City Cab Company Taxi Service and the American Fire and Casualty Company
Dublin Core
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.
Creator
Pfiffer, Jim
Source
Original 8 x 10 inch black and white photograph: Orlando Remembered Exhibit, Downtown Orlando Information Center, Orlando, Florida.
Date Created
ca. 1941-1946
Is Format Of
Original color digital image by Robert Randall, September 22, 2014.
Is Part Of
Orlando Remembered Exhibit, Downtown Orlando Information Center, Orlando, Florida.
Downtown Orlando Information Center Collection, Orlando Remembered Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
235 KB
Medium
8 x 10 inch black and white photograph
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
City Cab Company Taxi Service, Downtown Orlando, Florida
American Fire and Casualty Company, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the Orange County Regional History Center and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
Curator
Randall, Robert
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
External Reference
"The Historic Icons of Orlando." Orlando Remembered. http://www.historiciconsoforlando.com/.
Bacon, Eve. "Post-War Building Era Begins." In Orlando A Centennial History, 138. Vol. 2. Chuluota: Mickler House, Publishers, 1977.
R. L. Polk & Company "Street Directory." Florida Polk's Orlando City Directory: Including Winter Park and Orange County. Richmond, Va: R. L. Polk, 1941.
R. L. Polk & Company "Street Directory." Florida Polk's Orlando City Directory 1943-44: Including Winter Park and Orange County. Richmond, Va: R. L. Polk, 1944.
R. L. Polk & Company "Street Directory." Florida Polk's Orlando City Directory: Including Conway, Maitland and Winter Park. Richmond, Va: R. L. Polk, 1945.
R. L. Polk & Company "Street Directory." Florida Polk's Orlando City Directory 1946-47: Including Winter Park and Orange County. 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
DIAL
9878
CITY CAB CO.
TAXI
DRIVE[?]-IT
CARS FOR HIRE
KELLY
TIRES
[illegible]
OFFICE AMERICAN FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY
Citation
Pfiffer, Jim, “City Cab Company Taxi Service and the American Fire and Casualty Company,” RICHES, accessed December 31, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/4578.