Chase & Company Orange Packers in Winter Park
Dublin Core
Title
Chase & Company Orange Packers in Winter Park
Alternative Title
Chase Orange Packers
Subject
Winter Park (Fla.)
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Packing-houses
Packing industry
Orange industry--Florida
Oranges--Florida
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Citrus--Florida
Description
R. W. Givin standing in the doorway of the Chase & Company Orange Packers building in Winter Park in 1892. Chase & Company was established in 1884 by brothers Sydney Octavius Chase and Joshua Coffin Chase. The company sold insurance and later invested in storage facilities and fertilizer sales. Chase & Company was known mainly for its agricultural interests and maintained a series of citrus groves throughout Central Florida. The company was based out of Sanford and became one of the city's largest employers into the early twentieth century.
Source
Original 8 x 10 inch black and white photograph, 1892: Chase Collection (MS 14), box 214, folder 15.105, item CC81, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Date Created
1892
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 8 x 10 inch black and white photograph, 1892.
Is Part Of
Chase Collection (MS 14), box 214, folder 15.105, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Referenced By
Folder referenced in Chase Collection finding guide, http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
106 KB
Medium
8 x 10 inch black and white photograph
Language
eng
Type
Image
Coverage
Winter Park, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Entire Chase Collection is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection item is housed at Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. RICHES of Central Florida has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
Special and Area Studies Collections, University of Florida
Digital Collections (UFDC), University of Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
Source Repository
University of Florida, Special and Area Studies Collections
External Reference
Warner, S.C. "Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida." Florida State Horticultural Society vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.
Hopkins, James T. Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.
"Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)." Florida Citrus Hall of Fame. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.
Transcript
CHASE & CO
ORANGE PACKERS
WINTER PARK, FLORIDA
ORANGE PACKERS
WINTER PARK, FLORIDA
R. W. Givin - in door way
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
1 black and white photograph
Physical Dimensions
8 x 10 inch
Collection
Citation
“Chase & Company Orange Packers in Winter Park,” RICHES, accessed October 4, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/1568.