Sky Lake, 1970
Dublin Core
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.
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
1 black and white photograph
Collection
Citation
“Sky Lake, 1970,” RICHES, accessed April 16, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/7023.