Airplane View of Business Section, Showing Part of Lake Eola Postcard

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Title

Airplane View of Business Section, Showing Part of Lake Eola Postcard

Alternative Title

Orlando Business Section Postcard

Subject

Orlando (Fla.)
Postcards--Florida
Business districts
Lakes--Florida
Buildings--Florida

Description

Postcard showing an airplane view of Downtown Orlando's business district. In the foreground is Lake Eola with an early band shell placed out into the water. On its shores is the Rosalind Club (green roof on the left) and the Masonic Temple (to the left of the Rosalind Club). Facing the lake and across Rosalind Avenue is Memorial Junior High School (large red building, right of center) and the First Church of Christ, Scientist (golden dome, left of center). In the distance, there is also the 1892 Orange County Courthouse (red brick building with clock tower) and the 1927 Orange County Courthouse (to the right of the 1892 Courthouse), the Angebilt Hotel (red brick building directly behind the 1927 Courthouse), the State Bank Building (white tower), and the Metcalf Building (tan tower on the left).

Creator

Genuine Curteich-Chicago

Source

Original 5.5 x 3.5 inch color postcard by Genuine Curteich-Chicago: Orange News Company, Orlando, Florida: Private Collection of Thomas Cook.

Publisher

Orange News Company

Date Created

ca. 1929

Date Copyrighted

ca. 1929

Date Issued

ca. 1929

Contributor

Cook, Thomas

Is Format Of

Digital reproduction of original 5.5 x 3.5 inch color postcard by Genuine Curteich-Chicago: Orange News Company, Orlando, Florida.

Is Part Of

Private Collection of Thomas Cook.

Postcard Collection, Thomas Cook Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

Format

application/pdf

Extent

707 KB

Medium

5.5 x 3.5 inch color postcard

Language

eng

Type

Still Image

Coverage

Downtown Orlando, Florida

Spatial Coverage

28.543825, -81.375185
28.542721, -81.375595
28.542418, -81.375537
28.543764, -81.376388
28.543106, -81.375976
28.54214, -81.377439
28.542917, -81.377868
28.542859, -81.378798
28.542207,-81.378916
28.541834, -81.37915

Temporal Coverage

1929-01-01/1929-12-31

Accrual Method

Donation

Mediator

History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher

Provenance

Originally created by Genuine Curteich-Chicago and published by the Oranges News Company.

Rights Holder

Copyright to this resource is held by Genuine Curteich-Chicago  and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Contributing Project

Curator

Cook, Thomas

Digital Collection

Source Repository

Private Collection of Thomas Cook

External Reference

Johnson, R.W. Curtis. "History of Orlando 69." Orlando 69. http://orlandomasons1876.com/lodge-69-history/.

External Reference Title

Transcript

O.98 AIRPLANE VIEW OF BUSINESS SECTION, SHOWING PART OF LAKE EOLA
ORLANDO, FLA., "THE CITY BEAUTIFUL"
N-M-D AIR PHOTO, ORLANDO
ORANGE NEWS CO., ORLANDO, FLA.
GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.)
POST CARD

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

1 color postcard

Physical Dimensions

5.5 x 3.5 inch

Collection

Citation

Genuine Curteich-Chicago, “Airplane View of Business Section, Showing Part of Lake Eola Postcard,” RICHES, accessed December 3, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/968.

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