Dance Floor at Sweetwater Park
Dublin Core
Title
Dance Floor at Sweetwater Park
Alternative Title
Sweetwater Park
Subject
Oviedo (Fla.)
Parks--Florida
Description
The Dance Floor at Sweetwater Park, located at 201 East Magnolia Street in Oviedo, Florida, circa 1942. In 1926, Theodore Luqueer Mead and his wife, Edith Katharine Antill Edwards Mead, donated five acres of wooded hammock land to be used for the park. The Oviedo Woman's Club (OWC) Originally spent a number of years trying to develop the park, but ultimately deferred the project to the Town of Oviedo. The OWC later donated benches to the park in 1950.
Source
Original black and white photograph: Oviedo Historical Society, Oviedo, Florida.
Date Created
ca. 1942
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of Original black and white photograph.
Is Part Of
Oviedo Historical Society, Oviedo, Florida.
Oviedo Historical Society Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Requires
Format
application/pdf
Extent
148 KB
Medium
1 black and white photograph
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Sweetwater Park, Oviedo, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History teachers
Geography Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the Oviedo Historical Society and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
Source Repository
External Reference
Lawton, Lillian Della Lee. "History of the Oviedo Woman's Club by Lillian Della Lee Lawton." RICHES of Central Florida.
Allen, Kelly. "Past and Present: The Oviedo Woman's Club Legacy Lives—And Gives—On." The Seminole Chronicle, July 24-30, 2008, pages A8-A9.
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
1 black and white photograph
Collection
Citation
“Dance Floor at Sweetwater Park,” RICHES, accessed April 24, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5630.