Chase & Company Picnic
Dublin Core
Title
Chase & Company Picnic
Alternative Title
Chase & Co. Picnic
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Laborers
Company picnics
Bathing beaches--United States
Description
Workers bathing at a Chase & Company picnic on March 3, 1936 in Sanford, Florida. 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.
Creator
Wiebolt, A.
Source
Original 3 x 5 black and white photograph by A. Wieboldy, March 3, 1936: Chase Collection (MS 14), box 213, folder 15.102, item CC31, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Date Created
1936-03-03
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 3 x 5 black and white photograph by A. Wieboldy, March 3, 1936
Is Part Of
Chase Collection (MS 14), box 214, folder 15.102, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Sanford 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
73 KB
Medium
3 x 5 black and white photograph
Language
eng
Type
Image
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History 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
"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
Picnic bathers
A. Wiebolt
Mar 3 1936
Sanford, Fla.
Mar 3 1936
Sanford, Fla.
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
1 black and white photograph
Physical Dimensions
3 x 5 inch
Collection
Citation
Wiebolt, A., “Chase & Company Picnic,” RICHES, accessed October 8, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/1576.