Here’s the Dinky Line train in the Orlando rail yard around 1900. The train ran as part of the Orlando-Winter Park Railroad that started in 1889. The train ride was irregular and difficult and it wasn’t unusual for the train[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a part of the Swampy collection that was added when it was mailed in 1977 – this J.M. Fields Super May Sale book. I received it due to the nearby J.M. Fields in Winter Park. In the early[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After three years of congregating in other locations, the first All Saints Church in Winter Park opened it’s doors in 1886, a year before the City of Winter Park incorporated. The photo above is of the church in 1940. By[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s an early unmarked postcard of Winter Park Mall. The fountain seen sat as you see it here until a marble ring was built around it around 1980 or so. Winter Park Mall was demolished about seventeen years ago to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nestled on the campus of Rollins College in Winter Park is Knowles Memorial Chapel. Earlier this month the services for former Rollins president, Thaddeus Seymour were held here. The postcard has no postmark and was printed in Asheville, North Carolina,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The First United Methodist church of Winter Park started construction at the corner of Interlachen Avenue and Morse Boulevard in January of 1895. The Reverend John Martin spearheaded the project. He even built and carved the pulpit himself. This photo[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Union Congregational Church in the 1880s at a time where the local Methodists attended services in those early days of the community to be incorporated as Winter Park in 1887. This photo comes from ‘First United Methodist Church[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Publix and Eckerds at Holieanna Shopping Center on US 17 & 92 in Winter Park. This Publix had the marble and tile mural also as part of the facade, of course. What made this combo a bit different[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…