Photographs from Florida: Agriculture and Landscape in Greater Orlando photo album, 1911-1912
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Robinson, T.P. (Thomas Pickett)
- Abstract:
- Photographs from Florida: Agriculture and Landscape in Greater Orlando photo album, 1911-1912 features rural landscapes, and people engaging in agricultural acitivties in and around Orlando in the early 20th century. Farms, parks, and sites photographed include Drenner Farm, McDaniel Garden, Brewer Place, The Wekiwa river, Mill's Lake, Lake Fairview, Lake Monroe, Rock Spring. This collection is useful to research on the natural environment and farming activities in Orlando, Florida in the early 20th century. The photographs in this album were taken by T.P. (Thomas Pickett) Robinson from 1911 to 1912. Robinson was a prolific photographer in central Florida in the early 1900s. Robinson was born in 1870 in Mississippi and moved with his family to Florida in 1875. In the early 1900s he opened a photography studio in downtown Orlando. Robinson was the official photographer for Rollins College from 1928 to 1944.
- Extent:
- 1 Linear Feet 1 box
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
[Identification of item], Photographs from Florida: Agriculture and Landscape in Greater Orlando photo album, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
Background
- Scope and content:
Photographs from Florida: Agriculture and Landscape in Greater Orlando photo album features rural landscapes, and workers engaging in agricultural acitivties in and around Orlando in the early 20th century. Farms, parks, and sites photographed include Drenner Farm, McDaniel Garden, Brewer Place, The Wekiwa river, Mill's Lake, Lake Fairview, Lake Monroe, Rock Spring. This collection is useful to research on the natural environment and farming activities in Orlando, Florida in the early 20th century.
- Biographical / historical:
The photographs in this album were taken by T.P. (Thomas Pickett) Robinson from 1911 to 1912. Robinson was a prolific photographer in central Florida in the early 1900s. Robinson was born in 1870 in Mississippi and moved with his family to Florida in 1875. In the early 1900s he opened a photography studio in downtown Orlando. Robinson was the official photographer for Rollins College from 1928 to 1944.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased from Between the Covers Rare Books in 2022 (Accession no. CFM2022_04).
- Processing information:
Processed by and finding aid prepared by Chloe Lanham in 2025.
- Arrangement:
The materials are arranged in the order in which they were received from the donor.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
The entire collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
- Preferred citation:
[Identification of item], Photographs from Florida: Agriculture and Landscape in Greater Orlando photo album, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
- Location of this collection:
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John C. Hitt Library12701 Pegasus Drive, Building 2OrlandoFL32816-8030USA
