from Spain and Americans began to settled in the state. Camp Monroe was established in the mid-1830s to defend the area against Seminoles during the Seminole Wars. Following an attack on February 8, 1837, the camp was renamed Fort Mellon in honor of the battle's only American casualty, Captain Charles Mellon. The Town of Mellonville was founded nearby in 1842 by Daniel Stewart. When Florida became a state three years later, Mellonville became the county seat for Orange County, which was originally a portion of Mosquito County. Citrus was the first cash crop in the area and the first fruit packing plant was constructed in 1869.
In 1870, Henry Shelton Sanford purchased over 12,000 acres of land west of Mellonville to form the community of Sanford. which he called "The Gateway City to South Florida." Sanford was incorporated in 1877 and absorbed Mellonville in 1883. The Great Fire of 1887 devastated the city, which also suffered from a statewide epidemic of yellow fever the following year. The citrus industry flourished until the Great Freezes of 1894 and 1895, causing planters to begin growing celery in 1896 as an alternative. Celery replaced citrus as the city's cash crop and Sanford was nicknamed "The Celery City." In 1913, Sanford became the county seat of Seminole County, once part of Orange County. Agriculture dominated the region until Walt Disney World opened in October of 1971, effectively shifting the Central Florida economy towards tourism and residential development. In 2003, Sanford began the redevelopment of the waterfront with the RiverWalk Project to revitalize the city's riverfront.
Abstract
A drawing of the city several years after the Great Fire of 1887.
Source
Original black and white drawing: <a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>, Sanford, Florida.
Publisher
<em>The Seminole Herald</em>
Date Created
ca. 1890-1899
Date Copyrighted
2002
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original black and white drawing.
Is Part Of
<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>, Sanford, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/10" target="_blank">Sanford Riverfront Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Referenced By
<em>The Seminole Herald</em>. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52633016" target="_blank"><em>Sanford: Our First 125 Years</em></a>. [Sanford, FL]: The Herald, 2002, page 4.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
1.23 MB
Medium
1 black and white photograph
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>
External Reference
<em>The Seminole Herald</em>. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52633016" target="_blank"><em>Sanford: Our First 125 Years</em></a>. [Sanford, FL]: The Herald, 2002.
Sanford Historical Society (Fla.). <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53015288" target="_blank"><em>Sanford</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.
"<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=48" target="_blank">Sanford: A Brief History</a>." City of Sanford. http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=48.
Transcript
PINE AVE
CYPRESS AVE
SANFORD AVE
PALMETTO AVE
MAGNOLIA AVE
SECOND
THIRD
PARK AVE
OAK AVE
South Florida Railway
COMMERCIAL STREET
2nd Street
3rd Street
City of Sanford
Commercial Street
Cypress Avenue
dock
lake
Lake Monroe
Magnolia Avenue
Oak Avenue
Palmetto Avenue
Park Avenue
Pine Avenue
railroad
riverfront
RiverWalk
Sanford
Sanford Avenue
Sanford Riverfront
Second Street
South Florida Railroad Company
Third Street
waterfront
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Title
Sanford Collection
Description
The present-day Sanford area was originally inhabited by the Mayaca/Joroco natives by the time Europeans arrived. The tribe was decimated by war and disease by 1760 and was replaced by the Seminole Indians. In 1821, the United States acquired Florida from Spain and Americans began to settled in the state.
Camp Monroe was established in the mid-1830s to defend the area against Seminoles during the Seminole Wars. In 1836, the United States Army built a road (present-day Mellonville Avenue) to a location called "Camp Monroe," during the Second Seminole War. Following an attack on February 8, 1837, the camp was renamed "Fort Mellon," in honor of the battle's only American casualty, Captain Charles Mellon.
The town of Mellonville was founded nearby in 1842 by Daniel Stewart. When Florida became a state three years later, Mellonville became the county seat for Orange County, which was originally a portion of Mosquito County. Citrus was the first cash crop in the area and the first fruit packing plant was constructed in 1869.
In 1870, a lawyer from Connecticut by the name of Henry Shelton Sanford (1832-1891) purchased 12,548 acres of open land west of Mellonville. His vision was to make this new land a major port city, both railway and by water. Sitting on Lake Monroe, and the head of the St. Johns River, the City of Sanford earned the nickname of “The Gate City of South Florida.” Sanford became not only a transportation hub, but a leading citrus industry in Florida, and eventually globally.
The Great Fire of 1887 devastated the city, which also suffered from a statewide epidemic of yellow fever the following year. The citrus industry flourished until the Great Freezes of 1894 and 1895, causing planters to begin growing celery in 1896 as an alternative. Celery replaced citrus as the city's cash crop and Sanford was nicknamed "Celery City." In 1913, Sanford became the county seat of Seminole County, once part of Orange County. Agriculture dominated the region until Walt Disney World opened in October of 1971, effectively shifting the Central Florida economy towards tourism and residential development.
Alternative Title
Sanford Collection
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Contributor
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>
<a href="https://www.thehistorycenter.org/" target="_blank">Orange County Regional History Center</a>
<a href="http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/" target="_blank">Sanford Historical Society, Inc.</a>
<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=108" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/44" target="_blank">Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Curator
Marra, Katherine
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
Sanford Historical Society (Fla.). <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53015288" target="_blank"><em>Sanford</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.
"<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=48" target="_blank">Sanford: A Brief History</a>." City of Sanford. http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=48.
<em>The Seminole Herald</em>. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52633016" target="_blank"><em>Sanford: Our First 125 Years</em></a>. [Sanford, FL]: The Herald, 2002.
<span>Mills, Jerry W., and F. Blair Reeves. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11338196" target="_blank"><em>A Chronology of the Development of the City of Sanford, Florida: With Major Emphasis on Early Growth</em></a></span><span>, 1975.</span>
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/82" target="_blank"><em>Celery Soup: Florida’s Folk Life Play</em> Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/65" target="_blank">Churches of Sanford Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/131" target="_blank">Creative Sanford, Inc. Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/41" target="_blank">Georgetown Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/78" target="_blank">Marie J. Francis Collection</a>, Georgetown Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/101" target="_blank">Sanford Avenue Collection</a>, Georgetown Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/79" target="_blank">Goldsboro Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/116" target="_blank">Henry L. DeForest Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/12" target="_blank">Hotel Forrest Lake Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/14" target="_blank">Ice Houses of Sanford Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/42" target="_blank">Milane Theatre Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/13" target="_blank">Naval Air Station Sanford Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/15" target="_blank">Sanford Baseball Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/61" target="_blank">Sanford Cigar Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/10" target="_blank">Sanford Riverfront Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/11" target="_blank">Sanford State Farmers' Market Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Document
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Original Format
1 newspaper
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Title
South Florida Argus Vol 2., No. 15, January 6, 1886
Alternative Title
South Florida Argus Vol 2., No. 15
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Real estate--Florida
Banks and banking--Florida
Retail industry
Wholesale trade--Florida
Description
<em>The South Florida Argus</em> Vol. 2, No. 15 issue for January 6, 1886. This issue included advertisements for several Sanford-based businesses, including Wilson's Collection Agency, Charles & Vandeman's drug store, the Lyman Bank, and Trafford and Company.<br /><br /><em>The South Florida Argus</em> was Republican paper published by Adolphus Edwards and printed in the Old Fort Reed Building on First Street in Sanford, Florida. <em>The Sanford Journal</em>, a Democratic newspaper, had its offices next door in the very same building. There was, of course, some rivalry between the two papers. After some time, Edwards gave up printing <em>The South Florida Argus</em> to become the local postmaster.
Type
Text
Source
Print reproduction of microfilmed newspaper advertisements: <em>The South Florida Argus</em>, January 6, 1886: Microfilm Cabinet, Reel BN06021, <a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>, Sanford, Florida.
Is Part Of
Microfilm Cabinet, Reel BN06021, <a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>, Sanford, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/16" target="_blank">Sanford Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of printed microfilm newspaper article: <em>The South Florida Argus</em>, January 6, 1886.
Has Format
Microfilmed newspaper advertisements: <em>South Florida Argus</em>, January 6, 1886: <em>The South Florida Argus</em>, January 6, 1886: Microfilm Cabinet, Reel BN06021, <a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>, Sanford, Florida.
Publisher
<em>The South Florida Argus</em>
Date Created
ca. 1886-01-06
Date Issued
1886-01-06
Date Copyrighted
1886-01-06
Format
image/jpg
Extent
266 KB
Medium
1 newspaper advertisement
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Provenance
Originally published by <em>The South Florida Argus</em>.
Rights Holder
This resource is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Hazen, Kendra
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>
External Reference
Sanford Historical Society (Fla.). <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53015288" target="_blank"><em>Sanford</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.
Sanford Historic Preservation Board. "<a href="http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/Links/wtour.pdf" target="_blank">First National Bank No. 1 - 1883</a>." City of Sanford, Florida. 2009.
Coverage
Trafford and Company, Sanford, Florida
DeForest Block, Sanford, Florida
2nd Street
Ambler, Marvin & Stockton
banking
banks
Chaires & Van Deman
Chaires, Arthur
Citizens' Bank
De Forest Block
First National Bank
Fitts, Leander
Forster, F. P.
Leon & Company's Store
Lever, C. A.
Lyman Bank
Lyman, F. W.
Lyman, Moses
National Bank Commerce
National Park Bank
Northwestern National Bank
Park Avenue
Phelps, Fays
Phelps, Lyman
real estate
retail
Sanford
Second Street
Sylvan Lake
Sylvan Lake Nurseries
The South Florida Argus
Trafford and Company
Van Deman, P. R.
wholesale
Wilson Building
Wilson, Thomas Emmet
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Title
Oviedo Historical Society Collection
Alternative Title
Oviedo Historical Society Collection
Subject
Oviedo (Fla).
Description
The Oviedo Historical Society Collection encompasses historical artifacts donated for digitization at the Oviedo Historical Society's History Harvest in the Spring semester of 2015.
The Oviedo Historical Society was organized in November 1973 by a group of citizens. The society is a 501(3) non-profit organization. Its purpose is to help preserve the community identity of Oviedo by collecting and disseminating knowledge about local history, serve as a repository for documents and artifacts relating to Oviedo history, promote the preservation and marking of historic sites and buildings in the Oviedo area and foster interest in local, state, national, and world history.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/128" target="_blank">Oviedo Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Oviedo, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>
<a href="http://history.cah.ucf.edu/staff.php?id=304" target="_blank">Dr. Connie L. Lester</a>'s Introduction to Public History course, Spring 2015
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>." Oviedo Historical Society, Inc. http://oviedohs.com/.
Adicks, Richard, and Donna M. Neely. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5890131" target="_blank"><em>Oviedo, Biography of a Town</em></a>. S.l: s.n.], 1979.
Robison, Jim. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796757419" target="_blank"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. 2012.
"<a href="http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68" target="_blank">History</a>." City of Oviedo, Florida. http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68.
"<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 41: Oviedo, with Dr. Richard Adicks</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
1 map
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Title
Oviedo Area Map and Business Guide
Alternative Title
Oviedo Map
Subject
Oviedo (Fla.)
Description
An area map of Oviedo, Florida, and its surrounding areas. A number of advertisements from the businesses surrond the perimeter of the map. While the date is unknown, the map is believed to have been published sometime between 1970 and 1978. <br /><br /> The Timucuan Native Americans originally inhabited the area of present-day Oviedo, although the remains of their settlements have disappeared. Homesteaders arrived along the shores of Lake Jesup in 1865 just after the Civil War ended and began growing celery and citrus. The area was called the Lake Jesup Community until March 13, 1879, when postmaster Andrew Aulin, a Swedish immigrant, chose the name Oviedo.
Type
Still Image
Source
Original map by Willett Ad Maps: Private Collection of Sue Blackwood.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/147" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society Collection</a>, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original map by Willett Ad Maps.
Coverage
Citizen's Bank of Oviedo, Oviedo, Florida
Oviedo Saw and Mower, Oviedo, Florida
Meat World, Oviedo, Florida
Oviedo Body and Paint Shop, Oviedo, Florida
RCA C&R TV Sales and Services, Oviedo, Florida
Eileen's Creative Mud Ceramics, Oviedo, Florida
Albert's Jewelers, Oviedo, Florida
Oviedo Florists, Oviedo, Florida
Ci Gi's, Oviedo, Florida
Oviedo Child Care Center, Inc., Oviedo, Florida
Cedar Chest of Fashion Fabrics, Oviedo, Florida
Publisher
Willett Ad Map
Contributor
Blackwood, Sue
Date Created
ca. 1974-1979-1978
Date Issued
ca. 1974-1979-1978
Format
image/jpg
Extent
473 KB
Medium
1 map
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally published by Willett Ad Map.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Willett Ad Map and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
Oviedo History Harvest
<a href="http://history.cah.ucf.edu/staff.php?id=304" target="_blank">Dr. Connie L. Lester</a>'s Introduction to Public History course, Spring 2015
Curator
Dossie, Porsha
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
Private Collection of Sue Blackwood
External Reference
Adicks, Richard, and Donna M. Neely. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5890131" target="_blank"><em>Oviedo, Biography of a Town</em></a>. S.l: s.n.], 1979.
Robison, Jim. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796757419" target="_blank"><em>Around Oviedo</em></a>. 2012.
"<a href="http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68" target="_blank">History</a>." City of Oviedo, Florida. http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68.
"<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 41: Oviedo, with Dr. Richard Adicks</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3.
1st Street
2nd Street
3rd Street
4th Street
A. L. Yates, Jr.
Academy Street
Albert Cornelison
Albert's Jewelers
Allendale Drive
Altamonte Springs
art
Artesia Street
Ash Street
Audley Street
Auline Avenue
Austin Avenue
Avenue A
Avenue B
Avenue C
bank
banking industry
Bay Street
Beasley Road
Beech Street
Beverly Street
Big Tree
Bird Island
Bob Slaton
Boston Avenue
Boston Cemetery Road
Boston Street
Broadway Avenue
Broadway Street
Bumby View Drive
business
Cameron City
Canaan
Carib Lane
Carissa Lane
Carolyn Drive
Carver Avenue
Casselberry
Cedar Chest of Fashion Fabrics
Celery Avenue
Celery Circle
Central Avenue
ceramic
Chapel Street
Chapman Road
Ci Gi's
Citizens Bank of Oviedo
Citrus Avenue
Clark Street
Clonts Street
Colonial Drive
Crystal Avenue
Crystal Circle
Cypress Avenue
day care
Division Avenue
Dixie Gas Industries, Inc.
Doctor's Drive
Douglas Avenue
Downtown Oviedo
drug store
Eatonville
Eileen's Creative Mud Ceramics
Evans Street
Fairvilla
Faulk road
Fern Avenue
Fern Park
fertilizer
fertilizer industry
Field Street
First Street
Florida State Road 17-92
Florida State Road 415
Florida State Road 419
Florida State Road 420
Florida State Road 426
Florida State Road 431
Florida State Road 436
Florida State Road 46
Florida State Road 50
Florida Technological University
florist
Forest City
Forest Grove
Forest Trail
Fourth Street
Franklin Street
FTU
Gabriella
Garden Street
GE
General Electric
Geneva Drive
Goldenrod
Graham Avenue
H. P. Leu Botanical Gardens
Hamilton Avenue
hardware
Harrison Street
High Street
highway
hwardware industry
I-4
Interstate Highway 4
Italian
Jackson Street
Jamestown
jewelert
Kandel
Kimble Avenue
King Street
Kraft Azalea Gardens
Lake Charm
Lake Charm Circle
Lake Charm Drive
Lake Gem
Lake Hayes
Lake Hayes Road
Lake Jessup Avenue
Lake Mary
Lake Norma
Lake Road
Lake Rogers
Lake Rosa
Lawn Street
Lawton Avenue
Lee Avenuie
Lee Road
Lightwood Knot Canal
Lightwood Knot Creek
Lincoln Parkway
Lindsay Lane
Lingo Street
Little Econockhatchee Creek
Live Oak Lane
Long Lake
Longwood
Louise Avenue
Magnolia Street
Maitland
map
Maple Court
Mead Botanical Gardens
Mead Drive
meat
meat industry
Meat World
Middle Street
Midget City
Mimosa Trail
Mission Road
Mitchell Avenue
Mitchell Hammock Road
Muck Street
Myrtle Street
Naval Training Center Orlando
Nelson Hardware Store
Norma Avenue
Norwood Court
NTC Orlando
nursery
Nursery Street
Oak Circle
Oak Drive
Orange Avenue
Orangewood Drive
orlando
Orlando Sports Stadium
Orlando-Seminole Jai Alai Front
Oviedo
Oviedo Body and Paint Shop
Oviedo Child Care Center, Inc.
Oviedo Country Smoke House
Oviedo Drug Store
Oviedo Florists
Oviedo Saw and Mower
Oviedo Shopping Center
Palm Drive
Palm Way
Palmetto Street
Pemberton Street
Pembrple Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue
pharmacy
Pine Avenue
Pine Street
Poulan
preschool
RCA
Red Bug Lake Road
Reed Road
restaurant
retail
Rich Drive
road
Rollings College
Rose Texaco
Round Lake
Ruth Street
Sanford
Sanford-Orlando Kennel Club
school
SCL
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
Second Street
Shady Lane
Sharon Court
Slavia
Smith Street
Snapper
Southwood Court
SR 17-92
SR 415
SR 419
SR 420
SR 426
SR 431
SR 436
SR 46
SR 50
Stale Avenue
Stephen Avenue
street
Sweetwater Canal
Sylvan Lake
Tangerine Avenue
Taylor Street
Teleflora
television
Temple Terrace
Terrace Drivel Domer Street
Tesinsky Automotive
Third Street
Tomoka Drive
Tranquil Oaks Lane
True Value Hardware Stores
UCF
Union Park
University of Central Florida
Valenica Court
Vicki Vourt
Vine Street
Wagner
Washington Drive
Wekiwa Springs
Wheelco
Wheeler Fertilizer Company
Wilkerson Street
Willet Ad Maps
Winter Park
Wood Street
Woodcrest Circle