Sky Lake, 1966

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Title

Sky Lake, 1966

Alternative Title

Sky Lake

Subject

Orlando (Fla.)
Housing--Florida
Shopping malls--United States
Retail industry

Description

A south view of Sky Lake, Florida, in 1966. The second photograph is annotated to identify the Beeline Mall, Publix, Oak Ridge and Oak Ridge II, Sky Bowl, Orlando Central Park, Oak Ridge High School, and Candlelight Park. The roadway at the bottom of the photograph is Florida State Road 528 (SR 528) also called the Martin Andersen Bee Line Expressway. The Bee Line has since changed its name to the Martin Andersen Beachline Expressway.

Sky Lake is a residential community and unincorporated area in Orange County, Florida. It is located approximately seven miles south of Downtown Orlando 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.

Creator

DeWitt, Fred

Source

Original 8 x 10 inch black and white photographs, 1966: Pine Castle Historical Society, Pine Castle, Florida.

Date Created

1905-05-19

Date Copyrighted

1905-05-19

Date Submitted

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Contributor

Lake, Harriett

Is Format Of

Digital reproduction of original 8 x 10 inch black and white photographs, 1966.

Is Part Of

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

Format

image/jpg

Medium

8 x 10 inch black and white photographs

Language

eng

Type

Still Image

Coverage

The Adams

Accrual Method

Donation

Mediator

History Teacher
Geography Teacher

Provenance

Originally created by Fred DeWitt.

Rights Holder

Copyright to this resource is held by Fred DeWitt 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

2 black and white photographs

Physical Dimensions

8 x 10 inches

Collection

Citation

DeWitt, Fred, “Sky Lake, 1966,” RICHES, accessed October 31, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/7034.

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