Letter from Virgil C. Gilbertson to Z. T. Stuart (April 22, 1970)
Orlando (Fla.)
Hotels--Florida
A letter from Virgil C. Gilbertson, Manager of Product Publicity for the Onan Corporation, to Z. T. Stuart, General Manager of Travelodge Orlando-Sky Lake, dated April 22, 1970). In the letter, Gilbertson thanks Stuart for allowing Onan to photograph the hotel. The Travelodge Orlando-Sky Lake was located at 7101 South Orange Blossom Trail (OBT), just north of the Bee Line Toll Road, in Orlando, Florida, around 1970. The hotel was constructed in 1970 by Hymen Lake and is currently in operation as the Royal Inn. Photographs from this era show the hotel offered a free continental breakfast, heated pool, and colored television. The Onan Corporation, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, commissioned the photographs. Onan was photographing a standby electric plant that had been recently installed at the hotel.
Gilbertson, Virgil C.
Original 1-page typed letter from Virgil C. Gilbertson to Z. T. Stuart, April 22, 1970: <a href="http://pinecastlehistory.org/" target="_blank">Pine Castle Historical Society</a>, Pine Castle, Florida.
Lake, Harriett
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Onan Corporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Travelodge Orlando-Sky Lake, Sky Lake, Florida
Onan Corporation Generator at Travelodge Orlando-Sky Lake
Orlando (Fla.)
Hotels--Florida
The Onan Corporation generator at the Travelodge Orlando-Sky Lake, located at 7101 South Orange Blossom Trail (OBT), just north of the Bee Line Toll Road, in Orlando, Florida, around 1970. The hotel was constructed in 1970 by Hymen Lake and is currently in operation as the Royal Inn. Photographs from this era show the hotel offered a free continental breakfast, heated pool, and colored television. The Onan Corporation, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, commissioned the photographs. Onan was photographing a standby electric plant that had been recently installed at the hotel.
Keagle, Robert Travis
Original 8 x 10 inch black and white photograph: <a href="http://pinecastlehistory.org/" target="_blank">Pine Castle Historical Society</a>, Pine Castle, Florida.
<a href="http://power.cummins.com/" target="_blank">Onan Corporation</a>
Lake, Harriett
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Travelodge Orlando-Sky Lake, Sky Lake, Florida