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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
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Title
City Cab Company Taxi Service and the American Fire and Casualty Company
Alternative Title
City Cab Co. & American Fire & Casualty Co.
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Taxis (Vehicles)
Tires--United States
Insurance--Florida
Description
This photograph shows three businesses located on South Orange Avenue in Downtown Orlando, Florida, sometime between 1941 and 1946: City Cab Company Taxi Service, Kelly's Tires, and the American Fire and Casualty Company. City Cab Co. was founded by Napoleon B. Broward as early as 1941. Broward left the company in 1943 and was replaced by the company's secretary treasurer, Paul Mears. Later renamed Mears Transportation, it became one of the largest taxicab companies in Orlando and still operates today. The Exchange Building, pictured in the distance, was home to American Fire, an Ohio-based insurance corporation that had offices in the top two floors of the building for 18 years. In 1946, the insurance company bought the building and renamed it the American Building. These lots, as well as the rest of the block, were later replaced by the CNA Tower and Barnett Plaza.
Type
Still Image
Source
Original 8 x 10 inch black and white photograph: <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.
Coverage
City Cab Company Taxi Service, Downtown Orlando, Florida
American Fire and Casualty Company, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Creator
Pfiffer, Jim
Date Created
ca. 1941-1946
Format
image/jpg
Extent
235 KB
Medium
8 x 10 inch black and white photograph
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography 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.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a>
Curator
Randall, Robert
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.historiciconsoforlando.com/" target="_blank">The Historic Icons of Orlando</a>." Orlando Remembered. http://www.historiciconsoforlando.com/.
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>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.
Transcript
CITY CAB CO.
DIAL
9878
CITY CAB CO.
TAXI
DRIVE[?]-IT
CARS FOR HIRE
KELLY
TIRES
[illegible]
OFFICE AMERICAN FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY
American Fire and Casualty Company
cabs
City Cab Company Taxi Service
Downtown Orlando
Exchange Building
insurance
Kelly's
Orange Avenue
orlando
Orlando Remembered
taxis
tires