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Postcard Depicting the Skyline Across Lake Eola in Orlando, Fla.
Format
Color postcard
Date
c. 1935
Location
Lake Eola, Orlando, Florida, USA
Description
The postcard depicts a small garden in front of Lake Eola, with the ever-iconic skyline of "The City Beautiful" in the distance. Established in 1888, Lake Eola had humble beginnings as a natural sinkhole called Sandy Beach. It was later transformed into the beloved lakeside icon we know today by Robert L. Summerlin, the fifth Mayor of Orlando from 1885 to 1892. Genuine Curteich-Chicago, a Chicago-based company renowned for advertising city features in the 20th century, originally printed the postcard pictured in the early 1930s.
Curator
Dianelys Nunez; Elio Singer
Copyright
Sarah Miller Boye
