Loading Celery by Bettye Reagan
Oviedo (Fla.)
Painting--Florida
Art--Southern States
Celery
Farming--Florida
Agriculture--Florida
A painting by Bettye Reagan, a local artist in Central Florida, inspired by a photograph of Joe Lee, an African-American laborer, with Blue Goose celery at Charles Simeon Lee, Sr.'s farm in Oviedo, Florida, in 1928. The two Lees were of no relation. C. S. Lee (1892-1991) was born on October 27, 1892, and married Goldie Eva Beckley Lee (1892-1976) on April 21, 1915. During the Great Depression, Lee grew celery and bought 20,000 acres to start a cattle ranch. He passed away on November 9, 1991.
Reagan, Bettye Jean Aulin
Original painting: Reagan, Bettye. <em>Loading Celery</em>. 2003: Private Collection of Bettye Reagan.
Reagan, Bettye Jean Aulin
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Still Image
Oviedo, Florida
Avon Park Packing Houses
Avon Park (Fla.)
Packing-houses--United States
A newspaper article published by <em>The Central Florida Press</em> on June 20, 1930. According to the article, an individual (whose name is unreadable) arrived in Avon Park, Florida, on June 15, 1930. The article discusses the box-manufacturing capacity of a number of packing houses in Avon Park.<br /><br />Avon Park was first settled in 1884 by Oliver Martin Crosby, a native of Connecticut who came to study wildlife in the Everglades. As president of the Florida Development Company, Crosby recruited settlers to the area, which was named Lake Forest in 1886. Avon Park was officially incorporated on January 1, 1926, and was named after the English town of Stratford-upon-Avon, which was the home of many of its early settlers.
Original newspaper article: "Avon Park Packing Houses." <em>The Central Florida Press</em>, Vol. 1, No. 9, June 20, 1930, page 2: <a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>, Oviedo, Florida.
<em>The Central Florida Press</em>
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Avon Park, Florida
Joe Lee on Charles Simeon Lee's Celery Farm
Oviedo (Fla.)
Celery
Farming--Florida
Agriculture--Florida
Joe Lee, an African-American laborer, with Blue Goose celery at Charles Simeon Lee, Sr.'s farm in Oviedo, Florida, in 1928. The two Lees were of no relation. C. S. Lee (1892-1991) was born on October 27, 1892, and married Goldie Eva Beckley Lee (1892-1976) on April 21, 1915. During the Great Depression, Lee grew celery and bought 20,000 acres to start a cattle ranch. He passed away on November 9, 1991.
Original black and white photograph, 1928: <a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>, Oviedo, Florida.
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Still Image
Oviedo, Florida
Joe Lee on Charles Simeon Lee's Farm
Oviedo (Fla.)
Celery
Farming--Florida
Agriculture--Florida
Joe Lee, an African-American laborer, with Blue Goose celery at Charles Simeon Lee, Sr.'s farm in Oviedo, Florida, in 1928. The two Lees were of no relation. C. S. Lee (1892-1991) was born on October 27, 1892, and married Goldie Eva Beckley Lee (1892-1976) on April 21, 1915. During the Great Depression, Lee grew celery and bought 20,000 acres to start a cattle ranch. He passed away on November 9, 1991.
Original black and white newspaper photograph: <em>The Seminole Outlook</em>: Private Collection of Bettye Reagan.
<em>The Seminole Outlook</em>
Reagan, Bettye Jean Aulin
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eng
Still Image
Oviedo, Florida