Greetings from Orlando & Winter Park

Greetings from Orlando & Winter Park

Author: Donald D. Spencer

Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9780764329661

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The largest inland city in Florida, Orlando, also known as "the City Beautiful," stands proudly among the great lakes of central Florida. This is a colorful reminder of Orlando's past, from 1902 to 1950, with 351 color postcards that show Orlando prior to Walt Disney World, from orange groves and cattle farms to popular tourist destination. The neighboring city of Winter Park is explored in over 60 historic postcards, and Sanford, Kissimee, Altamonte Springs and others are also portrayed. Historians and tourists alike will treasure this wonderful souvenir, and postcard collectors will find it a great resource.


Orlando, Florida

Orlando, Florida

Author: James C. Clark

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2013-10-01

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 1625846622

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Orlando is known internationally as a tourist destination, attracting fifty million visitors each year to its numerous resorts and parks. In all that excitement, it's easy to overlook the city's interesting past. In the 1800s, the area was embroiled in the Seminole Wars, and Fort Gatlin was constructed to shield citizens from attacks. Soon, a city grew around the fort. During the cowboy era, thousands of cattle, ranchers and cowboys crossed the central Florida terrain moving livestock. Those pioneers soon moved to farming, and Orlando became the center of the Florida citrus industry. Join author and historian James C. Clark as he reveals the remarkable history of one of the world's most popular destinations.


Winter Park in Vintage Postcards

Winter Park in Vintage Postcards

Author: Robin Chapman

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 0738518328

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"The perfume of the orange blossoms . . . the beauty of every scene, combine to make me wonder whether I am not in Paradise," wrote one visitor to Winter Park, Florida, in 1918. Just five miles north of Orlando, Winter Park's oak-lined brick streets and its quiet lakes have been attracting visitors since the late 19th century, when U.S. president Chester A. Arthur declared, "This is the prettiest spot I have seen in Florida." The New Englandlike city in the heart of the subtropics was once home to the Seminole Hotel, the largest resort south of Jacksonville. In 1885, prestigious Rollins College was founded here, the first institution of higher learning in Florida.


Greetings from Orlando

Greetings from Orlando

Author: Donald D. Spencer

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780892183401

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Orlando as it was in the early 1900s is brought to life through 150 vintage postcards reflecting the many-faceted personality of the city.