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Coe's Sundries Interior, Parramore Avenue photograph, 1947

 

Summary

Abstract:
The Coe's Sundries Interior, Parramore Avenue photograph, 1947 is an 8x10 photograph of the inside of Coe's Sundries convenience store on Parramore Avenue in Orlando, Florida. Pictured are the owners, a man and a woman, who are not named. The inscription on the back says "North Parramore St Orlando Across from Jones High." This collection provides insight into Parramore Avenue and convenience stores in the late 1940s. According to the inscription on the back of the photograph, Coe's Sundries was located on Parramore Avenue across the street from Jones High School. Jones High was a historically Black school founded in 1895 and integrated in 1970. Jones High was located on Parramore Avenue and Washington Street until 1952. Parramore Avenue is a historically Black neighborhood founded in 1880, when the mayor at the time, James B. Parramore, designated this segregated area for Black workers. The Wells'Built Hotel, was one of few central Florida lodgings to be listen in the Green Book.
Extent:
0.002 Linear Feet 1 photograph
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Coe's Sundries Interior, Parramore Avenue, Orlando, Florida photograph, 1947, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.

Background

Scope and content:

The Coe's Sundries Interior, Parramore Avenue photograph, 1947 is an 8x10 photograph of the inside of Coe's Sundries convenience store on Parramore Avenue in Orlando, Florida. Pictured are the owners, a man and a woman, who are not named. The inscription on the back says "North Parramore St Orlando Across from Jones High." This collection provides insight into Parramore Avenue and convenience stores in the late 1940s.

Biographical / historical:

According to the inscription on the back of the photograph, Coe's Sundries was located on Parramore Avenue across the street from Jones High School. Jones High was a historically Black school founded in 1895 and integrated in 1970. Jones High was located on Parramore Avenue and Washington Street until 1952. Parramore Avenue is a historically Black neighborhood founded in 1880, when the mayor at the time, James B. Parramore, designated this segregated area for Black workers. The Wells'Built Hotel, was one of few central Florida lodgings to be listen in the Green Book.

Acquisition information:
Purchased from Ian Brabner Rare Americana in 2023 (Accession no. CFM2025_11).
Processing information:

Processed by and finding aid prepared by Chloe Lanham in 2025.

Arrangement:

This collection consists of a single item.

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:

Coe's Sundries Interior, Parramore Avenue, Orlando, Florida photograph, 1947, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.

Location of this collection:
John C. Hitt Library
12701 Pegasus Drive, Building 2
Orlando
FL
32816-8030
USA