Sky Lake, 1970

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Title

Sky Lake, 1970

Alternative Title

Sky Lake

Subject

Orlando (Fla.)

Description

Sky Lake, located approximately seven miles south of Downtown Orlando, Florida, between Lancaster Road and Sand Lake Road. The community was developed in late 1950s and 1960s by Hymen Lake. Houses originally sold in the range of $10,000 to $15,000. In the 1970s, Sky Lake became one of the first housing developments to be racially integrated. The community was originally proposed to include one thousand homes within the middle of the square mile block and a ring of commercial developments along the perimeter.

Source

Original 8.5 x 11 inch black and white photograph: Pine Castle Historical Society, Pine Castle, Florida.

Publisher

Dillon Aerial Photography

Date Created

1970

Date Copyrighted

1970

Date Submitted

237 KB

Contributor

Lake, Harriett

Is Format Of

Digital reproduction of original 8.5 x 11 inch black and white photograph.

Is Part Of

Sky Lake Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

Format

image/jpg

Medium

1 black and white photograph

Language

eng

Type

Still Image

Coverage

Sky Lake, Florida

Accrual Method

Donation

Mediator

History Teacher
Geography Teacher

Provenance

Originally published by Dillon Aerial Photography.

Rights Holder

Copyright to this resource is held by Dillon Aerial Photography and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Curator

Barnes, Mark

Digital Collection

Source Repository

External Reference

Tracy, Jane. "Harriett and Hymen Lake .'" Orlando Memory, March 11, 2014, http://dc.ocls.info/memory/image/harriett-and-hymen-lake.

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Original Format

1 black and white photograph

Collection

Citation

“Sky Lake, 1970,” RICHES, accessed December 22, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/7023.

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