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Title
Hillcrest Elementary School Collection
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Schools
Education--Florida
Description
Hillcrest Elementary School is one of Orlando’s oldest schools, opening in 1923. Since the 1980s, it has had a vibrant foreign language component and today it continues that tradition through the Orange County Public Schools Foreign Language Academy.
Curator
Padfield Narayan, Abigail
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Title
Girl Scout Troop at Big Tree, 1951
Alternative Title
Girl Scouts at Big Tree, 1951
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Schools
Education--Florida
Description
A Girl Scout troop from Hillcrest Elementary School visiting Big Tree, which is the oldest and largest cypress tree in the world. At the time of the photograph, the tree was 3,500 years old and measured 17x127 feet.<br /><br />Hillcrest Elementary School is one of Orlando’s oldest schools, opening in 1923. Since the 1980s, it has had a vibrant foreign language component and today it continues that tradition through the Orange County Public Schools Foreign Language Academy.
Type
Still Image
Source
Original black and white photograph: Private Collection of Julia Rowe.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/212" target="_blank">Hillcrest Elementary Collection</a>, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original black and white photograph.
Coverage
Hillcrest Elementary School, Orlando Florida
Creator
Girl Scouts of the United States of America
Date Created
ca. 1951
Date Copyrighted
ca. 1951
Format
image/jpg
Extent
3.39 MB
Medium
1 black and white photograph
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Julia Rowe and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Padfield Narayan, Abigail
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
Private Collection of Julia Rowe
External Reference
Narayan, Abigail Padfield. Interview with Julia Rowe. Orlando, Florida, March 2018.
"Big Tree Park." Seminole County: Florida's Natural Choice. https://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/locations/Big-Tree-Park.stml (accessed March 31, 2018).
"About Us." Orange County Public Schools: Hillcrest. https://hillcrestes.ocps.net/school_information/about_us (accessed March 31, 2018).
Big Tree Park
cypress trees
education
elementary school
field trip
Girl Scouts of the United States of America
Hillcrest Elementary School
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Title
Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection
Subject
Museums--Florida
Schools
Elementary schools
Grammar schools
Sanford (Fla.)
Description
The Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection encompasses a broad range of materials and items ranging from the late 19th Century into the present. The collection includes artifacts, photographs, documents, videocassettes, and other historical records pertaining to the history of the Sanford Grammar School, the Sanford community through the years, and the history of teaching and learning within the United States from the 19th century to the 2010s.
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
Student Museum
UCF Public History Center
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Sanford High School, Sanford, Florida
Westside Grammar Elementary School, Sanford, Florida
Sanford Grammar School, Sanford, Florida
Student Museum, Sanford, Florida
UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida
Contributing Project
Student Museum
UCF Public History Center
Curator
Marra, Katie
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
Public History Center/Student Museum
External Reference
"Public History Center." Public History Center, University of Central Florida.
"Student Museum." Seminole County Public Schools. http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/studentmuseum/Home.aspx.
Alternative Title
Student Museum and PHC Collection
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/44" target="_blank">Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/32" target="_blank">General Photographic Collection</a>, <span>Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, </span>Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/73" target="_blank">Seminole County Public Schools Collection</a>, <span>Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, </span>Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Interviewer
McLaughlin, Ian
Interviewee
Richards, Storm Leslie
Location
Geneva, Florida
Original Format
1 DVD/DAT recording
Duration
19 minutea and 4 seconds
Bit Rate/Frequency
125kbps
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Title
Oral History of Dr. Storm Leslie Richards
Alternative Title
Oral History, Richards
Subject
Oral history--United States
Sanford (Fla.)
Museums--Florida
Grant writing
Historic preservation--Florida
Historic sites--Florida
Longwood (Fla.)
Walt Disney World (Fla.)
Urban sprawl
United States. Navy
Navy
Nuclear weapons
Archaeology--Florida
Urban development
Archaeologists--United States
Geographers--United States
Conservation--United States
Lake Monroe (Seminole County and Volusia County, Fla.)
Tourism--Florida
Traffic
Description
Oral history interview of Dr. Storm Leslie Richards, an archaeologist and environmental consultant for Storm L. Richards & Associates, Inc. Dr. Richards was born in Patuxent River, Maryland, on August 20, 1950, but his family migrated to Sanford, Florida, in 1953. He graduated from Seminole High School in 1969 and received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D from the University of Florida in Tallahassee in 1973, 1978, and 1987, respectively. Dr. Richards also wrote the grant for the Sanford Grammar School, located at 301 West Seventh Street. This interview was conducted by Ian McLaughlin at Dr. Richards' home in Geneva on October 24, 2012.
Table Of Contents
0:00:00 Introduction<br />0:03:25 Grant writing and rehabilitation for the Student Museum and Center for the Social Studies<br />0:07:21 Other historic preservation projects<br />0:09:18 How Seminole County has changed over time<br />0:12:45 Impact of Walt Disney World Resort<br />0:15:42 Father’s experience in the Navy<br />0:17:57 Closing remarks
Abstract
Oral history interview of Dr. Storm Leslie Richards. Interview conducted by Ian McLaughlin at Dr. Richards' home in Geneva, Florida.
Type
Moving Image
Source
Richards, Storm Leslie. Interviewed by Ian McLaughlin. UCF Public History Center. October 24, 2012. Audio/video record available. UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
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Is Part Of
UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/31" target="_blank">Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Has Format
Digital transcript of original 19-minute and 04-second oral history: Richards, Storm Leslie. Interviewed by Ian McLaughlin. UCF Public History Center. October 24, 2012. Audio/video record available. UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
Coverage
Sanford Grammar School, Sanford, Florida
Student Museum and Center for the Social Studies,Sanford, Florida
UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida
Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Cuba
Creator
McLaughlin, Ian
Richards, Storm Leslie
Date Created
2012-10-24
Date Modified
2012-10-28
Format
video/mp4
application/pdf
Extent
46.9 MB
155 KB
Medium
19-minute and 4-second DVD/DAT recording
6-page typed transcript
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Ian McLaughlin and owned by UCF Public History Center.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the UCF Public History Center and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
UCF Public History Center
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
UCF Public History Center/Student Museum
External Reference
"Public History Center." Public History Center, University of Central Florida.
"Exhibits." Public History Center, University of Central Florida.
"Student Museum." Seminole County Public Schools.
"<a href="http://www.seminolehs.scps.k12.fl.us/" target="_blank">Seminole High School</a>." Seminole High School, Seminole County Public Schools. http://www.seminolehs.scps.k12.fl.us/.
Sanford Historical Society (Fla.). <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53015288" target="_blank"><em>Sanford</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.
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<a href="https://youtu.be/OjlBRZidNQ4" target="_blank">Oral History of Dr. Storm Leslie Richards</a>
Transcript
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Alright, today is Wednesday, the 24<sup>th</sup> of October, 2012. It is 3:05 PM. I am with Dr. Storm [Leslie] Richards at his home in Geneva, Florida, and we’re going to discuss his experiences as related to historic preservation in Sanford, specifically concerning the Sanford Student Museum [and Center for the Social Studies].</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>We moved to Sanford in 1953. My dad was in, uh, the Navy at the time, and, um, we came here, uh, when Sanford was a very small community. It was very agriculturally-oriented. Um, there were many, many schools in Sanford. Uh, I went to, uh, about four of them, uh, from about elementary school through high school—all in Sanford, and then I went to Seminole Community College,<a title="">[1]</a> which was what it was called at the time in the 1970s, uh, and got my Associate of Arts degree, and went on to the University of Florida and finished my Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctorate at, uh, the University of Florida in Gainesville. Um, did some graduate work at Tulane University, but, uh, for the most part, I was always at the University of Florida, and I had a very strong interest in historic preservation and archaeology and, uh, urban—urban development, and I think, uh, first time that I really became—became directly, um, associated with the school [inaudible] was I was asked to help write a grant. Um, he grant was originally through the Division of Historical Resources, which is part of Florida Department of State for doing architectural reconstruction and rehabilitation. Um, one of the things that came to me from the very, very beginning was that the school—the [Sanford] Grammar School was such a tremendous resource in terms of historically where[?] Sanford had been. It was constructed in 1907, I think—’02-’07, and, um, it had always been a real focal point for—for education for—for young kids, and I think, uh—I didn’t go to school there and—and I always remember the school having, uh, teeter-totters and having, um, jungle gyms and the having the maypole, uh, swing that the kids would swing around and stuff like that. It’s—it’s the kind of thing where you still remember the kids yelling and screaming, and just, uh, it was a very fun place. Um, academically, I can’t really speak for it, but, uh, I can remember that—that there was always a lot of activity there, and the school, uh, that I identified with the grant that I worked on was a very important hub for Sanford and for Seminole County to—to look at something historic and say that so many people had gone there and so many people’s lives had been involved. I just thought it was a wonderful focal point, um, to try to keep, and, uh, at that time, they were really the first time that they were getting into the notion of it being an historic properties, and being important for a museum, and—and I was just really, uh, excited about that for the kids to be able to go back and look at things the way they were a hundred years ago.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>All right. Um, in what capacity were you involved, specifically with the grant-writing process?</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>Um, because I was—I am a certified archaeologist, and I have a really strong background in historic preservation with the University of Florida and the Urban Re-Use and Planning Department, I was asked to—to come in and take a critical look at if the site was really historic. Now, it had already been designated on the [U.S.] National Register of Historic Places, which one would assume would make it very important, uh, but because it’s part of a district, um, that’s not necessarily the case, and you really want a building like that to stand on its own, be—because the importance not of just the neighborhood, but the importance of it being, uh, the structure that was there, uh, and so I put together, uh, all of the documentation on, uh, why it was historically important, and what it meant to the community, and why the state should look at it as being not just some local landmark, but as something that was important to the county and the State of Florida.</p>
<p>So I wrote that up, and what really ended up happening was that the state looked at that and felt that there was enough merit there that it was designated on a, uh, state list of very important, uh, uh, schools for the State of Florida and it was designated as such with that important notice. I think that the other thing that I did was, uh, I contacted a number of commissioners and a number of people that had on a say on, uh—on how money was being spent, whether it was the school board of, uh, Seminole County, because it was certainly a focus of not just the City of Sanford, but the county also, uh, and told them the importance of preserving that, because at a certain point, older buildings have a way of just deteriorating to the point that they can no longer be used, and it takes an investment, and sometimes, that investment can actually cost more than—than new construction, you know? Rehabilitation’s a very expensive proposition, but what it does for a community, in terms of identifying the importance of a city, and importance of schools, and importance of looking at the people who got an education there and what they went on to do, and is—and it is far more important than any single dollar value.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Right, I see. About how long did that process take from start to finish? From the beginning to the end[?]? [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>It took probably—the grants program probably took six months.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Hm.</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>I think though the writing that I did, because I had a familiarity with it, was probably in days.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>I’m very quick at what I do, and so I think I wrote the, uh, four- or five-page report of why it was important in—in a day or two days.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Excellent, and what year was this again?</p>
<p><strong>Richards <br /></strong>You know, I think it was probably about, uh, 10 or 15 years ago. I mean, it was probably in the [19]90s—[inaudible] or something like that.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>So like 90s?</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Right, and who all—do you remember which people from the museum you worked with?</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>Se—Serena [Rankin Parks] Fisher…</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Serena Fisher.</p>
<p><strong>Richards <br /></strong>Uh, she was, you know—and I’ve known her for years and years before that, because she’s a geographer and an educator, and—and I’m a geographer also, and so I knew her from the Florida Alliance, um, which was a group of educators who try to—to convey the importance of educating children, and she was working the museum, and, uh, it was the kind of thing that I felt real honored to help her with, because of the possibility of helping people, and, uh, when you drive by the school even today, which I did,</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>Um, it’s one of those things that you can go look at and be proud that it’s still there, because it could be somebody’s patio brick, you know?</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>And—and so it’s a real good place for kids to go and look at the way that things used to be.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Excellent, and were there any other instances in Sanford, in which you helped with local preservation efforts?</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>Um, yes. Uh, the Hopper Academy, which was the African-American school, h, over near the stadium. Uh, I put together the environmental assessment and some of the feasibility studies for—for looking at the rehabbing of that and making that, uh, another focal point, and because it was a wooden building and it had a lot of decay, it was really difficult, and the neighborhood, uh, didn’t lend itself to, you know—there were a lot of transients in the area, and people were sleeping near—in the school, and people were doing a lot of things that were just destructive. I’m not sure that worked out as well as I would have liked, but it was a real, eh, effort for someone to go over there and say, “We’d like to see, you know this—this kept for the community,” and so I worked on that, and, um, also, when I was the senior planner with Seminole County and worked, um, on comprehensive planning, I—I worked very hard to try to get a conservation element that reflected the importance of archaeological and historic sites, um, in—in Central Florida and Seminole County.</p>
<p>In—in the profession that I have now, we do an awful lot of work in Seminole County. Uh, we worked for the airport in Seminole—the Orlando-Sanford [International] Airport. We’ve identified historic sites and identified preservation, uh, concepts for them. [inaudible]. We’ve worked for the Division of Historic Resources on the railroad sites[?] that existed here that came from the 1900s, when they were shipping an awful lot of, uh, produce out throughout—throughout the state and throughout different parts of the country, and so I’ve, you know, worked a lot on different aspects on Seminole County on—on cultural[?] resource assessments and evaluations, uh, both historic and archaeological resources for the county, and provided information for the of State of Florida.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Excellent, and here’s a little bit of a different question. In your experience working in Seminole County and living here and growing up, how has it changed environmentally? You—what do you think are probably the biggest ways that it’s changed?</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>You know, I think—the—the interesting part of that story—and it just hits me immediately—is how recently—this year, someone burnt down the big.<a title="">[2]</a> They got inside the tree and they lit it on fire, and you have a tree that is older than the for—the 1400s. Before [Christopher] Columbus and…</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Wow.</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>This country.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>And the tree was there, and they burnt it up and destroyed it, and it was considered an “accident,” and it was considered of no great significance, and I can remember riding my bike out to the tree when I was a child from Sanford. It’s—it’s probably halfway between Sanford and Longwood on [U.S. Route] 17-92. Uh, I can remember there was a wonderful book written by [Elvira] Gardner, it was called <em>Ezekiel’s Travels</em>.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>And—and Ezekiel, a little black boy, rode his bicycle out to the big tree and they documented that in the 1930s.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Wow.</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>You know, and—and—and they burnt this tree up and it was considered just kind of a…</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>An accident.</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>An accident. So, uh—and I think that—it really has an impact, you know?</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>The—the other thing that I can remember that’s changed so much is, when I was, uh, very young, I used to ride my bike down to the—the band shell, and to the, uh—to Lake Monroe, and used to fish there, and there used to be just the band shell, and just the sea wall, and in the last 25 years, you know, they’ve built, uh—they built hotels there, and, uh, they built, uh, mixed used development there. They have had varying degrees of non-success.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>Uh, but it’s taken away much of the character, you know? I can remember when the zoo was in Downtown Sanford, and, you know, it was a very small zoo. Sorta not like the really nice complex that they have now, but—but Sanford was [inaudible], you know—libraries were there, and it was a place that—that kids went, and young people went, and it was just very different. The [Sanford] Civic Center was a big, big deal, and they had dances every week, and it was just, you know—it was just a place that people went all the time, and, uh, I don’t see that in Sanford anymore. I don’t see that.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>You think some of the character is gone?</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>I think—I think the character—and I think that, you know, its—its, um—its environment, and its, um—the neighborhood, and it’s, um—it’s just the changes that have taken place, you know? I can remember the parades in Downtown Park Avenue, and just, um, very large parades that everybody in the community got involved in, and we have something like that now, but [inaudible]—it’s just a, uh—an agglomeration of people with big bands, and—and crazy things happen from early afternoon to way late</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>[inaudible], and it’s just not something that I’m interested in participating in, you know? Probably there are a lot of people that do, but it’s—it’s just very different from when I was raised in Sanford.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Yeah. As far as developmentally, what effect do you think that the arrival of like Disney Corporation<a title="">[3]</a> and things like that had on the change, if any?</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>Yeah, eh, Disney is a very large beast.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin <br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>And it has a lot of beasts that, uh, have attracted to it—whether it’s the whale beast or the, you know, uh, any number of other international destinations that I think that it’s affected probably not just all of Florida, but the Southeast. It’s the number one tourist destination, you know, in the world, u, and I think it makes Interstate [Highway] 4, which used to be a wonderful opportunity to go to Orlando and you just got on the interstate and ten minutes later, you were in Orlando, and today, it’s, um—it’s questionable if it even functions at all.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>You know, we have a—we have a toll road system, in which, uh, I was assigned to that. I was Deputy Director of the toll way [inaudible] before they actually started developing it, and it was supposed to relieve the traffic and make traffic a lot different in Central Florida, but Central Florida is so densely populated that it was probably nothing can significantly change that. You know, whether it’s a rail system that they won’t put in, it will cost billions of dollars, whether it’s increasing lanes on I-4, or whether the [Central Florida] GreeneWay builds out. It’s—it’s not going to make the quality of life significantly different, in my opinion, you know, but that’s just part of the price you pay.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Yeah. Just out of curiosity, how many lanes did I-4 use to be? [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>You know, I think it was always six—divided six.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Divided six?</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>Yeah, um, eh, it—it had fewer ramps.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>And so they put in more ramps and more access, and it’s—it’s—the speed is much quicker today than it’s ever been. Uh, the Fairbanks [Avenue] curb is a problem that people have been having for years, and everybody’s looking at the engineering and saying, “It’s got to be engineering.” They say, “It’s got to be, you know, your problems,” you know? People are traveling between their ears if they don’t pay attention to traffic, and that’s why we gotta have people at such a quick pace today, you know? It used to be if you made it to work at 8- 8:30, you know, or if you, you know, were just there. Now, everybody fills the building up at 10-to-8, and, you know, so consequently, everybody gets on the interstate and it’s as fast as they can go, and it reminds me a little bit of Atlanta[, Georgia].</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>You know, if you’re not doing 80 [miles per hour], you’re not getting there.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>I think that the—I think that I-4 is quickly approaching that. If you’re not doing 70, you’re probably not going to make it.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>You know, that’s just part of reality, part of the [inaudible], and the—the—it’s the quickness of what happens today. It wasn’t like that in the, you know, 1960s.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Okay, before we go, if you could—would you like to share the story about your father</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>Uh…</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>And what he did at the Navy base?</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>We moved to Sanford in—in ’53. My dad was stationed in Jacksonville, um, before that in the, um—in the Navy, and—and when we moved here, my dad was a navigator bombardier and a mechanic, and when the first jets, which were the [Douglas] A-3D[ Skywarrior]s came from California, my dad was part of the crew that flew the jets from California to Florida. That was before the [North American A-5] Vigilantes, before the larger aircraft. These were, you know twin-engine jets, but their total design and their total purpose was, uh, to launch a, uh, nuclear strike, and—and art of what Sanford, you know—Orlando-Sanford Airport today has the bunkers that they kept the nuclear weapons in, and they were going to load onboard the A-3Ds and—and go to Cuba, and my dad was the slim pickins’ of the aircraft, because it was his job to arm the nuclear weapons—To go back in the bomb bays and arm the nuclear weapons with, uh, I guess a detonation device that you screwed in the—in the nose of the bomb, and that was his job. It—and it was very, very stressful, and you know, at the time, I can just barely remember—I guess I was probably about seven—six or seven years old that all these young kids from the Navy would come over to the house, and they would have parties and stuff, and—and what they were doing was, h, the vanguard of changing the world, if—if they had to, and they all agreed to that—that that’s what they were going to do, and my dad was a really big part of that, and I guess there’s—there’s some pride in that, but there’s also some looking back and saying, “Is this really where we were?”</p>
<p>You know, and [inaudible], and I know today—you know, 2012—we’re still talking about the Cuban Missile Crisis and trying to figure out what really happened, and when you think about the people that were going to do whatever they were told to do, you know, there’s a lot of frighteningness[sic] there, and there is a lot of, <em>Have we gone that far?</em> Or, <em>Are we still in the same place?</em> I kinda think about that occasionally.</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Do you have any other thoughts about Sanford or Seminole County or the Student Museum that you would like to share with us before we…</p>
<p><strong>Richards<br /></strong>I think that the Student Museum is, you know—it—it—it—it’s probably a lot bigger than most people really think. It’s—it’s not a matter of postcards and maps and little things that you can touch or handle, but it’s the notion of where we come from and where we’re going, and will people identify those things in 10 years, in 20 years, in 30 years, and say that, uh—that there was something that was very valuable here? It was something that was very important to a lot of people, and I hope we can still see that, and I hope that that’s, uh, a multicultural thing that—that, uh, everybody can look at and say, “This is—this is where we were, and this is where we are, and lot of good things have taken place.”</p>
<p><strong>McLaughlin<br /></strong>Excellent, and once again, my name is Ian McLaughlin, and I’m interviewing Dr. Storm Richards at his home in Geneva, Florida. Today is Wednesday, the 24<sup>th</sup> of October, 2012.</p>
<div><br /><div>
<p><a title="">[1]</a> Present-day Seminole State College.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p><a title="">[2]</a> The Senator.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p><a title="">[3]</a> Correction: The Walt Disney Company.</p>
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17-92
7th Street
A3-D
band shell
Big Tree Park
Central Florida
City of Sanford
Columbus, Christopher
Cuban Missile Crisis
deputy directory
Disney
Disney Corporation
Disney World
Division of Historical Resources
environmental consultant
Ezekiel’s Travels
Fairbanks
Fairbanks Ave.
Fairbanks Avenue
Fisher, Serena
Florida Alliance
Florida Department of State
Garner, Elvira
Georgetown
grant writer
Greenway
Hopper
Hopper Academy
I-4
Interstate 4
Interstate Highway 4
maypole
McLaughlin, Ian
mechanic
National Register of Historic Places
navigator bombardier
Orlando-Sanford Airport
Orlando-Sanford International Airport
parade
Park Avenue
Patuxent River
PHC
Reconstruction
rehabilitation
Richards, Storm Leslie
Sanford Civic Center
Sanford Grammar School
Sanford State College
SCC
School Board of Seminole County
Seminole
Seminole Community College
Seminole County
Seminole High
Seminole High School
Seminole HS
senator
senior planner
Seventh Street
SHS
SSC
State of Florida
Storm L. Richards & Associates
Storm L. Richards & Associates, Inc.
Student Museum
Toll Way
TU
Tulane
Tulane University
U.S. Route 17-92
UCF Public History Center
UF
University of Florida
Urban Re-Use and Planning Department
Vigilante
WDW
zoo
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Title
Longwood Collection
Alternative Title
Longwood Collection
Subject
Longwood (Fla.)
Description
Collection of digital images, documents, and other records depicting the history of Longwood, Florida. Series descriptions are based on special topics, the majority of which students focused their metadata entries around.
The first European and Euro-American settlers arrived in present-day Longwood in the early 1870s. Its town founding settlers were John Neill Searcy of Tennessee and Edward Warren Henck of Boston, Massachusetts, both of which arrived in 1873. Henck was a railroad businessman, hotel owner, and real estate promoter, and he was later elected the first Mayor of Longwood in 1885. Henck was instrumental in bringing the South Florida Railroad to Longwood.
Although Longwood enjoyed growth from the railroad, the Great Freeze of 1894-1895 caused many citizens to leave Central Florida. However, the area experience growth again during the 1910s and 1920s. In 1923, the Town of Longwood was incorporated as a city. Longwood experienced decline during the Great Depression, and the city failed to dis-incorporate after its bank failed in 1932.
Growth returned to Longwood during World War II, thanks to the development of the Naval Air Station (NAS) Sanford and the Orlando Air Army Base, which was later renamed the Naval Training Center (NTC) Orlando. Prosperity increased again the 1960s and 1970s, due to the expansion of the military industry, the establishment of the space industry in nearby Brevard County, and the opening of Walt Disney World.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Longwood, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
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>
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/44" target="_blank">Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.longwoodfl.org/content/1115/151/147/default.aspx" target="_blank">A Brief History of Longwood</a>." City of Longwood, Florida. http://www.longwoodfl.org/content/1115/151/147/default.aspx.
Central Florida Society for Historical Preservation. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48909279" target="_blank"><em>Longwood</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2001.
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.
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Title
Big Tree Park, the Oldest and Largest Cypress Tree in U.S.A. Postcard
Alternative Title
Big Tree Park Postcard
Subject
Longwood (Fla.)
Parks--Florida
Description
A photographic postcard featuring The Senator, the giant bald cypress tree that was once the oldest and largest cypress tree in the country. At the time that the photograph was taken, The Senator was 3,500 yers old, 126 feet and 3 inches tall, and 47 feet in circumference.<br /><br />As early as the late 1800s, this centuries-old tree was considered a tourist attraction, but it wasn't until 1927 that a park was established around the tree. Senator Moses O. Overstreet donated six acres of land, which included the tree, to Seminole County to establish a park with the stipulation that a road would be built to take visitors into the park. The generosity of Sen. Overstreet inspired residents to name the giant cypress tree "The Senator."<br /><br />Located at 761 General Hutchinson Parkway in present-day Longwood, Florida, the new park was named the Seminole Big Tree Park in honor of the main attraction. In 1929, President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) dedicated a bronze plaque at the site of the tree. The plaque was stolen in 1945, which would place this photograph sometime between 1940 and 1945. Based on a core sample taken by the American Forestry Association, The Senator was estimated to be 3500 years old in 1946. The Big Tree Park also features another giant cypress estimated to be 2000 years old. In 2005, local elementary students named the tree Lady Liberty. It was considered to be the companion tree to The Senator, as they were only 40 feet apart. The Senator continued to be a tourist attraction and local landmark until January 16, 2012, when it was lost in a fire.
Abstract
Postcard image of the Big Tree in Sanford. Image depicts the tree with a plaque on the front, surrounded by a fence. Two men, a woman, and a young child can be seen in front of the tree, looking up at it. The caption on the front of the postcard reads, "Big Tree Park. The Oldest and Largest Cypress Tree in U. S. A. 126 ft. 3 in. High. 47 ft. in circumference. 3500 Years Old. Sanford, Seminole County, Florida."
Type
Still Image
Source
Original 14 x 9 centimeter black and white photographic postcard: "Big Tree Park." <a href="http://library.ucf.edu/about/departments/special-collections-university-archives/" target="_blank">Special Collections & University Archives</a>, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
Is Part Of
<a href="http://library.ucf.edu/about/departments/special-collections-university-archives/" target="_blank">Special Collections & University Archives</a>, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/43" target="_blank">Longwood Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Original 14 x 9 centimeter black and white photographic postcard: "Big Tree Park."
Has Format
Digital reproduction of original 14 x 9 centimeter black and white photographic postcard: "<a href="http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CFM/id/116633" target="_blank">Big Tree Park</a>." Tag number DP0008223, Central Florida Memory.
Coverage
Seminole Big Tree Park, Longwood, Florida
Date Created
ca. 1940-1945
Date Copyrighted
2011
Format
image/jpg
Extent
199 KB
Medium
14 x 9 centimeter black and white photographic postcard
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by <a href="http://library.ucf.edu/about/departments/special-collections-university-archives/" target="_blank">Special Collections & University Archives</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://library.ucf.edu/about/departments/special-collections-university-archives/" target="_blank">University of Central Florida, </a><a href="http://library.ucf.edu/about/departments/special-collections-university-archives/" target="_blank">Special Collections & University Archives</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="http://www.cfmemory.org/" target="_blank">Central Florida Memory</a>
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://library.ucf.edu/about/departments/special-collections-university-archives/" target="_blank">University of Central Florida, Special Collections and University Archives</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/locations/Big-Tree-Park.stml" target="_blank">Big Tree Park</a>." Parks and Preservation, Seminole County. http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/locations/Big-Tree-Park.stml.
Blozan, Will. "<a href="http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/florida/senator/senator_cypress.htm" target="_blank">The Senator Cypress is Re-elected to Top Position in Eastern Forests</a>." Native Tree Society. http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/florida/senator/senator_cypress.htm.
"<a href="http://mobile.floridata.com/Plants/Taxodiaceae/Taxodium%20distichum/108" target="_blank">The Senator - Florida's Big Tree</a>." Floridata. http://mobile.floridata.com/Plants/Taxodiaceae/Taxodium%20distichum/108.
Central Florida Society for Historical Preservation. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48909279" target="_blank"><em>Longwood</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2001.
Transcript
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BIG TREE PARK. THE OLDEST AND LARGEST CYPRESS TREE IN U.S.A. 126 FT. 3 IN. HIGH. 47 FT. IN CIRCUMFERENCE. 3500 YEARS OLD. SANFORD, SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA.
bald cypress
Big Tree Park
cypress
ecotourism
Longwood
park
Sanford
The Senator
tourism
tourist
tourist attraction
tree
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Title
Thomas Cook Collection
Alternative Title
Cook Collection
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Orange County (Fla.)
Longwood (Fla.)
Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
Lake Wales (Fla.)
Silver Springs (Fla.)
Weeki Wachee (Fla.)
Winter Haven (Fla.)
Osceola County (Fla.)
Winter Park (Fla.)
Description
Collection of digital images, postcards, documents, and other records from the private collection of Thomas Cook. Series descriptions are based on special topics, the majority of which students focused their metadata entries around.
Contributor
Cook, Thomas
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Cape Canaveral, Florida
Lake Wales, Florida
Longwood, Florida
Orange County, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Osceola County, Florida
Winter Haven, Florida
Winter Park, Florida
Rights Holder
All items in the <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/102" target="_blank">Thomas Cook Collection</a> are 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
<p><a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a></p>
Source Repository
Private Collection of Thomas Cook
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/103" target="_blank">Postcard Collection</a>, Thomas Cook Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
External Reference
<span>Antequino, Stephanie Gaub, and Tana Mosier Porter. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/783150094" target="_blank"><em>Lost Orlando</em></a></span><span> Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub, 2012.</span>
"<a href="http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/Links/wtour.pdf">Downtown Orlando Historic District Walking Tour</a>." City of Orlando. http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/Links/wtour.pdf.
<span>Rajtar, Steve. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70911136" target="_blank"><em>A Guide to Historic Orlando</em></a></span><span>. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2006.</span>
<span>Osborne, Ray. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/253374549" target="_blank"><em>Cape Canaveral</em></a></span><span>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2008.</span>
<span>Smith, Margaret. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51888803" target="_blank"><em>The Edward Bok Legacy: A History of Bok Tower Gardens: The First Fifty Years</em></a></span><span>. Lake Wales, Fla: Bok Tower Gardens Foundation, 2002.</span>
<span>Pelland, Maryan, and Dan Pelland. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/67516850" target="_blank"><em>Weeki Wachee Springs</em></a><span>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2005.</span>
<span>Flekke, Mary M., Sarah E. MacDonald, and Randall M. MacDonald. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85451307" target="_blank"><em>Cypress Gardens</em></a></span><span>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2006.</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 printed map
Physical Dimensions
17 x 22 inch
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Title
Street Map of Orlando
Alternative Title
Orlando Street Map
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Maps
Churches--Florida
Schools--Florida
Hotels--Florida
Description
Street map of the City of Orlando, Florida, printed in 1936. The map shows the route of a 23-mile scenic drive around 18 lakes in Orlando. It has listings of apartment houses, churches, hotels, real estate brokers, newspapers, schools, clubs, newspapers and more. The map also lists 66 places on the scenic drive illustrated on the map.
Source
Original 17 x 22 inch map, 1936: <a href="http://www.orlando.org/" target="_blank">Greater Orlando Chamber of Commerce</a>, Orlando, Florida: Private Collection of Thomas Cook.
Publisher
<a href="http://www.orlando.org/" target="_blank">Greater Orlando Chamber of Commerce</a>
Date Created
1936
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 17 x 22 inch map, 1936: <a href="http://www.orlando.org/" target="_blank">Greater Orlando Chamber of Commerce</a>, Orlando, Florida.
Is Part Of
Private Collection of Thomas Cook.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/102" target="_blank">Thomas Cook Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Requires
<a href='http://www.adobe.com/reader.html' target='_blank'>Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
Format
application/pdf
Extent
4.87 MB
Medium
17 x 22 inch printed map
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Orlando, Florida
Winter Park, Florida
Spatial Coverage
28.533611, -81.375833
28.591865, -81.348492
Temporal Coverage
1936-01-01/1936-12-31
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally published by the <a href="http://www.orlando.org/" target="_blank">Greater Orlando Chamber of Commerce</a>.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://www.orlando.org/" target="_blank">Greater Orlando Chamber of Commerce</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
<p><a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/buildingblocks.php" target="_blank">Building Blocks</a></p>
Curator
Cook, Thomas
Digital Collection
<p><a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a></p>
Source Repository
Private Collection of Thomas Cook
External Reference
Antequino, Stephanie Gaub, and Tana Mosier Porter. <em>Lost Orlando</em>. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub, 2012.
"Downtown Orlando Historic District Walking Tour." City of Orlando. http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/Links/wtour.pdf.
Dickinson, Joy Wallace. <em>A Guide to Historic Orlando</em>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2003.
External Reference Title
<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/783150094" target="_blank"><em>Lost Orlando</em></a>
"<a href="http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/Links/wtour.pdf" target="_blank">Downtown Orlando Historic District Walking Tour</a>"
<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70911136" target="_blank"><em>A Guide to Historic Orlando</em></a>
Date Copyrighted
1936
Contributor
Cook, Thomas
Albertson Apartments
Albertson Public Library
Alexander Apartments
Alexander Place
Allen Apartments
Allison, F. A.
Amelia Street
America Street
American League
American Legion
American Legion Building
Amherst Apartments
Anderson Street
Angebilt Church of the Nazarene
Angebilt Hotel
Ansonian Apartments
Associated Press
Atlanta Avenue
Atlantic Apartments
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Auten Apartments
Avalon Hotel
Babcock, H. C.
Bailey, M. D., Jr.
Batchelder, C. F.
Beacham Theatre
Big Tree Park
Bird Sanctuary
Bowling Club House
Bradshaw Apartments
Brass, George F.
Brethern in Christ Church
Broadway Apartments
Broadway Avenue
Broadway Methodist Church
Buena Vista Apartments
Butt-Bettes Investment Company
Calvary Presbyterian Church
Carl-Clayton Apartments
Carlyn Manor
Cary Apartments
Cathcart Avenue
Central Avenue
Central Christian Church
Cheney Court Apartments
Cheney Place
Cherokee Junior High School
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Church of God
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Church of the Open Bible
Church Street
Claybaugh, Nat
College Park Baptist Church
Colonial Drive
Colonial Orange Court Hotel
Columbia Avenue
Columbia Broadcasting System
Colvin Apartments
Community Church of God
Concord Avenue
Concord Grammar School
Concord Park Methodist Church
Concord Park School
Condict, H. V.
Confederate Soldiers, Sailors, and Statesmen Memorial
Congregation Ohev Sholem Synagogue
Congregational church
Conway Road
Cook Avenue
Cook, Thomas
Court Street
Crotts Apartments
Daetwyler Azalea Gardens
Delaney Street
Delaney Street Baptist Church
Delaney Street School
Dickson Azaela Park
Dixie Avenue
Dixie Highway
Dodendorf Apartments
Dubsdread Country Club
Duke Hall
Dwellere
Eastern Air Lines
Edgewater Drive
Elks Club
Elvan Apartments
Empire Hotel
Eola Drive
Ernestine Street
Estes Apartments
Estes, V. W.
Exposition Park and Fair
Fern Creek Avenue
Fern Creekl Walker Memorial Methodist Church
First Baptist Church of Orlando
First Church of Christ, Scientist
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Orlando
First Methodist Church of Orlando
First National Bank at Orlando
First Presbyterian Church of Orlando
First Unitarian Church of Orlando
Florence Apartments
Florida Motor Lines
Florida Public Service Company
Florida Sanitarium
Floyd-Lindorf Realty Company
Forst Gatlin Hotel
Fosgate Apartments
Frederick, Harlow G.
Frey Apartments
Gaston Edwards Park
Geeslin & Miller, Inc.
Gifford Arms
Gladstone Apartments
Goss Memorial Methodist Protestant Church
Grand Avenue Grammar School
Grand Theatre
Gray, M. Beck
Greater Orlando Chamber of Commerce
Guernsey, Frank D.
Guernsey, S. Kendrick
Hamlin Orange Grove
Hampton Avenue
Harlow G. Frederick, Inc.
Harold Shepherd Realty Company
Hartley Apartments
Harwood Avenue Apartments
Helen Street
Highland Avenue
Hillcrest Avenue
Hillcrest Grammar School
Holbrook, J. P.
Holyoke Apartments
Horse Shoe Club House
Hughey Street
Huttig, J. N.
Hyer & Davis
Hyer Avenue
Ivanhoe Apartments
Ivanhoe Boulevard
J. P. Holbrook Investment Company
Jackson Street
Jefferson Court Hotel
Jefferson Street
Jefferson Street Church of Christ
Jermone Realty Company
Jones, Elmer L.
Kaley Avenue
Kaley Avenue Grammar School
Kenhurst Apartments
Klock Apartments
Kuhl Avenue
Lake Adair
Lake Apopka
Lake Cherokee
Lake Concord
Lake Copeland
Lake Davis
Lake Eola
Lake Eola Bandshell
Lake Eola Fountain
Lake Estelle
Lake Formosa
Lake Ivanhoe
Lake Lancaster
Lake Lawson
Lake Lucerne
Lake Lurna
Lake o' the Woods Apartments
Lake Rowena
Lake Street
Lake Sue
Lake Underhill
Lake Virgina
Lakeview Street
Lamar Hotel
Lawn Bowling Club
Lawton Investment Companu
Leon Hotel
Liberty Avenue
Linwood Apartments
Livingston Apartments
Livingston avenue
Livingston Street
Llanymor Hotel
Long Apartments
Lucerne Hotel
Lucerne Park Baptist Church
Luker Apartments
Madison Apartments
Magil Apartments
Magnolia Avenue
Main Street
Mann Apartments
Manuel Courts Apartments
Mariposa Street
Marks Street
Marks Street Grammar School
Masonic Temple
McKelvey, Vernon
McNutt, Heasley & Bailey
Mead Botanical Gardens
Memorial Junior High School
Miller Memorial Baptist Church
Mills Avenue
Mills Street
Minnichaha Apartments
Minnie Paul Apartments
Montana Avenue
Moss, M. J., Jr.
Murchison Company
National Airlines
New Apartments
New England Avenue
New Greenhurst Apartments
New Keystone Apartments
New Poinsettia Apartments
Normant Apartments
North Park Baptist Church
O-Po-Le-O
O. P. Swope, Inc.
O'Neal Investment Company
Orange Avenue
Orange County Armory
Orange Farms Company
Orange Fountain
Orange General Hospital
Orange Hotel
Orlando Christian Church
Orlando Country Club
Orlando Municipal Airport
Orlando Municipal Auditorium
Orlando Recreation
Orlando Reeves Memorial
Orlando Senior High School
Orlando Tennis Club
Orlando Transit Company
Orlando Unity Center
Orlando Utilities Commission Plant
Orlando Visitors Card Club
Orlando Vocational School
Osceola Hotel
Overstreet Land Company
Packard, J. H.
Palmetto Street
Palms Apartments
Park Avenue
Park Lake
Park Lake Presbyterian Church
Park View Apartments
Parramore Avenue
Parsons Apartments
Pearl Hotel
Pentecostal Assembly of God
Phillips, Welborn
Pine Castle
Pine Street
Price, W. K.
Princeton Avenue
Princeton Avenue Grammar School
Raleigh Street
Reeves Memorial Methodist Church
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Rex-McGill Investment Company
Rialto Theatre
Richey, E. H.
Richmond Hall
Ridgewood Apartments
Ridgewood Avenue
Robinson Avenue
Rollins College
Roque Club House
Rosalind Avenue
Rosalind Club
Rose, Walter W.
Roxy Theatre
Ruth Street
Salvation Army Citadel
San Juan de Ulloa Hotel
San Juan Hotel
Sanland Springs Tropical Park
Schoolfield Apartments
Schwob Apartments
Seaboard Air Line
Seventh Day Adventist Church of Orlando
Shepherd, Harold
Shuffleboard Club House
Simpson-Staton Company
Slayton, E. F.
Sligh Boulevard
Smith, Henry D.
Smith, Wyan
Solarium
South Street
Southern Apartments
Spann Apartments
Spring Lake
St. James Apartments
St. James Roman Catholic Cathedral
St. Johns River
St. Luke's Cathedral
St. Regis Apartments
Stewart, J. C.
Stoner, E.
Summerlin Street
Summerline Hotel
Sunshine Park
Sweet Pea Wall
Swope, O. P.
Taylor Apartments
Thornton Lane
Tinker Field
Tinker, Joe
Tremont Hotel
Trenton Street
Trinity English Lutheran Church
United Press and International News Service
University Club
Vergowe Agency
Wall Street
Walter W. Rose Investment Company
Washington Avenue
Washington Senators
WDBO
Weber Avenue
Wekiwa River
Wekiwa Springs
Wells Home Apartments
West Central Grammar School
Westmoreland Drive
Wild Rose Apartments
Wilmot, Fred W.
Wilson Apartments
Wood Apartments
Wynholm Apartments
Wyoming Hotel
Yale Avenue
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Title
Thomas Cook Collection
Alternative Title
Cook Collection
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Orange County (Fla.)
Longwood (Fla.)
Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
Lake Wales (Fla.)
Silver Springs (Fla.)
Weeki Wachee (Fla.)
Winter Haven (Fla.)
Osceola County (Fla.)
Winter Park (Fla.)
Description
Collection of digital images, postcards, documents, and other records from the private collection of Thomas Cook. Series descriptions are based on special topics, the majority of which students focused their metadata entries around.
Contributor
Cook, Thomas
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Cape Canaveral, Florida
Lake Wales, Florida
Longwood, Florida
Orange County, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Osceola County, Florida
Winter Haven, Florida
Winter Park, Florida
Rights Holder
All items in the <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/102" target="_blank">Thomas Cook Collection</a> are 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
<p><a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a></p>
Source Repository
Private Collection of Thomas Cook
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/103" target="_blank">Postcard Collection</a>, Thomas Cook Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
External Reference
<span>Antequino, Stephanie Gaub, and Tana Mosier Porter. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/783150094" target="_blank"><em>Lost Orlando</em></a></span><span> Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub, 2012.</span>
"<a href="http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/Links/wtour.pdf">Downtown Orlando Historic District Walking Tour</a>." City of Orlando. http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/Links/wtour.pdf.
<span>Rajtar, Steve. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70911136" target="_blank"><em>A Guide to Historic Orlando</em></a></span><span>. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2006.</span>
<span>Osborne, Ray. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/253374549" target="_blank"><em>Cape Canaveral</em></a></span><span>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2008.</span>
<span>Smith, Margaret. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51888803" target="_blank"><em>The Edward Bok Legacy: A History of Bok Tower Gardens: The First Fifty Years</em></a></span><span>. Lake Wales, Fla: Bok Tower Gardens Foundation, 2002.</span>
<span>Pelland, Maryan, and Dan Pelland. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/67516850" target="_blank"><em>Weeki Wachee Springs</em></a><span>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2005.</span>
<span>Flekke, Mary M., Sarah E. MacDonald, and Randall M. MacDonald. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85451307" target="_blank"><em>Cypress Gardens</em></a></span><span>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2006.</span>
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
10-fold pamphlet
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Title
Orlando: City Beautiful Brochure
Alternative Title
Orlando Brochure
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Tourism--Florida
Tourism--Maps
Lake Wales (Fla.)
Silver Springs (Fla.)
Cypress Gardens (Winter Haven, Fla.)
Marineland (Fla.)
Longwood (Fla.)
Daytona Beach (Fla.)
Sarasota (Fla.)
Description
Pamphlet on tourist attractions in Orlando, Florida. The pamphlet shows many photos of Central Florida, as well as a basic map of the state of Florida showing US-441, which is present-day Orange Blossom Trail. Images include a aerial view of downtown Orlando, Bok Tower, Marineland, Daytona Beach, Sanlando Springs, Ringling Art Museum, and Silver Springs.
Source
Original pamphlet: Private Collection of Thomas Cook.
Date Created
ca. 1950
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original pamphlet: Private Collection of Thomas Cook.
Is Part Of
Private Collection of Thomas Cook.
<p><a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/102" target="_blank">Thomas Cook Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.</p>
Requires
<a href='http://www.adobe.com/reader.html' target='_blank'>Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
Format
application/pdf
Extent
1.91 MB
Medium
10-fold pamphlet
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Orlando, Florida
Lake Wales, Florida
Silver Springs, Florida
Longwood, Florida
Sarasota, Florida
Daytona Beach, Florida
Sanlando Springs, Florida
Winter Haven, Florida
St. Augustine, Florida
Homestead, Florida
Winter Park, Florida
Spatial Coverage
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27.935373, -81.57751
29.216643,-82.057589
28.720802, -81.331345
27.381416, -82.559797
29.212111, -81.023598
28.68334, -81.381914
27.989311, -81.688649
29.670163, -81.213465
25.286618, -80.898656
28.591865, -81.348492
Temporal Coverage
1950-01-01/1950-12-31
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
<p><a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/buildingblocks.php" target="_blank">Building Blocks</a></p>
Curator
Cook, Thomas
Digital Collection
<p><a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a></p>
Source Repository
Private Collection of Thomas Cook
External Reference
Antequino, Stephanie Gaub, and Tana Mosier Porter. <em>Lost Orlando</em>. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub, 2012
Dickinson, Joy Wallace. <em>A Guide to Historic Orlando</em>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2003.
External Reference Title
<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/783150094" target="_blank"><em>Lost Orlando</em></a>
<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70911136" target="_blank"><em>A Guide to Historic Orlando</em></a>
Transcript
ORLANDO City Beautiful
IN THE Heart OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
ALL ROADS LEAD TO ORLANDO
See ALL OF FLORIDA FROM Orlando. . .
BOK TOWER
MARINE STUDIOS
SILVER SPRINGS
THE BIG TREE--LONGWOOD
RINGLING ART MUSEUM
SANLANDO SPRINGS
CYPRESS GARDENS
DAYTONA GARDENS
DYTONA BEACH
MAKE Orlando YOUR HEADQUARTERS
ALL FLORIDA MOVES TO, THROUGH AND AROUND ORLANDO
ORLANDO. . . Florida's City Beautiful
Located in one of the most beautiful sections of Florida and almost in the exact center of the State, Orlando is ideal as a headquarters for the visitor who wants to be within less than a day's travel of nearly every scenic attraction to be found in Florida.
Within a few hours drive from Orlando are such attractions as famed Silver Springs at Ocala; Cypress Gardens, located in the heart of Central Florida's "ridge" section citrus belt; Marineland, nationally known as the world's only Oceanarium; the Everglades National Park and a score of other scenic wonders which have brought Florida fame as a nature's "wonderland".
For those who are looking for a "home" during their visit to Florida, Orlando offers a vast variety of attractions and accommodations to match every income. Ranging from palatial winter residences to modest cottages and from trailer camps to the most luxurious hotels, Orlando can meet your living needs.
For entertainment, too, throughout the winter season, Orlando has fitted its offerings to every taste.
For those who love sports, there is golf on several of the State's most beautiful courses, nightly dog racing at the nearby track, boating and fishing on and in many if the 43 lakes wholly or partially within the city limits, harness racing on the city's new and beautiful Ben White Speedway at Lake Fairview Park, horse back riding, shuffleboard, lawn bowling and a score of other sports available throughout the winter, Each winter, Orlando is the scene of many outstanding tennis matches featuring world champions. Orlando has been the scene of famed $10,000 Open Golf Tournaments that attract the nation's top flight golfers here for play and orlando's native PeeWee Golf Championship Tournament has attracted boys and girls from three to twelve years old from every section of the country to vie for the nation's PeeWee golf crown. Baseball, too, is a top attraction with the Washington Senators, playing "out-of-season" games throughout the winter with other big league teams training in Florida.
On the cultural side of the picture, Orlando, each year offers outstanding band concerts, plays, special winter tourist entertainment, and lectures. Each year Rollins College presents its famed "Animated Magazine" to thousands of winter visitors. There are many beautiful churches of every denomination available and schools are open to the children of Orlando's visitors.
ORLANDO. . . Florida's City Beautiful
Located in one of the most beautiful sections of Florida and almost in the exact center of the State, Orlando is ideal as a headquarters for the visitor who wants to be within less than a day's travel of nearly every scenic attraction to be found in Florida.
Within a few hours drive from Orlando are such attractions as famed Silver Springs at Ocala; Cypress Gardens, located in the heart of Central Florida's "ridge" section citrus belt; Marineland, nationally known as the world's only Oceanarium; the Everglades National Park and a score of other scenic wonders which have brought Florida fame as a nature's "wonderland".
For those who are looking for a "home" during their visit to Florida, Orlando offers a vast variety of attractions and accommodations to match every income. Ranging from palatial winter residences to modest cottages and from trailer camps to the most luxurious hotels, Orlando can meet your living needs.
For entertainment, too, throughout the winter season, Orlando has fitted its offerings to every taste.
For those who love sports, there is golf on several of the State's most beautiful courses, nightly dog racing at the nearby track, boating and fishing on and in many if the 43 lakes wholly or partially within the city limits, harness racing on the city's new and beautiful Ben White Speedway at Lake Fairview Park, horse back riding, shuffleboard, lawn bowling and a score of other sports available throughout the winter, Each winter, Orlando is the scene of many outstanding tennis matches featuring world champions. Orlando has been the scene of famed $10,000 Open Golf Tournaments that attract the nation's top flight golfers here for play and orlando's native PeeWee Golf Championship Tournament has attracted boys and girls from three to twelve years old from every section of the country to vie for the nation's PeeWee golf crown. Baseball, too, is a top attraction with the Washington Senators, playing "out-of-season" games throughout the winter with other big league teams training in Florida.
On the cultural side of the picture, Orlando, each year offers outstanding band concerts, plays, special winter tourist entertainment, and lectures. Each year Rollins College presents its famed "Animated Magazine" to thousands of winter visitors. There are many beautiful churches of every denomination available and schools are open to the children of Orlando's visitors.
Contributor
Cook, Thomas
Date Copyrighted
ca. 1950
Animated Magazine
Ben White Raceway
Big Tree Park
Bok Tower
Citrus Belt
Cook, Thomas
Cypress Gardens
Everglades National Park
Lake Fairview Park
Marine Studios
Marineland
National PeeWee Golf Championship Tournament
Oceanarioum
Open Golf Tournaments
Ringling Art Museum
Rollins College
Sanlando Springs
Seminole Big Tree
Seminole Big Tree Park
Silver Springs
The City Beautiful
Washington Senators
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Channels
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Title
Chase Collection
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."
Contributor
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
Alternative Title
Chase Collection
Subject
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Chase, Sydney Octavius, 1860-1941
Chase, Joshua Coffin, 1858-1948
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Golf--Florida
Celery industry
Sanford (Fla.)
Windermere (Fla.)
Jacksonville (Fla.)
Orlando (Fla.)
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Isleworth Grove, Windermere, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>, University of Florida
Curator
Marra, Katherine
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<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>." <em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.
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.
Hopkins, James T. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.
"<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>.'" <em>The Orlando Sentinel</em>, September 30, 1986. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus.
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 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.
Source Repository
University of Florida, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/90" target="_blank">Celery Collection</a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/93" target="_blank">Citrus Collection</a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/91" target="_blank">Belair Grove Collection</a>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/100" target="_blank">Florida Citrus Exchange Collection</a>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/88" target="_blank">Isleworth Grove Collection</a>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/86" target="_blank">Sanford Collection</a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/94" target="_blank">Holy Cross Episcopal Church Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, 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>, Sanford Collection, Chase 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 black and white photograph
Physical Dimensions
5 x 7 inch
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Title
Cypress 2800 Years Old
Alternative Title
The Senator
Subject
Longwood (Fla.)
Ecotourism--Florida
Bald cypress
Cypresses
Description
The giant bald cypress tree known as The Senator during the first quarter of the 20th century. As early as the late 1800s, this centuries-old tree was considered a tourist destination, but it wasn't until 1927 that a park was established around the tree. Senator Moses O. Overstreet donated six acres of land , which included the tree, to Seminole County to establish a park with the stipulation that a road would be built to take visitors into the park. The generosity of Senator Overstreet inspired residents to name the giant cypress tree "The Senator."
Located at 761 General Hutchinson Parkway in present-day Longwood, Florida, the new park was named the Big Tree Park in honor of the main attraction. In 1929, President Calvin Coolidge dedicated a bronze plaque at the site of the tree. The plaque was stolen in 1945. Based on a core sample taken by the American Forestry Association, The Senator was estimated to be 3500 years old in 1946. The Big Tree Park also features another giant cypress estimated to be 2000 years old. In 2005, local elementary students names the tree Lady Liberty. It was considered to be the companion tree to The Senator, as they were only 40 feet apart. The Senator continued to be a tourist attraction and local landmark until January 16, 2012, when it was lost in a fire.
Abstract
2800 Years Old or So: To calculate the age of a cypress present many difficulties. Nature of habitat, health of tree and accidents caused by the elements, all influence the rate of growth and so the number of annual rings. In our studies of logs and plugs taken from the outer ten inches of both hollow and solid trees we found as low as fifteen years (15 growth rings) per inch, to as high as seventy years (70 growth rings) per inch. In general the rate of diameter growth of cypress, as compared with that of other trees, decreases with age. But there are sometimes also alternating periods of slow and rapid growth. It must be evident then that we cannot arrive at an average growth rate and apply it with prevision. It is difficult to determine accurately the age of an individual whose stubby, crippled top and hollow trunk on the one hand, record catastrophes, but whose immense diameter on the other, might suggest centuries and even millenia. Whether you want to parallel its birth with the Battle of Maraton (490 BC) or with the Glorious day of Egypt (1500-1300 BC) depends on your own conservatish or enthusiasm. Our estimate is 2,800 years. It may only be 2,200; then again it may even be 3,500! What are a few centuries more or less in the life of a cypress?
Creator
Chase & Company
Source
Original 5 x 7 inch black and white photograph by Chase & Company: Chase Collection (MS 14), box 211, folder 3.30B, item 129, <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.
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
2.4 MB
Medium
5 x 7 inch black and white photograph
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Seminole Big Tree Park, Longwood, Florida
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
Fry, Sarah
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
"<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/locations/Big-Tree-Park.stml" target="_blank">Big Tree Park</a>." Parks and Preservation, Seminole County. http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/locations/Big-Tree-Park.stml.
Blozan, Will. "<a href="http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/florida/senator/senator_cypress.htm" target="_blank">The Senator Cypress is Re-elected to Top Position in Eastern Forests</a>." Native Tree Society. http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/florida/senator/senator_cypress.htm.
"<a href="http://mobile.floridata.com/Plants/Taxodiaceae/Taxodium%20distichum/108" target="_blank">The Senator - Florida's Big Tree</a>." Floridata. http://mobile.floridata.com/Plants/Taxodiaceae/Taxodium%20distichum/108.
Central Florida Society for Historical Preservation. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48909279" target="_blank"><em>Longwood</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2001.
Date Created
ca. 1900-1925
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 5 x 7 inch black and white photograph by Chase & Company.
Is Part Of
Chase Collection (MS 14), box 211, folder 3.30B, <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/23" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
Transcript
2800 Years Old or So: To calculate the age of a cypress present many difficulties. Nature of habitat, health of tree and accidents caused by the elements, all influence the rate of growth and so the number of annual rings. In our studies of logs and plugs taken from the outer ten inches of both hollow and solid trees we found as low as fifteen years (15 growth rings) per inch, to as high as seventy years (70 growth rings) per inch. In general the rate of diameter growth of cypress, as compared with that of other trees, decreases with age. But there are sometimes also alternating periods of slow and rapid growth. It must be evident then that we cannot arrive at an average growth rate and apply it with prevision. It is difficult to determine accurately the age of an individual whose stubby, crippled top and hollow trunk on the one hand, record catastrophes, but whose immense diameter on the other, might suggest centuries and even millenia. Whether you want to parallel its birth with the Battle of Maraton (490 BC) or with the Glorious day of Egypt (1500-1300 BC) depends on your own conservatish or enthusiasm. Our estimate is 2,800 years. It may only be 2,200; then again it may even be 3,500! What are a few centuries more or less in the life of a cypress?
Big Tree Park
General Hutchinson Parkway
General Hutchinson Pkwy
Hutchingson Parkway
Hutchinson Pkwy
senator
The Senator