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Dublin Core
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Title
Downtown Orlando Post Office Collection
Alternative Title
Orlando Post Office Collection
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Post offices
Churches--Florida
Catholic Church--Florida
Education--Florida
Contributor
Allison, Megan
Baker, Keith
Bernard, Sam
Fallen, Riley
Frye, Stephen
Gold, Stephen
Irizarry, Michael
Joshi, Ashis
Reed, Michael
Shumate, Alayna
Stoddard, James
Tran, Tristan
Is Part Of
<a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a> Exhibit, <a href="http://tinyurl.com/o4zfrls" target="_blank">Downtown Orlando Post Office</a>, Downtown Orlando, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/106" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered Collection</a>, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/20" target="_blank">Orlando Collection</a>, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/46" target="_blank">Orange County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Downtown Orlando Post Office, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Federal Building, Downtown Orlando, Florida
St. James Cathedral, Downtown Orlando, Florida
St. Joseph's Academy, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
Rajtar, Steve. <em><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70911136" target="_blank">A Guide to Historic Orlando</a></em>. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2006.
"<a href="https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/welcome.htm" target="_blank">Postal History</a>." United States Postal Service. https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/welcome.htm.
<em><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23369979" target="_blank">St. James Pioneer Days: Parish & School Reunion : October 5-6, 1974</a></em>. [Orlando, Fla.]: [St. James Parish], 1974.
"<a href="http://www.stjamesorlando.org/about-us/" target="_blank">About Us</a>." St. James Cathedral. http://www.stjamesorlando.org/about-us/.
Description
The new Downtown Orlando Post Office building, located at 51 East Jefferson Street, in 1958. The original post office was housed in the Federal Building, located 44 East Central Boulevard in Downtown Orlando, Florida, from 1917 to 1941. In 1935, when James Beggs, Jr. became the postmaster, he began petitioning to move the post office from its Central Boulevard and Court Avenue location to a more spacious building. In 1939, St. James Catholic Church sold a plot of land on Jefferson Street for the new building. The building was designed by Louis A. Simon in the Northern Italian Palazzo Revival-style, and was constructed by J. P. Cullen and Sons. The new building opened in 1941 and housed the post office, the courthouse, and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) offices. The building was named an Orlando Historic Landmark in 1989. However, it was eventually sold back to the St. James Church. In 2003, the building was renovated and came under joint ownership by both the church and the federal government. Today, the building retains its post office services but also includes offices for the Catholic Diocese.
Still Image
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Original Format
1 black and white photograph
Dublin Core
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Title
Employees at New Downtown Orlando Post Office Building
Description
Postal employees after the construction of the new Downtown Orlando Post Office building, located at 51 East Jefferson Street, circa 1941. The photograph includes 109 employees ranging from superintendent to clerk. The Postmaster and Assistant Postmaster are included in the middle row of the photo. The group is comprised of mostly white men; however, the second row shows a woman, and the first and third rows show three African-American men. The building was constructed in a Spanish Colonial Revival style from 1939 to 1941 and dedicated on April 14, 1941. It has been occupied by the United States Postal Service since 1941, the Federal District Courthouse from 1941 to circa 1974, and the office of the Roman Catholic Church since 2003. <br /><br />The building was renovated in the early 2000s and was modified for office and retail use, with the post office retaining 13,200 square feet. Plans included an adjacent parking garage on the north side, though that that aspect never came to fruition. St. James Roman Catholic Cathedral, located across Court Street from the post office, purchased the parts of the building not utilized by the post office and use it for Chancery office space.
Date Created
ca. 1941
Coverage
Downtown Orlando Post Office, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Source
Original black and white photographic print: <a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a> Exhibit, <a href="http://tinyurl.com/o4zfrls" target="_blank">Downtown Orlando Post Office</a>, Downtown Orlando, Florida.
Source Repository
<a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a>
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="https://www.thehistorycenter.org/" target="_blank">Orange County Regional 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.
Transcript
Row #1:
Claude Chewning, Al Nottingham, Frank Belue, “Pogey” Elwood Roberts, Ray Chester, Cy Hetsler, Paul MacMurray, Basil Lahners, Harry Martin, Bill Hyatt, “Fixit” Donald Helms, Charlie Richards, Arvie Allison, John Long, Jeff Clay, Fred Wilson, Unknown, Ted Hooker, Al Lamp, Bruce Reynolds, “Wild Bill” Anderson, Johnnie Keefe, Ralph Thompson, Clyde Salley, Dick Lockman (on bike)
Row #2:
Jim Wiggins, Spizeman, Clarence Jacobs, Al Naylor, Elmer Rogers, Dave Rawley, Dave Forrest, Jess Jennings, Julian Bennett, Kiffen Allen, L.D. Geiger, George Westervelt, Robert Studstill, Don Pennington, Hugh Thornton, Ass’t Postmaster Dan Howell Jones, Postmaster L.A. Bryant, Elmer Clark, Sup’t of Mails N. Swickard, Jim Morrison, Foreman of Carriers Bill Anderson, Francis Bushman, Bill Henderson, Robert Ford, Ed Rambo, Barclay Webster, Jack Tice, W.C. Logue, Bill Corbeau, C. Reid, George Lockner, Wayne Wheeler, John “Shorty” Simpson, Art Buchanan, Ernie Rimmel, Ray Morris
Row #3:
Paul Montgomery, Sid Matthews, Lamar Lunsford, T.P. Butler, William Tabor, Special Delivery Taylor, Clarence Stiles, Vic Caverley, Coy Locke, Foy Powell, Don Dungan, Jerry Lebica, Aubine Batts, Joe Nichols, Mrs. Paul Calhoun, Vince Kimple, Arnie Larson, Herb Halliday, Henry Brooks, Neil Fischer, Ray Seals, Joe Noble, Norman Trowell, Jerry Pavlovsky, Emory Everett, W.D. McGarrity, R.C. Sellars, Roy Larder, William Baumgardner, Merv Cooper, John Mayfield, Henry Keith, Jim Vickers, E.G. Hancock, Virgil Chewning, Stanley Russell, George Davis, Spencer Locke, E.T. Wimbish, E.A. McGehee, Jacob “Speedy” Meckler, Jess Hendricks, Fred Webb, Mose Williams, T.C. Williams, Everett Kimberlin, Max Cohen, John Ralph Logue
External Reference
Kilsheimer, Joe. "<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/201942542" target="_blank">Old Post Offices Aid Revitalization Efforts</a>". AMERICAN CITY AND COUNTY. 119: 20-21.
Rajtar, Steve. <em><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70911136" target="_blank">A Guide to Historic Orlando</a></em>. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2006.
Alternative Title
Downtown Orlando Post Office Employees
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Post offices
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original black and white photographic print.
Is Part Of
<a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a> Exhibit, <a href="http://tinyurl.com/o4zfrls" target="_blank">Downtown Orlando Post Office</a>, Downtown Orlando, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/157" target="_blank">Downtown Orlando Post Office Collection</a>, Orlando Remembered Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
309 KB
Medium
1 black and white photograph
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Geography Teacher
Contributing Project
<a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a>
Curator
Joshi, Ashis
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Al Lamp
Al Naylor
Al Nottingham
Arnie Larson
Art Buchanan
Arvie Allison
Assistant Postmaster
Aubine Batts
Barclay Webster
Basil Lahners
Bill Anderson
Bill Corbeau
Bill Henderson
Bill Hyatt
Bruce Reynolds
C. Reid
Charlie Richards
Clarence Jacobs
Clarence Stiles
Claude Chewning
Clyde Salley
Coy Locke
Cy Hetsler
Dan Howell Jones
Dave Forrest
Dave Rawley
Dick Lockman
Don Dungan
Don Pennington
Donald Helms
Downtown Orlando
Downtown Orlando Post Office
E. A. McGehee
E. G. Hancock
E. T. Wimbish
Ed Rambo
Elmer Clark
Elmer Rogers
Elwood Roberts
Emory Everett
employees
Ernie Rimmel
Everett Kimberlin
Foreman of Carriers
Foy Powell
Francis Bushman
Frank Belue
Fred Webb
Fred Wilson
George Davis
George Lockner
George Westervelt
Harry Martin
Henry Brooks
Henry Keith
Herb Halliday
Hugh Thornton
Jack Tice
Jacob Meckler
Jeff Clay
Jefferson Street
Jerry Lebica
Jerry Pavlovsky
Jess Hendricks
Jess Jennings
Jim Morrison
Jim Vickers
Jim Wiggins
Joe Nichols
Joe Noble
John Long
John Mayfield
John Ralph Logue
John Simpson
Johnnie Keefe
Julian Bennett
Kiffen Allen
L. A. Bryant, Jr.
L. D. Geiger
labor
laborers
Lamar Lunsford
Max Cohen
Merv Cooper
Mose Williams
N. Swickard
Neil Fischer
Norman Trowell
orlando
Paul Calhoun
Paul MacMurray
Paul Montgomery
Pogey Roberts
post offices
postmaster
R. C. Sellars
Ralph Thompson
Ray Chester
Ray Morris
Ray Seals
Robert Ford
Robert Studstill
Roy Larder
Shorty Simpson
Sid Matthews
Special Delivery Taylor
Speedy Meckler
Spencer Locke
Spizeman
Stanley Russell
Superintendent of Mail
T. C. Williams
T. P. Butler
Taylor
Ted Hooker
U.S. Post Office Department
Vic Caverley
Vince Kimple
Virgil Chewning
W. C. Logue
W. D. McGarrity
Wayne Wheeler
Wild Bill Anderson
William Baumgardner
William Tabor
workers