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Dublin Core
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Title
Downtown Orlando Information Center Collection
Alternative Title
Downtown Orlando Information Center Collection
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Contributor
<a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a>
Is Part Of
"<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/exhibits/show/transformedblock" target="_blank">A Transformed Block: The Development of South Orange Avenue</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/exhibits/show/transformedblock.
<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.
Type
Collection
Coverage
Downtown Orlando Information Center, Downtown Orlando, Florida
American Fire and Casualty Company, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Cervantes Spanish Restaurant, Downtown Orlando, Florida
City Cab Company Taxi Service, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Hotel Bass, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Jackson Sporting Goods, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Nick Serros' Fish and Poultry Company, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Nick Serros' Fish and Poultry Company, 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
<span>"</span><a href="http://www.historiciconsoforlando.com/" target="_blank">The Historic Icons of Orlando</a><span>." Orlando Remembered. http://www.historiciconsoforlando.com/.</span>
Bacon, Eve. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2020029" target="_blank"><em>Orlando: A Centennial History</em></a>. Chuluota, Fla: Mickler House, 1975.
<span>Rajtar, Steve. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70911136" target="_blank"><em>A Guide to Historic Orlando</em></a><span>. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2006.</span>
Language
eng
Description
Historic artifacts from an exhibit created by Orlando Remembered at the Downtown Orlando Information Center, located at 201 South Orange Avenue in Downtown Orlando, Florida. The Orlando Remembered Committee of the Historical Society of Central Florida, Inc. was created to "showcase artistic renderings of the time depicted, with artifacts and historical memorabilia from the location in an effort to preserve the memory of Orlando's history while acknowledging the potential of the City's future." This exhibit features the history of the block surrounded by South Orange Avenue, East Church Street, South Magnolia Avenue (formerly South Main Street), and East Jackson Street, particularly in the 1940s and 1950s. In the early 1960s, the buildings within the block were demolished and replaced by the Barnett Plaza and CNA Tower in 1952. The lot now includes the Downtown Orlando Information Center and the BB&T Bank building.
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
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Title
Walter C. Bass, City Father
Alternative Title
Walter Bass
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Kissimmee (Fla.)
Gainesville (Fla.)
Description
Walter C. Bass (1900-1973) was born in Kissimmee, Florida, on January 9, 1900. He had attended the University of Florida (UF) and was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity, a 32d Degree Mason, a member of the Grotto and the Elks Club. Bass belonged to the Methodist Church and the Orlando Country Club. Over his lifetime, he held a variety of jobs, working in a meat market and grocery store, and then coming to own the Bass Hotel, work as a real estate agent, and, most importantly, serve as Orlandos city commissioner from 1952 to 1954. He was married to Ethel Bass and had two children. Bass passed away on January 19, 1973.
Type
Text
Source
Original newspaper article: "Walter C. Bass, City Father." <em>The Kissimmee Gazette</em>: <a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a> Exhibit, <a href="http://www.downtownorlando.com/visitors/information-center#.VHxyGTHF_To" target="_blank">Downtown Orlando Information Center</a>, Orlando, Florida.
Is Part Of
<a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a> Exhibit, <a href="http://www.downtownorlando.com/visitors/information-center#.VHxyGTHF_To" target="_blank">Downtown Orlando Information Center</a>, Orlando, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/126" target="_blank">Downtown Orlando Information Center Collection</a>, Orlando Remembered Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Original color digital image by Robert Randall, September 22, 2014.
Has Format
Original newspaper article: "Walter C. Bass, City Father." <em>The Kissimmee Gazette</em>
Coverage
Kissimmee, Florida
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Hotel Bass, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Date Created
ca. 1950-1959
Format
image/jpg
Extent
183 KB
Medium
1 newspaper article
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
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.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a>
Curator
Herrera, Angelena
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
Bacon, Eve. "Post-War Building Era Begins." In <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2020029" target="_blank"><em>Orlando A Centennial History</em></a>, 138. Vol. 2. Chuluota: Mickler House, Publishers, 1977.
R. L. Polk & Company "Street Directory." <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/68748342" target="_blank"><em>Buyers' Guide and Complete Classified Business Directory</em></a>. Richmond, Va: R. L. Polk, 1940.
R. L. Polk & Company "Street Directory." <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/68748342" target="_blank"><em>Florida Polk's Orlando City Directory: Including Winter Park and Orange County</em></a>. Richmond, Va: R. L. Polk, 1941.
R. L. Polk & Company "Street Directory." <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/68748342" target="_blank"><em>Florida Polk's Orlando City Directory 1943-44: Including Winter Park and Orange County</em></a>. Richmond, Va: R. L. Polk, 1944.
R. L. Polk & Company "Street Directory." <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/68748342" target="_blank"><em> Florida Polk's Orlando City Directory: Including Conway, Maitland and Winter Park</em></a>. Richmond, Va: R. L. Polk, 1945.
R. L. Polk & Company "Street Directory." <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/68748342" target="_blank"><em>Florida Polk's Orlando City Directory 1946-47: Including Winter Park and Orange County</em></a>. Richmond, Va: R. L. Polk, 1947.
Sanborn Map Company. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38483854" target="_blank"><em>Insurance Maps of Orlando, Florida, 1925</em></a>. New York: Sanborn Map Co, 1925.
Sanborn Map Company. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/422979959" target="_blank"><em>Insurance Maps of Orlando, Florida</em></a>. New York: Sanborn Map Co, 1956.
Transcript
Walter C. Bass, City Father
WHEN WALTER C. Bass came to Orlando in 1932 the number of people in town would not have filled an expanded Tangerine Bowl. But to Mr. Bass, who was born and reared in Kissimmee, Orlando's 30,000 citizens represented a city and he set about becoming a part of it.
He worked in a meat market until he opened his own grocery store on the corner of South Street and Delaney Avenue. He bought the Astor Hotel which later became the Bass Hotel and which thrived until it was demolished to make room for the towering CNA building. And as the years went by he became affiliated with most of Orlando's civic organizations, working tirelessly for Ben White Raceway, Fairview Park, and the Central Florida Fair.
His most notable contribution to his adopted city, however, came during the three year period from 1951-1953 when he served as a city commissioner. Mr. Bass missed only one meeting during his term of office and had a share in laying a foundation for the progress that was to come.
As the city grew Mr. Bass liked to reminisce about his youth in Kissimmee and the days when he and his father hunted their foraging crows between Kenansville and New Smyrna Beach.
He was a pioneer who never outgrew his love of the land yet never resented the changes brought by growth. And he gave of himself unselfishly to make the growth benefit all.
Walter Bass was a city father to the truest sense of the world.
Astor Hotel
Ben White Raceway
Central Florida Fair
city commissioners
CNA Tower
Delaney Avenue
Downtown Orlando
Elks Club
Fairview Park
Gainesville
Grotto
Hotel Bass
hotels
Kappa Sigma
Kissimmee
Mason
Orange Avenue
orlando
Orlando Country Club
real estate
South Street
UF
University of Florida
Walter C. Bass
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Title
Downtown Orlando Information Center Collection
Alternative Title
Downtown Orlando Information Center Collection
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Contributor
<a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a>
Is Part Of
"<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/exhibits/show/transformedblock" target="_blank">A Transformed Block: The Development of South Orange Avenue</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/exhibits/show/transformedblock.
<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.
Type
Collection
Coverage
Downtown Orlando Information Center, Downtown Orlando, Florida
American Fire and Casualty Company, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Cervantes Spanish Restaurant, Downtown Orlando, Florida
City Cab Company Taxi Service, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Hotel Bass, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Jackson Sporting Goods, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Nick Serros' Fish and Poultry Company, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Nick Serros' Fish and Poultry Company, 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
<span>"</span><a href="http://www.historiciconsoforlando.com/" target="_blank">The Historic Icons of Orlando</a><span>." Orlando Remembered. http://www.historiciconsoforlando.com/.</span>
Bacon, Eve. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2020029" target="_blank"><em>Orlando: A Centennial History</em></a>. Chuluota, Fla: Mickler House, 1975.
<span>Rajtar, Steve. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70911136" target="_blank"><em>A Guide to Historic Orlando</em></a><span>. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2006.</span>
Language
eng
Description
Historic artifacts from an exhibit created by Orlando Remembered at the Downtown Orlando Information Center, located at 201 South Orange Avenue in Downtown Orlando, Florida. The Orlando Remembered Committee of the Historical Society of Central Florida, Inc. was created to "showcase artistic renderings of the time depicted, with artifacts and historical memorabilia from the location in an effort to preserve the memory of Orlando's history while acknowledging the potential of the City's future." This exhibit features the history of the block surrounded by South Orange Avenue, East Church Street, South Magnolia Avenue (formerly South Main Street), and East Jackson Street, particularly in the 1940s and 1950s. In the early 1960s, the buildings within the block were demolished and replaced by the Barnett Plaza and CNA Tower in 1952. The lot now includes the Downtown Orlando Information Center and the BB&T Bank building.
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.
Dublin Core
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Title
Hotel Bass Thermometer
Alternative Title
Hotel Bass Thermometer
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Hotels--Florida
Description
A thermometer from Hotel Bass, which operated under that title from 1946 to 1965. The hotel was owned by Walter C. Bass (1900-1973) and his wife, Ethel Bass. Located at 217 South Orange Avenue in Downtown Orlando, Florida, the building itself was built in 1907 and functioned as a hotel. The hotel has changed hands multiple times throughout its existence. Upon Bass' death his wife sold the hotel to Conway Kittredge for $52,000 and it was remodeled as an office space. This lot, as well as the rest of the block, was later replaced by the CNA Tower and Barnett Plaza.
Source
Original thermometer: <a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a> Exhibit, <a href="http://www.downtownorlando.com/visitors/information-center#.VHxyGTHF_To" target="_blank">Downtown Orlando Information Center</a>, Orlando, Florida.
Date Created
ca. 1946-1965
Is Format Of
Original color digital image by Robert Randall, September 22, 2014.
Is Part Of
<a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a> Exhibit, <a href="http://www.downtownorlando.com/visitors/information-center#.VHxyGTHF_To" target="_blank">Downtown Orlando Information Center</a>, Orlando, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/126" target="_blank">Downtown Orlando Information Center Collection</a>, Orlando Remembered Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
154 KB
Medium
1 thermometer
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Hotel Bass, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://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.
Contributing Project
<a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a>
Curator
Herrera, Angelena
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
R. L. Polk & Company "Street Directory." <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/68748342" target="_blank"><em>Buyers' Guide and Complete Classified Business Directory</em></a>. Richmond, Va: R. L. Polk, 1940.
R. L. Polk & Company "Street Directory." <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/68748342" target="_blank"><em>Florida Polk's Orlando City Directory: Including Winter Park and Orange County</em></a>. Richmond, Va: R. L. Polk, 1941.
R. L. Polk & Company "Street Directory." <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/68748342" target="_blank"><em>Florida Polk's Orlando City Directory 1943-44: Including Winter Park and Orange County</em></a>. Richmond, Va: R. L. Polk, 1944.
R. L. Polk & Company "Street Directory." <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/68748342" target="_blank"><em> Florida Polk's Orlando City Directory: Including Conway, Maitland and Winter Park</em></a>. Richmond, Va: R. L. Polk, 1945.
R. L. Polk & Company "Street Directory." <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/68748342" target="_blank"><em>Florida Polk's Orlando City Directory 1946-47: Including Winter Park and Orange County</em></a>. Richmond, Va: R. L. Polk, 1947.
Sanborn Map Company. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38483854" target="_blank"><em>Insurance Maps of Orlando, Florida, 1925</em></a>. New York: Sanborn Map Co, 1925
Sanborn Map Company. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/422979959" target="_blank"><em>Insurance Maps of Orlando, Florida</em></a>. New York: Sanborn Map Co, 1956.
Transcript
WALTER C.
BASS
Registered
Real Estate Broker
Homes - Groves - Acreages
Property Management
217 S. Orange
GA 2-7624
Orlando - Fla.
Bass, Walter C.
Downtown Orlando
Hotel Bass
hotels
Orange Avenue
orlando
Orlando Remembered
real estate
thermometers
Walter C. Bass