Aerial View of Downtown Winter Garden

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Dublin Core

Title

Aerial View of Downtown Winter Garden

Alternative Title

Downtown Winter Garden

Subject

Winter Garden (Fla.)
Railroads--Florida
Groceries--United States
Churches--Florida
Baptist Church

Description

This aerial view from the Winter Garden water tower highlights the business district of Downtown Winter Garden, Florida, and some of it's prominent buildings in the 1920s. Those buildings include the First Baptist Church, South Apopka Supply Company, and the Tavares & Gulf railroad depot, all visible on the left hand side. On the right is what used to be the Gem Supermarket. In the center of the photograph is a two-story building that is now occupied by the Winter Garden Feed Store.

Source

Original black and white photograph: Up From the Ashes Exhibit, Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, Winter Garden, Florida.

Date Created

ca. 1913

Is Format Of

Digital reproduction of original black and white photograph.

Is Part Of

Up From the Ashes Exhibit, Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, Winter Garden, Florida.
Up From the Ashes Collection, Winter Garden Heritage Foundation Collection, Winter Garden Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

Format

image/jpg

Extent

128 KB

Medium

1 black and white photograph

Language

eng

Type

Still Image

Coverage

First Baptist Church, Winter Garden, Florida
South Apopka Supply Company, Winter Garden, Florida
Tavares & Gulf Railroad Depot, Winter Garden, Florida
Gem Supermarket, Winter Garden, Florida
Winter Garden Feed Store, Winter Garden, Florida

Accrual Method

Donation

Mediator

History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher

Rights Holder

Copyright to this resource is held by the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Curator

Bowers, Katherine
Cepero, Laura

Digital Collection

External Reference

Cappleman, Kay, and Rod Reeves. Sundays in the South: Touring West Orange County. Winter Garden, FL: Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, 2009.
"Welcome." City of Winter Garden. http://www.cwgdn.com/.
Winter Garden Heritage Foundation. All Aboard!: A Journey Through Historic Winter Garden, 1880-1950. Winter Garden, FL: The Foundation, 1997.

Transcript

Looking East from Water Tower, Winter Garden, Fla.

Citation

“Aerial View of Downtown Winter Garden,” RICHES, accessed December 22, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/4651.

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