Title
Photographic Essays of Winter Park's Westside by Peter Schreyer
Description
Peter Schreyer is a renowned Winter Park photographer, photography instructor and the Executive Director of the Crealdé School of Art.
In 1995, he was the recipient of the Rhea Marsh and Dorothy Lockhart Smith Winter Park History Research Grant. The images featured on this site are from his grant-winning project: Photographic Essays of Winter Park's Westside. He also wrote the text that accompanies his photographs. Mr. Schreyer stated that his goal in creating this essay was to "establish a photographic record of places and people, depicting surviving historical aspects of our city's African-American community in the mid 1990's."
To learn more about Peter Schreyer and his work visit the Crealdé School of Art website: www.crealde.org
Creator
Schreyer, Peter - Photographer, Executive Director of Crealdé School of Art
Source
Smith Grant 1994/1995 Award
Winter Park Library Archives and Special Collections
Publisher
Winter Park Library
Olin Schreyer Library, Rollins College
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for non-commercial uses. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
NOTICES Unless expressly stated otherwise, the organization that has made this Item available makes no warranties about the Item and cannot guarantee the accuracy of this Rights Statement. You are responsible for your own use. You may find additional information about the copyright status of the Item on the website of the organization that has made the Item available. You may need to obtain other permissions for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy or moral rights may limit how you may use the material.
DISCLAIMER The purpose of this statement is to help the public understand how this Item may be used. When there is a (non-standard) License or contract that governs re-use of the associated Item, this statement only summarizes the effects of some of its terms. It is not a License, and should not be used to license your Work. To license your own Work, use a License offered at https://creativecommons.org/
Identifier
WPD Smith 1994/1995
Collection Items
The A.M.E. Church was founded in 1893 and remodeled in 1930. Reverend R.G. Heastie is pastor of the
159 South Pennsylvania Avenue church.
The 271 Capen Avenue church was constructed in 1935 and rebuilt in 1953. Reverend John Phillips tended to one of Winter Park's smaller congregations at the time this image was taken.
The church was organized in 1887 by Reverend and Mrs. Charles Ambrose. The building was erected at the corner of Pennsylvania and Lyman Avenues in 1892. With close to 400 active parishioners, Mt. Moriah represents the oldest and one of the largest…
The church was organized in 1887 by Reverend and Mrs. Charles Ambrose. The building was erected at the corner of Pennsylvania and Lyman Avenues in 1892. With close to 400 active parishioners, Mt. Moriah represents the oldest and one of the largest…
Reverend M.L. Hawkins and Mrs. Allie Johnson are standing in front of Warner Chapel, located at 734 West Comstock Avenue. Mrs. Johnson's father was instrumental in the building of the wooden church in the early 1930s. She has worshiped and…
Located on 425 West Welbourne Avenue, the Church was first organized in 1911 by Reverend C.J. Smith. The current pastor is Reverend L.H. Hendrix, who has served his congregation for nearly 30 years.
Formerly used as a separate Church, the building is now used as the dining room annex of the Flowers Temple Church of God and Christ.
Born in Winter Park, she recently retired from 36 years of service as a public school teacher. Except for her college years and a brief teaching position in Sarasota, she has lived in the same Winter Park neighborhood all of her life. Growing up in…
Formerly the parsonage of the First Congregational Church, the building was given to the Ideal Woman's Club and moved. This building was torn down in 1996.
The president of the Ideal Woman's Club was also a member of Ward Chapel in 1995. Prior to its closing in the mid 1980s, Mrs. Ingram worked for 27 years as a sales person at Leedy's Dress Shop on Park Avenue South in downtown Winter Park. A lifelong…
The secretary of the Ideal Woman's Club in 1994, Mrs. Blue is also the sister of Ernestine Ingram.
At the time this photo was taken, Mrs. Johnson lived half-a-block from Warner Chapel on Comstock Avenue. The two story home was built by her father after moving to Winter Park in the late 1920s from North Florida. When Mrs. Johnson was a child she…
Robert Knight represents the fourth generation owner of a restaurant started in 1926 by his great-grandparents Minnie Lee and Inez Jordan. The small restaurant was called "Baby's Lunch Box" after their daughter's nickname "Baby Young." People of "all…
In 1995, Mrs. Smith was ninety years old and a resident of DePugh Nursing Home. She moved to Winter Park in 1932 with her husband and four children. Her husband worked for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and the young family lived in the "section…
Mrs. Willie Smith photographed with part of her large family: her daughter Allie, with her husband, Joe Burns, and granddaughter.
In the backyard of the Pennsylvania Avenue building rests a 1960s Cadillac Hearse. This was the first new professional vehicle purchased by the funeral home. Mrs. Lawson's response to a question about the car: "The Hearse has always been part of the…
Mr. and Mrs. Lawson operated the first Westside funeral home. Originally they served the community out of what is now the DePugh Nursing Home. The current tow story Pennsylvania Avenue building, which served both as a business and a residence, was…
The oldest building in Hannibal Square, "The Sands," is the only remaining Westside hotel or boarding house. These establishments once played an important role as a temporary home for seasonal workers coming to Winter Park.
Like many other communities across America, Winter Park celebrates January 16th as a memorial and tribute to the famous civil rights leader. City officials, pastors and community groups march each year through the Westside neighborhood. The…
Business partners Alonzo Roberts and James Chandler have been giving haircuts at the Deluxe Barbershop for 50 and 39 years, respectfully. Original owners included James Dixon, Jr. and Bill Hardy, who operated a barbershop in the same location around…
For decades the Pennsylvania Avenue business has represented a grocery store and community meeting place.
View all 30 items
