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ABOVE: The Orlando Opera House. The Opera House was located on Court Street in the middle of block between Pine and Church streets and across from Richards Undertaker business. It can be found on the 1884 Orlando Business District map.

Explore the history of Orlando through photographs, histories, brochures, newspaper clippings, maps, postcards, and more. Peruse all the documents and images under attachments at the bottom of this post.

Featuring images of Orlando from before the advent of the automobile when horse and buggies traversed the earthen streets all the way to the 1960s and a concise history published in the 1929 Orlando Senior High School Yearbook.

Peruse Wanton S. Webb’s Florida 1885 Historical, Industrial and Biographical information on Orange County.

Photo Orange Avenue looking north circa 1885

ABOVE: Orange Avenue looking north from Church street. On right: C. A. Boone Hardware, J. N. McElroy Drugs, Rice Brothers Furniture, Schultz Brothers Dry Goods and Charleston House at end of street. On left: Birmbaum Dry Goods, Alligator John Curio Shop, Billie Williams Saloon, E. P. Hyer Saloon, Deadrick Tin Store, Carpenters Shoe Repair and Sinclair and Mills Real Estate at end of street.

View the Mayors’ Gallery, City of Orlando which provides a photograph and brief synopsis of the administrations of each of the mayors of Orlando from 1875 to 1975.

Learn about the early Jewish settlers in Orange County from 1875 to 1925 in this chronology created by Joseph Wittenstein.

Photo of Florida Cracker wrestling a gator on Orange Avenue

ABOVE: A Florida “cracker” wrestling an alligator on Orange Avenue near Sinclair’s Real Estate office.

Photo looking east toward Lake Eola

ABOVE: Photo of the red brick courthouse with surrounding structures. Built on the site of the original wood court house facing Central Avenue and bordered on the west by Court and on the east by Main (now Magnolia), This view is looking east with Lake Eola in the background. At this time homes were built around the lake. The property just beyond the court house is where the Orlando Public Library is now situated. This court house was torn down after the modern court house was completed (now the Orange County History Center).

Photo of Orange Avenue looking south circa 1885

ABOVE: Orange Avenue looking south from Central Avenue. 1884 Business District map of Orlando shows businesses on either side of the street. On left: 1st National Bank, Charleston House, Schultz Brothers Dry Goods, Rice Brothers Furniture, J. N. McElroy Drugs, C. A. Boone Hardware. On right: Sinclaire and Mills Real Estate, Carpenters Shoe Repair, Deadrick Tin Stove, E. P. Hyer Saloon, Billie Williams Saloon, Alligator John Curio Shop.

View historic Orlando and Orange County Maps like these: 1880 Patrick Addition

Patrick Addition to Orlando

ABOVE: Patrick addition 1880. Streets listed: Central, Pine, Jackson, Garland, Patrick, South, Hughey, Church, Depoline, Lernon.

1884 Business map of Orlando

1884 Business Map of Orlando

ABOVE: Streets: Orange Avenue, Main Street (Now Magnolia), Court Street, Central Avenue, Pine Street, Church Street, Boone Street. Businesses: Summerlin House, 1st National Bank, Post Office, English Club, Cemetery, H. H. Berry Wagon Works, Scott Allen & Company Feeds Store, Rooming house, Smith Jewelry Store, Duckworth Shoes, Peek and Wilms Drugs, W. G. White General Merchant, Skillman Well Driving, W. P. Kyle Tin Shop, Danns Grocery, Price Harness Shop, Green Front Grocery, Mathews Barber Shop, Jewelry Store W. C. Sherman, Cohn Brothers Clothes< Randolph Cafe, Dr. J. N. Butt, N. P. Nimo Dry Goods, Campbell Pump & Wells, South Florida Railway Depot, Christopher’s Boarding House, Fruit Stand Thanashaw, Merneagh Grocery, Mathes Shoe Shop, Peter Mack’s Winery, South Florida Foundry Works, South Florida Railway, N. C. Motley Grocery, J. A. McDowell Grocery, Rollins Fish Market, J. S. Mairson Dry Goods, Cuban Cigar Manufacturing, C. A. Cartino Fruits, F. A. Lewter Dry Goods Grocery, Ives & Ferguson Grocery and Express, Kuhl “KKK” Candy, Delaney & Heard Grocery, Birmbaum Dry Goods, Alligator John Curior Shop, Billie Williams Saloon, E. P. Hyer Saloon, Deadrick Tin Store, White Knox Grady Insurance and Real Estate, Waterhouse and Russell Feeds, South Florida Railway, Peter Mack’s Winery, B. B. Cambells Restaurant , Charles Rock Bakery, A. D. Bernway Barber Shop, Carpenters Shoe Repair, Sinclair and Mills Real Estate, Band Stand, J. H. Mooney Pianos and Organs, Magnolia Hotel, Dr. Hicks Residence, Presbyterian Church, W. M. Oglivie Hardware, Jail, Well, Court House, Dr. Chapman Drugs, C. F. McQuage Real Estate, Mrs. Holloway residence, J. H. Livingston Real Estate, Barber Shop (Colored), Price Bee Hive, P. A. Foster Livery Stable, Cohens Brothers General Store, Armory (Shine Guards), Lord and Taylor Grocery, J. V. Duke Grocery, Ed Gunby Lawyer, Orlando Record, C. A. Wimer, Post Office, Ed Speer, Dr. Rowland, Geers Photography, Opera House, Spot Cash, Davis Market, Charleston House, City Well for Fire, A. M. Hyer Saloon, Milo Cooper Barber, O’Connell Paints and Signs, Schultz Brothers Dry Goods, Rice Brothers Furniture, J. N. McElroy Drugs, C. A. Boone Hardware, Ed Ives Bakery, Ives and Rowland, Big Tom Shine Auction, E. A. Richards Undertaker and Gunsmith, C. G. Butt Lawyer.

1890 Panoramic map of Orlando

Pre 1915 Orlando Street Map from “Orlando – The Charm of the South” 

1926 Real Estate Developments Map

1926 Orlando Street Map and Street Directory

1934 Orange County Map including Township and Range

1934 Orlando Street Map

1935 Orange County Map including Township and Range

1937 Orlando Chamber of Commerce Map with Business Directory

Read excerpts from the 1895 South Florida Sentinel with index.

View the pre 1915 publication Orlando – The Charm of the South. This brochure includes information on churches, clubs, government agencies and buildings, societies, sports and recreation, farming, real estate developments, schools and more. It also includes a number of photographs from lakes and businesses.

The first year of the Orlando Magazine, produced by the Orlando Chamber of Commerce, contains photos of events in Orlando and articles and advertisements for local banks, apartments, hotels and schools.

The History of Orange County, Florida by William Freemont Blackman states that 100 Orlando street names changed on January 31, 1925. Good fact to know when reviewing documents with street addresses.

View the Orlando Hotel Guide, circa 1925. This tourist brochure includes information about population, industries, schools, libraries, hospitals, transportation, newspapers, meeting places, fishing on Lake Apopka, shopping, utilities and more.

Advertisements feature local hotels with photographs of the buildings, including: Hotel Wyoming, Orange Court Hotel, San Juan Hotel, Angebilt Hotel, Hotel Lucerne, Jefferson Court Hotel, Empire Hotel, Fort Gatlin Hotel, The Amherst Apartments, The Flamingo – Orlando’s Exclusive Dinner Club, Hotel Roberts, Rollins Press.

Orlando, The City Beautiful guide, circa 1925, has beautiful postcard type images of scenes and buildings from around Orlando.
VIEW  Page 1   Front and back – Scenes from Lake Eola
VIEW  Page 2  Images include the old red brick court house looking west down Central Blvd with the Orlando Bank and Trust Company, Angebilt Hotel, San Juan Hotel, Yowell-Drew, and other structures on Orange Avenue. The bottom image is of Lake Lucerne.
VIEW  Page 3  Images of the Hotel Wyoming, Lucerne Circle and Lake Lucerne, the skyline of the city of Orlando including Memorial High, with the Court House, Angebilt Hotel in the distance. In addition, Orange Avenue looking north with the San Juan Hotel on the left and the Angebilt Hotel and the Orlando Bank and Trust Company and Yowell-Drew on the right.
VIEW  Page 4  Three images of Eola Park and image of San Juan Hotel.


VIEW  Page 5  Images include Lake Lucerne, St. Charles Hotel, The Albertson Public Library, Memorial High School and the new band stand on Lake Eola.
VIEW  Page 6  Images include Lake Cherokee, the old post office , Jefferson Court Apartments and Rosalind Avenue.
VIEW  Page 7  Images of Lucerne Hotel, poinsettias at Lake Eola, swans on Lake Lucerne and the Amherst Apartments.
VIEW  Page 8  Orlando Bank and Trust Company and the Angebilt Hotel on Orange Avenue.

Orlando Brief. Around 1939, the Orlando Chamber of Commerce created a document with photos and information about Orlando and the surrounding area for presentation to the committee appointed by the United States War Department to investigate sites submitted for the establishment of a branch Air Base of the United States Army. The document includes typed information, original photographs, statistics and a map of the area.

Turn back the hands of time while you peruse Orlando area elementary and high school yearbooks.

Various Grand Avenue School yearbooks from 1926-2009

1924 Orlando Senior High School Yearbook – The Echo

1926 Orlando Senior High School Yearbook – Las Memorias

1927 Orlando Senior High School Yearbook – Las Memorias

1928 Orlando Senior High School Yearbook – Las Memorias

1929 Orlando Senior High School Yearbook – Las Memorias

1930 Orlando Senior High School Yearbook – Las Memorias

1940 Orlando Senior High School Yearbook – Tigando

1942 Orlando Senior High School Yearbook – Tigando

1947 Orlando Senior High School Yearbook – Tigando

1963 Colonial High School Yearbook – Advertisement Section

Take a walk down Memory Lane while you remember old Orlando and Orange County buildings circa 1960 though the lens of Tim Orwick.

In the early 1970s Hatabel Hyer (a member of one of Orlando’s oldest families) was interested in recording the history of our community. Taking a portable audio recorder into the homes of older residents to record their stories, she created the Pioneer Party Line. The interest spread among the members of the Friends of the Orlando Public Library, who took on the project and it became the Oral History Program. Between 1975 and 1978, 84 interviews with Orlandoans, including T.G. Lee dairy owner and Harry P. Leu of Leu Gardens. Listen to recordings of these and other Orlando Pioneers as they reflect on life in Orlando when they were young.

Peruse the history of Azealea Park told through deeds, documents, maps, and images.

Explore the history of the Orange County Library System.

Peruse images and documents under Attachments below.

Special thanks to all who permitted us to use these images and documents.

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1880 Patrick Addition City of Orlando

Streets listed: Central, Pine, Jackson, Garland, Patrick, South, Hughey, Church, Depoline, Lernon.

1884 Orlando Business District

1884 Orlando Business District Map features Streets: Orange Avenue, Main Street (Now Magnolia), Court Street, Central Avenue, Pine Street, Church Stre...

1884 Panoramic Map of Orlando

1884 Bird's Eye View - Panoramic map of Orlando showing main streets and avenues and structures. NOTE: Main Street is now Magnolia Avenue.

1890 Panoramic Map of Orlando

1890 Bird's Eye View - Panoramic map of Orlando showing all major street and avenues and structures. NOTE: Main Street is now Magnolia...

1915 Orlando Map from "Orlando - The Charm of the South"

Pre 1915 map includes streets, government buildings, societies, clubs, churches, etc. It shows the various "additions" to the original plat for the...

1926 Orlando Street Map

The 1926 street map of Orlando is of the many Orlando maps in the historical map collection at the Orlando Public Library.

1926 Real Estate Developments Map of Orlando

This 1926 map created by Florida Associated Engineers Inc, and printed by Florida Press in Orlando, highlights the developments of the Cooper...

Orange County Township and Range Map circa 1935

Orange County map identifying Township and Range supplied by real estate and mortgage company Cooper Atha Barr.

1934 Street Map of Orlando Florida

1934 street map of Orlando - just one of the many Orlando Maps in the historical map collection at the Orlando Public...

1934 Orange County Township and Range Map

Map has handwritten note stating it was published in 1934, however, another note on the map in the top right corner indicates...

1937 Orlando Chamber of Commerce Map

1937 Chamber of Commerce Map of Orlando. View additional information on the back of the map. Includes street index, Key to Map...

E. P. Hyer Bookstore 1886

East side of Orange Avenue from Church looking north. Right to Left: C. A. Boone Hardware, J. N. McElroy Drugs, E. P....

Armory and Hyer's Mule Lot

The Armory (Shine Guards) was located in the block with boundaries Central Avenue to the north, Main Street (Magnolia) to the east,...

Orlando circa 1885 - Orange Avenue

Orange Avenue looking north from Church street. 1884 Orlando Business District map shows names of businesses on both sides of street. See...

Orlando circa 1885 - Orange Avenue

Orange Avenue looking south from Central Avenue. 1884 Business District map of Orlando shows businesses on either side of the street. On left:...

Orange County Court House 1904

Built on the site of the original wood court house facing Central Avenue and bordered on the west by Court and on...

1884 Orange County Courthouse

Orange County Courthouse constructed with $10,000 loaned to the city of Orlando by Jacob Summerlin. Some histories of Orlando state that E....

Orange County Court House

Image of the first brick courthouse photographed from the southeast corner of Main and Central looking northwest. The empty lot in the...

First Methodist Church - Orlando

First Methodist Church, also known as Methodist Episcopal Church located at Magnolia Avenue and Jackson Street. The website of the First Methodist Chu...

Methodist Episcopal Church Orlando

Black and white postcard image of the First Methodist Church, also known as Methodist Episcopal Church located at Magnolia Avenue and Jackson...

South Florida Foundry and Machine - 1895

Advertisement published in The South Florida Sentinel on 6 December 1895, p. 5. Irrigate your groves and vegetables. South Florida Foundry and Machine...

South Florida Sentinel Advertisement 1912 City Directory

The 1912 Orlando City Directory includes listings for the newspaper, the printing operation, and a classified advertisement. They establish Josiah Fer...

Lake Lucerne Post Card

Post card image of Lake Lucerne. Circa 1900.

J. D. Booe's Cottages - Pine Street - 1887

J. D. Booe's Cottages, Pine Street in Orlando. April 27, 1887.

Wrestling Alligator on Orange Avenue

A Florida "cracker" wrestling an alligator on Orange Avenue near Sinclair's Real Estate office.

Illustrated Orange County, Florida circa 1894 - page 1

Illustrated Orange County, Florida. Worlds Fair supplement to Orange County Reporter, Orlando, Fla. This 16-page supplement does not have page numbers...

Illustrated Orange County, Florida circa 1894 - page 3

Illustrated Orange County, Florida. Worlds Fair supplement to Orange County Reporter, Orlando, Fla. This 16 page supplement does not have page numbers...

Illustrated Orange County, Florida circa 1894 - page 2

Illustrated Orange County, Florida. Worlds Fair supplement to Orange County Reporter, Orlando, Fla. This 16 page supplement does not have page numbers...

Illustrated Orange County, Florida circa 1894 - page 5

Illustrated Orange County, Florida. Worlds Fair supplement to Orange County Reporter, Orlando, Fla. This 16 page supplement does not have page numbers...

Illustrated Orange County, Florida circa 1894 - page 8

Illustrated Orange County, Florida. Worlds Fair supplement to Orange County Reporter, Orlando, Fla. This 16 page supplement does not have page numbers...

Orlando Street Railway - Pocket History of Orlando Florida

From Pocket History of Orlando Florida. Orlando Centennial 1875-1975. Orlando Street Railway. In the year 1886 a street railway franchise was granted ...

Orlando Street Railway - Open Street Car at Orange and Livingston

From Pocket History of Orlando Florida. Orlando Centennial 1875-1975. Orlando Street Railway. In the year 1886 a street railway franchise was granted ...

Orlando Street Railway - Street car in front of San Juan Hotel

From Pocket History of Orlando Florida. Orlando Centennial 1875-1975. Orlando Street Railway. In the year 1886 a street railway franchise was granted to...

Orlando Florida - The City Beautiful brochure

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Orlando Transit Company

This photograph of Orlando Transit Company's first bus that provided service between Orlando and Winter Park was published in an Orlando newspaper...

Orlando Opera House

The Opera House was located on Court Street in the middle of block between Pine and Church streets and across from Richards...

Lake Wilcox and the Magnolia House circa 1884

Photographic drawings of Lake Wilcox and The Magnolia House hotel in Orlando circa 1884 from a pamphlet entitled "Palatka, st. Johns and...

Orlando Bank and Trust Company

Image from the 1913 Orlando City Directory of the iconic Orlando Bank and Trust Company building.

Advertisement St. James Catholic Church `

Advertisement from the 1913 Orlando City Directory from one of the earliest churches in Orlando.

Orlando facts - March 1923

From the March 1923 Orlando Magazine.

The Orlando Bank & Trust Company

From the March 1923 Orlando Magazine.

The San Juan Hotel

The San Juan Hotel advertisement from the March 1923 Orlando Magazine.

The Angebilt Hotel

The Angebilt Hotel on Orange Avenue from the March 1923 Orlando Magazine.

State Bank of Orlando & Trust Company

State Bank of Orlando & Trust Company advertisement from the March 1923 Orlando Magazine. The building is at the corner of Central...

The Rosalind Club

Looking toward Lake Eola from the portico of the Rosalind Club from the March 1923 Orlando Magazine.

The Autrey Home

The Autrey Home from the March 1923 Orlando Magazine.

Beacham Home

The Beacham home from the March 1923 Orlando Magazine.

Memorial High School

From the March 1923 Orlando Magazine.

Orlando High School under construction.

Orlando High School on Rosalind under construction. From the September 1922 Orlando Magazine.

Yowell Drew Company

Advertisement for the Yowell Drew Company from the 1922-1923 Orlando Magazine.

Hotel Empire

The Hotel Empire from the 1922-1923 Orlando Magazine.

Cathedral School for Girls

Cathedral School for Girls from the March 1923 Orlando Magazine

Orlando Country Club

Orlando Country Club from the September 1922 Orlando Magazine.

Orlando Country Club

Orlando Country Club from the September 1922 Orlando Magazine.

Orlando Country Club

Orlando Country Club from the September 1922 Orlando Magazine.

Orange General Hospital

Orange General Hospital from the September 1922 Orlando Magazine.

Fancy diving contest

Fancy diving contest at Rollins College from the September 1922 Orlando Magazine.

Elks Club on Lake Eola

Elks Club on Lake Eola, from the September 1922 Orlando Magazine.

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A. V. Patrick Addition - Orlando Florida

Streets listed: Central Avenue, Pine Street, Jackson Street, Garland Street, Patrick Street, South Street, Hughey Street,


1884 Orlando Business District Map

1884 Orlando Business District Map
Streets: Orange Avenue, Main Street (Now Magnolia), Court Street, Central Avenue, Pine Street, Church Street, Boone Street.

Business and other locations identified on the map: Summerlin House, 1st National Bank, Post Office, English Club, Cemetery, H. H. Berry Wagon Works, Scott Allen & Company Feeds Store, Rooming house, Smith Jewelry Store, Duckworth Shoes, Peek and Wilms Drugs, W. G. White General Merchant, Skillman Well Driving, W. P. Kyle Tin Shop, Danns Grocery, Price Harness Shop, Green Front Grocery, Mathews Barber Shop, Jewelry Store W. C. Sherman, Cohn Brothers Clothes< Randolph Cafe, Dr. J. N. Butt, N. P. Nimo Dry Goods, Campbell Pump & Wells, South Florida Railway Depot, Christophers Boarding House, Fruit Stand Thanashaw, Merneagh Grocery, Mathes Shoe Shop, Peter Mack's Winery, South Florida Foundry Works, South Flroida Railway, N. C. Motley Grocery, J. A. McDowell Grocery, Rollins Fish Market, J. S. Mairson Dry Goods, Cuban Cigar Manufacturing, C. A. Cartino Fruits, F. A. Lewter Dry Goods Grocery, Ives & Ferguson Grocery and Express, Kuhl "KKK" Candy, Delaney & Heard Grocery, Birmbaum Dry Goods, Alligator John Curior Shop, Billie Williams Saloon, E. P. Hyer Saloon, Deadrick Tin Store, White Knox Grady Insurance and Real Estate, Waterhouse and Russell Feeds, South Florida Railway, Peter Mack's Winery, B. B. Cambells Restaurant , Charles Rock Bakery, A. D. Bernway Barber Shop, Carpenters Shoe Repair, Sinclair and Mills Real Estate, Band Stand, J. H. Mooney Pianos and Organs, Magnolia Hotel, Dr. Hicks Residence, Presbyterian Church, W. M. Oglivie Hardware, Jail, Well, Court House, Dr. Chapman Drugs, C. F. McQuage Real Estate, Mrs. Holloway residence, J. H. Livingston Real Estate, Barber Shop (Colored), Price Bee Hive, P. A. Foster Livery Stable, Cohens Brothers General Store, Armory (Shine Guards), Lord and Taylor Grocery, J. V. Duke Grovery, Ed Gunby Lawyer, Orlando Record, C. A. Wimer, Post Office, Ed Speer, Dr. Rowland, Geers Photography, Opera House, Spot Cash, Davis Market, Charleston House, City Well for Fire, A. M. Hyer Saloon, Milo Cooper Barber, O'Connell Paints and Signs, Schultz Brothers Dry Goods, Rice Brothers Furniture, J. N. McElroy Drugs, C. A. Boone Hardware, Ed Ives Bakery, Ives and Rowland, Big Tom Shine Auction, E. A. Richards Undertaker and Gunsmith, C. G. Butt Lawyer


Webb's 1885 Florida - Historical, Industrial and Biographical.

The Orange County section from Webb's 1885 Historical, Industrial and Biographical Florida, contains information on almost every town located in Orange County in 1885. Remember that Orange County at that time, was comprised of land that is now part of present day counties Osceola, Seminole, Lake and a small section of Brevard.

The listings include the major business owners and members of the community, information on transportation, farming, etc. The towns listed include (notice the original spellings): Acron, Altamount, Altoona, Apopka, Bryanville, Campbell, Cassia, Conway, Eustis, Forest City, Fort Mason, Fort Reed, Geneva, Glendale, Gotha, Hawkinsville, Highley, Kismet, Kissimmee, Lake Jessup, Lake Maitland, Lakeville, Mackinnon, Merrimack, Moody, Mount Dora, Oakland, Ocoee, Orlando, Oviedo, Paola, Penryn, Pine Castle, Pittman, Ponceannah, Sanford, Seneca, Shingle, Snowville, Sorrento, Spring Grove, Sylvan Lake, Tangerine, Tavares, Troy, Umatilla, Victoria, Willcox, Winter Park, Zellwood.

The section on Orlando is brief:

Orlando is located on the South Florida Railroad, running between Sanford and Tampa, 22 miles from the former and 93 miles from the latter. It was settled by Hon. J. G. Speer, State Senator, and by him named as above, the section having previously borne the general name of Fort Gatlin.

In 1856 Orlando became the county-seat. The first court-house was built by Judge Speer, who donated four acres to the town. In the spring of 1884 the population was estimated at 1638, and rapidly increasing. the Orange County Reporter, a wide-awake, newsy journal of the day. the chief industry is the cultivation of tropical fruits particularly oranges; Messrs. W. H. Holden, J. P. Hughet, A. I Bidwell, and L. Stebbins being largely engaged in the line, and are owners of notable groves. There are also in the town two wagon-factories, two for sash, door, blind, etc., manufacture, and a ten-ton ice-factory; and in the near future several immense sugar-farms, now in embryo, are expected to materially augment the general wealth of the place. Messrs. Sinclair and Mills are interested in real estate. Mr. E. W. Spier is postmaster.


Excerpts from the South Florida Sentinel
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Orlando Florida - The City Beautiful Hotel Guide

Includes information on the population, location, area, schools, churches, libraries, hospitals, climate, transportation, banks, post office, newspapers, utilities, telephone and telegraph, radio broadcasting facilities (WDBO), meeting places like Sunshine Park, and fishing.


Early Jewish Settlers in Orange County

In this undated work, Joseph Wittenstein presents a chronology of the early Jewish settlers in the Orange County area from 1875 to about 1925. The print copy is located in the Florida Collection at FLORIDA 975.924 WIT.

He begins his work with the following:

"GREETINGS! My name is Joseph Wittenstein. I was born on the Shader farm, now the site of the Shader Industrial Park in Fairvilla. My parents were the late Morris Wittenstein and Esther Shader who came to Orlando from Pittsburg immediately after their marriage in 1913. I was the first of their four children, the other three being Florence Tobias, Tybe Kahn and Neil."

Mr. Wittenstein includes a number of "firsts" for the Jewish members of the Orlando community.
First Jewish doctor - Ophthalmologist Eugene Hoffman
First Jewish nurse - Belle Hoffman (Mrs. Eugene Hoffman)
First Jewish artist - Fred Speigel
First Jewish architect - Arthur Beck
First Jewish piano teacher - Ruth Beck (Mrs. Arthur Beck)
First Jewish lawyer - H. N. Roth
First Jewish CPA - J. B. Asher
First Jewish woman radio commentator - Pauline Beman (Mrs. Nat Beman)
First Jewish scoutmaster - H. N. Roth
First Jewish meat packer - Henry Levy
First Jewish dental assistant - Kitty Fields
First Jewish pharmacist - Sam Kleinman
First Jewish restaurant - Joe Faulk
First Jewish dress manufacturer - Sam Fischer
First Jewish waiter - Irving Kaplan
First Jewish milk processor - Morris Wittenstein
First Jewish milk producer - Israel Shader
First Jewish citrus packer and shipper - Dr. P. Phillips
First kosher butcher shop - Jonas Cohen
First Mohel and Shochet - Peter D. Wittenstein
First pawn broker - Harry Stalberg
First Jewish dentist - Roy Brown

Names or places mentioned: Joseph Wittenstein, Shader farm, Shader Industrial Park, Fairvilla, Morris Wittenstein, Esther Shader, Florence Tobias, Tybe Kahn, Neil Wittenstein, Peter Wittenstein, Jake Cohen, Charles Cohen, Mike Cohen, J. R.Cohen, J. J. Cone, Philip Geist, Joshua Jacobs, Benjamine Moses, F.H. Moses, J. J. Stein, David Berlin, A. H. Birnbaum, Walter Birnbaum, Morton Birnbaum, Rubin Goldin, Z. Mandhoff, L. K. Weinberg, S. Gumpert, Albert Bucksbaum, Jacob Abrams, Peter Habstein, Goldstein, T. Cohen, Rubin Goldin, Max Myerson, H. Leventhal, M. Schreiber, Jacob Marx, Nathan Gazan, Solomon Gittlesohn, Wolf Gittlesohn, Julius Mairson, Maurice Prag, Anne Kanner Samuels, Stella Moses Orrit, Gertrude Dingfelder, Saul Levy, Myer Shader, Aaron Kanner, Pauline Berman, Hatabel Hyer, Frank Seligman, Celia Seligman, Pauline Abrahams, Abe O. Abrahams, Harry Abrahams, Israel Abrahams, Ruth Abrahams, Anne Abrahams, Joe Meisterman, Bertha Hameister, Henry Benedict, Pepper, J. Feinberg, Eugene Duckworth, Dr. P. Phillips, Moses Kotz, Kotz and Makimson Hardware Company, Morris Kotz, Helen May Kotz, Thoba Kotz, Solomon, Aaron Kanner, Rosebud Friedman, Samuel Kanner, Nat Berman, Pauline Berman, Sylvia Berman, Al Prince, Zelda Berman, Jack Gross, Orlando Civic League, United Missionary Society, Young Women's Community Club, Lions Club, Benedict, Rose Levy, Rose Edith Jacobson, Peter David Wittenstein, Bella Wittenstein, Moses Levy, Lake Fairview, Lake Silver, Palomar, Robert E. Lee Junior High School, College Park, Maury Road, Harry Levine, Firestone Tire Store, Florida Leather Company, Louis Abramowitz, Morris Tetenbaum, Rose Shader, Israel Shader, Safer Torah, Meitin, Jacob Shader, Fannie Meitin, George Miller, Sarah Miller, Morris Wittenstein, Esther Wittenstein, Isadore Shader, Gittle Shader, Myer Shader, Beatrice Shader, Ben Shader, Bessie Shader, Rabbi William Wittenstein, Sheldon Wittenstein, Peter David Wittenstein, Daisy Muir, John L. Lewis, Henry Morganthau, Joseph Benedict, Florida Real Estate and Investment, Jacob Feinberg, Naomi Feinberg, Irving Kaplan, Harry Levine, Esther Levine, Max Isen, Harry Stalberg, Hannah Stalberg, Ansel Harris, Yetta Harris, Sabbath services, Levy Grove, Dr. Morton Levy, Moses Levy, Aaron Harry Levy, Lucille Fair, Greenberg, Paul Roseman, Richamn, Hirsch, Perry Weinberg, Hannah Stalberg, Harry Stalberg, Minnie Burman, San Juan Hotel, Ivan Burman, Tybell Burman, Dr. A. H. Spivack, W. H. Mouser, Cain-O-Berry Boiler Company, Pounds Crate Company, C. A. Marsh, Harry P. Leu Company, Fleisher family, Abraham Moses, Stella Moses, Morris Moses, Sam Benjamin, Clara Benjamin, Frank Benjamin, Isaac Schwartz, Fannie Schwartz, Dr. Roy Brown, Harry Bandel, Bertha Bandel, Saul Robbins, Faye Robbins, Milton Robbins, Al Raefield, Jewish Congregation, Julius Dingfelder, Gertrude Dingfelder, Margaret Dingfelder, Arthur Corey, Simon Dingfelder, Hyman Lieberman, Esther Lieberman, Ben Solomon, Bea Lippton, Irving Lippton, Orwin Lieberman, Louis Lieberman, Bertha Lieberman, William Lieberman, Sam Fleisher, Saul Levy, Isadore Shader, Morris Levine, Myer Shader, Pauline Berman, Liberty Bond Rallies, World War I, Synagoge, Seventh Day Adventists, Congregation Ohev Shalom, A. Stetner, Perry Weinberg, Samuel Klein, Phil Rosenberg, Sol Samuels, Astor Hotel, CNA Building, Rialto Theatre, I. N. Burman, Red Cross, Pauline Berman, Sorosis Club, Leader Department Store, Harry Stalberg, Waldorf Shop, Bergers Tavern, Dorothy Wilson, Emil Metzinger, Fort Gatlin Hotel, Herman's Loan Office and Jewelry Store, Lefkowitz, Hyman Roth, Mack's Dress Shop, Ben Labelman, LaBelle Furs, Sol Wittenstein, Dora Wittenstein, Orange County Parental Home, Morris Wittenstein, College Park Dairy, MMS Fruit Company, Zellwood Fruit Distributors, Ralph Meitin, Julian Meitin, Faulk's Orange Delicatessen, Sam Weinstein, Barbanels, kosher butcher shop, Morris Wilson, Sidney Blattner, Mickey Safer, Mary Safer, Jesse Rosen, Mollie Rosen, Orlando Fish and Poultry Company, Girl Scouts, Beth El Congregation, Congregation of Liberal Judaism, A. H. Moses, Charles Kanner, Ohev Shalom, J. B. Asher, William Berkowitz, Arstein Brothers, Morris Baker, I. J. Becker, Blam Family, Sidney Blattner family, Bonime family, Goldsmith family, Sam Fischer, Fischer Frocks, Fischer Seafoods, Louis Ehrlich, Gertrude Ehrlich, Leo Goldberg, Abraham Fox, David Hillman, Josephine Hillman, Abe Haimowitz, Bluma Haimowitz, Sam Haimowitz, Freida Haimowitz, Ben Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Theresa Jacobson, John Jacobson, Sunshine Department Store, George Friedland, Bessie Friedland, Lavick Frankel, Rebecca Frankel, Harry Kottleman, Kamenoff, Sam Levenson, Philip Kessler, Meer family, Philip Metlin family, Ed Newald, Dodge Autos, Moss Leonard, Joe Ottenbert, Minnie Ottenberg, John Petosky, Philip Salonic, A. H. Soowal, A. F. Stone, F.W. Grand 5 and 10 cent Store, Rev. B. Safer, Morris Sigal, M. M. Segal, Sunshine Department Store, Albert Silverstein, George Silverstein, Fred Speigel, Fred Schiff, Blanche Schiff, Rosenbloom family, Southern Furniture Company, joseph Shapiro, Abe Shapiro, Shulsinger family, Nathan Stein, Reuben Tannerbaum, Freida Tannenbaum, Morris Wilson, Louis Wolly, Belle Hoffman, Eugene Hoffman, Arthur Beck.


1926 Street Map of Orlando

1926 street map of Orlando - just one of the many Orlando Maps in the historical map collection at the Orlando Public Library.


1926 Orlando Street Directory

Directory of streets and advertisers that included the fold out 1926 Orlando Map. Just one of many Orlando Maps in the historical map collection at the Orlando Public Library. View the fold out map.


1926 Orlando Real Estate Developments Map

This 1926 map created by Florida Associated Engineers Inc, and printed by Florida Press in Orlando,highlights the developments of the Cooper Atha Barr Real Estate and Mortg age Company.

Developments highlighted include College Park, Hillcrest, Ivanhoe Park, Oakhurts, Magnolia Properties, Morningside, Lake Sherwood Groves, West Central Park, Westover Farms, Cherokee Park, Lucerne Park, Copeland Park, Muriel Terraces, Southern Pines, Waterwitch Club. The map includes a street name index.


History of Orlando - 1929 Orlando Senior High School Yearbook pdf format

History of Orlando - 1929 Orlando Senior High School Yearbook pdf format


1934 Street Map of Orlando

1934 Street Map of Orlando - just one of the many Orlando Maps in the historical map collection at the Orlando Public Library.


1934 Township and Range Map of Orange County

Map is identified with handwritten note that it was published in 1934, however, another note on the map in the top right corner indicates that this is the map shown in Eve Bacon's bicentennial history of Orlando, Vol. 2, page 64, but with a question mark and the notation, "State Road 2 under construction 1934."


Orange County Township Range Map circa 1935

Orange County map identifying Township and Range supplied by real estate and mortgage company Cooper Atha Barr.


1937 Chamber of Commerce Map of Orlando

1937 Chamber of Commerce Map of Orlando featuring street index, Key to Map of Business District, and Road Map of Orange County, Florida.

Businesses and organizations identified: Roberts Hotel, S.A.L. Rwy Station, San Juan Hotel, Angebilt Hotel, Bus Terminal, Old Orange County Court House, Orlando Chamber of Commerce, Salvation Army, Albertson Public Library, Unitarian Church, Masonic Temple, Elks Home, First Church of Christ Scientist, Summerlin Hotel, Orange County Court House, Beacham Theatre, Jefferson Court Apartment Hotel, University Club, St. Luke's Cathedral, First Christian Church, Memorial Junior High School, Orlando Fraternal Club Building, St. James Catholic Church, Orlando College of Music, Senior High School, St. James School, Central Christian Church, Osceola Hotel, Sunshine Park, Municipal Auditorium, Orlando Vocational School, Wyoming Hotel, Avalon Hotel, First English Lutheran Church, Broadway Methodist Church, Fort Gatlin Hotel, Colonial Orange Court Apartment Hotel, Park Lake Presbyterian Church, Amherst Apartment Hotel, Marks Street School, American Legion Home, Empire Hotel, Post Office, Ritz Theatre, Cathedral School, Congregation Synagogue Olev Shalom, Orlando Christian Church, Duke Hall Hotel, First Baptist Church, Tremont Hotel, Acade Hotel, Orange Hotel, Rialto Theatre, Pearl Hotel, Bristol Hotel, Pilgrim Hotel, Orland Hotel, Fraternal Building, Astor Hotel, First Presbyterian Church, Westminster Presbyterian Church, St. James Hotel, Westminster Presbyterian Church, First Methodist Church, City Hall, Young Women's Community Club, Lucerne Hotel, Christian and Mission Alliance Church, Y.M.C.A., Cherokee Junior High School, Reformed Presbyterian Church of Conv., Rosalind Club of Orlando, Sorosis House.


Central Florida Day by Day

Select pages from a publication called "Central Florida Day by Day" listing, in addition to the events and entertainments for the week, all the information a visitor would need.

Listings include: churches, hospitals, radio stations, colleges, fraternal orders, entertainment, and more for all of Central Florida.

Included on the last page of this selection are features on the Albertson Public Library, Obedience Training at Delaney Park, the Beal Maltbie Shell Museum, and Mead Botanical Gardens.

*Note: Catholic Church in Sanford Florida was not HOLY CROSS Since it was established in 1887 until now it has always been All Souls Catholic Church.


Pocket History of Orlando Florida - Orlando Centennial 1875-1975

Pocket History of Orlando Florida. Orlando Centennial 1875-1975.

This brochure brings you a thumbnail sketch of Orlando's fascinating history, in word and through pictorial views of a nostalgic past.



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