Lake Lucerne Postcard
Dublin Core
Title
Lake Lucerne Postcard
Alternative Title
Lake Lucerne Postcard
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Postcards--Florida
Parks
Lakes--Florida
Description
Lake Lucerne is one of two primary lakes connected with the earliest days of the city of Orlando, Florida. Along with Lake Eola, it defined one of the natural borders of the young town in the 1860s and 1870s. Lake Lucerne sits at the southern end of the Downtown Orlando area. Today Orange Avenue, the main north-south street through the city, crosses the lake on a causeway which nearly divides the lake in half. The East-West Expressway passes directly to the north. The area was one of the first areas developed with houses outside the business district and continues to be one of the jewels of Orlando's park system. The postcard shows two homes, one of which (on the left) is the Dr. Phillips House which was built in 1893 and is currently on the National Register of Historic Places.
Creator
E. C. Kropp Company
Source
Original 5.5 x 3.5 inch color postcard by E. C. Kropp Company: E. C. Kropp Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Private Collection of Thomas Cook.
Publisher
E. C. Kropp Company
Date Created
ca. 1920
Date Copyrighted
ca. 1920
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 5.5 x 3.5 inch color postcard by E. C. Kropp Company: E. C. Kropp Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Is Part Of
Postcard Collection, Thomas Cook Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Requires
Format
application/pdf
Extent
413 KB
Medium
5.5 x 3.5 inch color postcard
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Lake Lucerne, Orlando, Florida
Dr. Phillips House, Orlando, Florida
Spatial Coverage
28.534409, -81.378263
28.535888, -81.375988
Temporal Coverage
1920-01-01/1920-12-31
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created and published by E. C. Kropp Company.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by E. C. Kropp Company and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
Curator
Cook, Thomas
Digital Collection
Source Repository
Private Collection of Thomas Cook
External Reference
Antequino, Stephanie Gaub, and Tana Mosier Porter. Lost Orlando. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub, 2012.
Rajtar, Steve. A Guide to Historic Orlando. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2006.
Transcript
LAKE LUCERNE, ORLANDO, FLA.
POST CARD
PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE
FIVE CENTS TO ANYWHERE IN U.S. VIA AIRMAIL
MADE IN U.S.A. BY E. C. KROPP CO., MILWAUKEE, WIS.
POST CARD
PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE
FIVE CENTS TO ANYWHERE IN U.S. VIA AIRMAIL
MADE IN U.S.A. BY E. C. KROPP CO., MILWAUKEE, WIS.
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
1 color postcard
Physical Dimensions
5.5 x 3.5 inch
Collection
Citation
E. C. Kropp Company, “Lake Lucerne Postcard,” RICHES, accessed November 4, 2025, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/1360.