Chase & Company Decorated Car

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Dublin Core

Title

Chase & Company Decorated Car

Alternative Title

Chase & Co. Decorated Car

Subject

Sanford (Fla.)
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Expositions
Fairs--United States
Celery
Celery industry

Description

Celery in a Chase & Company car ca. 1920-1921. Pictured in the photograph are Thomas Jones and William A. Leffler. 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 5 x 7 black and white photograph: Chase Collection (MS 14), box 214, folder 15.103, item CC47, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Date Created

ca. 1920-1921

Is Format Of

Digital reproduction of original 5 x 7 black and white photograph.

Is Part Of

Chase Collection (MS 14), box 214, folder 15.103, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Celery 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

165 KB

Medium

5 x 7 black and white photograph

Language

eng

Type

Image

Coverage

Sanford, 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

Digital Collections (UFDC), University of Florida

Curator

Cepero, Laura

Digital Collection

Source Repository

External Reference

"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.
Sunniland
SANFORD CELERY
CHASE & COMPANY
Thomas Jones
William Leffler

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

1 black and white photograph

Physical Dimensions

8 x 10 inch

Collection

Citation

“Chase & Company Decorated Car,” RICHES, accessed October 31, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/1572.

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