Grant's Tourist Guide of Orlando, Florida with Map
Orlando (Fla.)
Tourism--Florida--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Tourist guide of Orlando, Florida published in 1919. Grant's Tourist Guide includes a sketch of Orlando written by Samuel A. Robinson and delivered as a speech in 1918 to the Orlando Board of Trade. The guide has numerous printed photographs of Orlando landmarks and ads for various hotels, boarding houses and other tourist-orient businesses.
Grant, Homer D.
Original booklet by Homer D. Grant: <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11004577" target="_blank"><em>Grant's Tourist Guide of Orlando, Florida with Map</em></a> (DeLand, Florida: E. O. Painter Printing Company, 1919).
E. O. Painter Printing Company
Cook, Thomas
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Orlando, Florida
St. Augustine, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Lake Jesup, Florida
Lake Tohopekaliga, Osceola County, Florida
Kississimmee, Florida
Lake Apopka, Florida
Lake Lucerne, Orlando, Florida
Street Map of Orlando
Orlando (Fla.)
Maps
Churches--Florida
Schools--Florida
Hotels--Florida
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.
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.
<a href="http://www.orlando.org/" target="_blank">Greater Orlando Chamber of Commerce</a>
Cook, Thomas
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Orlando, Florida
Winter Park, Florida
The Maitland News, Vol. 01, No. 18, September 4, 1926
Maitland (Fla.)
<em>The Maitland News</em> was a local newspaper originally published by the Maitland Realty Company (and later by <em>The Maitland News</em> Company) which began circulation in April 1926. This edition features articles on topics such as the paving of streets, a Chamber of Commerce social event, clean-up efforts, the beautification of the town hall, electric light service, several property improvement resolutions, the re-opening of several banks, the housing arrangements of local residents, and a local events calendar. Also featured is a special section detailing the property assessments and improvement resolutions of many properties in Maitland, as well as several advertisements for local businesses.
Original 4-page newspaper edition: <em><em>The Maitland News</em></em>, Vol. 01, No. 18, September 4, 1926: Newspaper Collection, accession number 2014.002.020V, room 2, case 2, shelf 10, box GV, <a href="http://artandhistory.org/maitland-history-museum/" target="_blank">Maitland Historical Museum</a>, Art & History Museums - Maitland, Maitland, Florida.
The Maitland News Company
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Maitland, Florida
Daytona Beach, Florida
Clermont, Florida
The Maitland News, Vol. 01, No. 21, September 25, 1926
Maitland (Fla.)
<em>The Maitland News</em> was a local newspaper originally published by the Maitland Realty Company (and later by the Maitland News Company) which began circulation in April 1926. This edition features articles on topics such as the Maitland Hill school opening, street paving contractor bids, teachers and trustees honored by the Parent-Teacher Association, hurricane relief efforts for South Florida, slight damage from a storm, a large real estate deal, school enrollment requirements, a church supper, the Chamber of Commerce membership campaign, Boy Scouts of America doing good work, a trip by Mayor Upmeyer to New York, a white-fly fungus infestation affecting citrus crops, the housing arrangements of local residents, and a local events calendar. Also featured are a poem by Edgar A. Guest and several advertisements for local businesses.
Original 4-page newspaper edition: <em>The Maitland News</em>, Vol. 01, No. 21, September 25, 1926: Newspaper Collection, accession number 2014.002.020V, room 2, case 2, shelf 10, box GV, <a href="http://artandhistory.org/maitland-history-museum/" target="_blank">Maitland Historical Museum, Art & History Museums - Maitland</a>, Maitland, Florida.
The Maitland News Company
Guest, Edgar A.
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Maitland, Florida