Orlando Remembered Exhibit at the Orange County Courthouse
Orlando (Fla.)
Courthouses--Florida
Hotels--Florida
This exhibit, produced by Orlando Remembered, shows objects from the Orange County Courthouse, located at 425 North Orange Avenue in Downtown Orlando, Florida. Included in the exhibit are objects from the Wyoming Hotel, which once stood at the location presently occupied by the Orange County Courthouse. The hotel operated from 1904 to 1959 and was a popular resort for northern tourists visiting the area during the winter.<br /><br />Orlando Remembered is a community based group, dedicated to the preservation of Downtown Orlando's past. To date, the group has constructed 18 exhibits in the downtown area that highlight the current building's connection to the past.
Barnes, Mark
Original color digital image by Mark Barnes, January 12, 2016.
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Wyoming Hotel, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Orange County Courthouse, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Oral History of Dann Pottinger
Orlando (Fla)
Historic preservation--Florida
An oral history interview of Dann Pottinger, conducted by Caitlin Baldwin on November 9, 2015. Pottinger was born August 14, 1947, on the British Bay Island in Honduras. He moved to Orlando, Florida as a small child and attended primary school in the area. Pottinger spent most of his working career as a banker in the Orlando area, however he describes himself as an historian. Pottinger has been involved in a number of historical groups and was an early member of Orlando Remembered, which is a community group, dedicated to preserving memory of Orlando's downtown landmarks. To date, the group has constructed approximately 18 displays, which are located in building throughout the Downtown Orlando area. Pottinger was president of the group in the early 2000s.
Baldwin, Caitlin
Pottinger, Dann
Original 34-minute and 38-second oral history: Pottinger, Dann. Interviewed by Caitlin Baldwin, November 9, 2015. Audio record available. <a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a>, Oviedo, Florida.
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
Beiler, Rosalind J.
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Sound
Downtown 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
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