American Legion Building Postcard
Dublin Core
Title
American Legion Building Postcard
Alternative Title
American Legion Postcard
Subject
Buildings--Florida
American Legion
Orlando (Fla.)
Postcards--Florida
Description
Postcard showing the American Legion Hall, located at the 900 block of Orange Avenue on Lake Ivanhoe. The hall was constructed in 1938 with a Spanish Colonial Revival Style. The building cost $82,000 and replaced an earlier American Legion Hall built on the same location in May of 1924.The World War I German cannon that was on display outside the entrance was donated to the World War II war effort as scrap metal to make shells to fight Germany once again.
Creator
C. T. American Art
Source
Original 5.5 x 3.5 inch color postcard by C. T. American Art: Asheville Post Card Company, Asheville, North Carolina: Private Collection of Thomas Cook.
Publisher
Asheville Post Card Company
Date Created
ca. 1940
Contributor
Cook, Thomas
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of 5.5 x 3.5 inch original color postcard by C. T. American Art: Asheville Post Card Company, Asheville, North Carolina.
Is Part Of
Private Collection of Thomas Cook.
Postcard Collection, Thomas Cook Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Requires
Format
application/pdf
Extent
631 KB
Medium
5.5 x 3.5 inch color postcard
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Orlando, Florida
Spatial Coverage
28.531135, -81.376601
Temporal Coverage
1940-01-01/1940-12-31
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Geography Teacher
Humanities Teacher
Visual Arts Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by C. T. American Art and published by the Asheville Post Card Company.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by C. T. American Art 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
American Legion. The American Legion. Indianapolis, IN: The American Legion, 1981.
Rajtar, Steve. A Guide to Historic Orlando. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2006.
Transcript
ORLANDO, FLORIDA, THE CITY BEAUTIFUL. O-48
AMERICAN LEGION BUILDING.
PUBLISHED BY ASHEVILLE POST CARD CO., ASHEVILLE, N. C.
BEAUTIFUL FLORIDA SERIES
C. T. American Art
THIS SPACE FOR MESSAGES
POST CARD
THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY
Slautey
AMERICAN LEGION BUILDING.
PUBLISHED BY ASHEVILLE POST CARD CO., ASHEVILLE, N. C.
BEAUTIFUL FLORIDA SERIES
C. T. American Art
THIS SPACE FOR MESSAGES
POST CARD
THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY
Slautey
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
1 color postcard
Physical Dimensions
5.5 x 3.5 inch
Collection
Citation
C. T. American Art, “American Legion Building Postcard,” RICHES, accessed October 31, 2025, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/970.