East Robinson Ave. Postcard

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Title

East Robinson Ave. Postcard

Alternative Title

Robinson Ave. Postcard

Subject

Orlando (Fla.)
Postcards--Florida
Roads--Florida
Streets--Florida
Avenues

Description

Postcard, posted in March of 1911, showing East Robinson Avenue a few blocks north of Central Boulevard in Orlando, Florida. The avenue was named for Samuel Robinson of Emmett, Michigan, who was a surveyor for Orange County for seventeen years. He was responsible for planting the many trees along Magnolia Avenue where he built his home. Now called Robinson Street, the road passes along the northern shore of Lake Eola.

Source

Original 5.5 x 3.5 inch color postcard: Private Collection of Thomas Cook.

Date Created

ca. 1905

Date Copyrighted

ca. 1905

Date Issued

1911-03

Contributor

Cook, Thomas

Is Format Of

Digital reproduction of original 5.5 x 3.5 inch color postcard.

Is Part Of

Private Collection of Thomas Cook.

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

Format

application/pdf

Extent

688 KB

Medium

5.5 x 3.5 inch color postcard

Language

eng

Type

Still Image

Coverage

Orlando, Florida
Hudson Falls, New York

Spatial Coverage

28.545822, -81.372238
43.300697, -73.586011

Temporal Coverage

1905-01-01/1911-03-31

Accrual Method

Donation

Mediator

History Teacher
Geography Teacher

Rights Holder

Copyright to this resource is owned by Thomas Cook and 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

Dickinson, Joy Wallace. A Guide to Historic Orlando. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2003.

External Reference Title

Transcript

East Robinson Ave., Orlando, Fla.
ORLANDO, FLA.
MAR 27-1,
7 - - PM
THIS SIDE FOR MESSAGE
POST CARD
U.S. POSTAGE ONE CENT
Mr. Pes. Puffre
Hudson Falls. N. Y.
S. B. M.

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

1 color postcard

Physical Dimensions

5.5 x 3.5 inch

Collection

Citation

“East Robinson Ave. Postcard,” RICHES, accessed December 3, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/990.

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