Text Materials of Central Florida
Description
1911 Orange County Fair first prize winner for public school essays. The students name is not known. They were an eight grade student at Orlando Public Schools and their teacher was Mollie E. Ray. The essay entitled "The Value of Birds in Florida" mentions several different bird species including: the Downey Woodpecker, the Night Hawk, the Owl and the Swallow. The essay focuses on how birds help to maintain the insect population, along with the beauty and singing ability of birds. The cover for the essay has a black-and-white photograph of the Orlando Public School Building taken by Howard and an entry tag attached. Along with the essay is the first place blue ribbon.
Subjects
American essays -- Florida -- Orlando.; Fair of Orange County -- Awards -- Florida -- Orange County.; Orlando Public Schools (Orlando, Fla.) -- Buildings -- Photographs.; Black-and-white photography -- Florida -- Orlando -- Photographs.; Birds -- Florida.
Subject-Personal Names
Ray, Mollie E.
Date Issued
1911
Number of Pages
12 pages (12 digital pages)
Format
Manuscripts; Ephemera; Photographic prints
Format-Medium
Photographic prints on paper
Size
29 x 22 cm.; ribbon 20 x 6 cm.
Call Number / ID #
2001.060.0001
Subject-Topic
Educating our Children
Type
Manuscripts; Ephemera; Still image; Text
Repository
Orange County Regional History Center
Language
English
Coverage-Spatial
Orlando (Fla.); Orange County (Fla.)
Coverage-Temporal
20th century
Rights Statement
All rights to images are held by the respective holding institution. This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. To purchase copies of images and/or for copyright information contact the respective holding institution.
Digital Publisher
Electronically reproduced by the Digital Services unit of the University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, 2005.
Digital Reproduction Specifications
This image was derived from an uncompressed TIFF image scanned at a minimum of 400 dpi.
Material Type
Ephemera
Recommended Citation
Unknown, "1911 Orange County fair: first prize public school essay" (1911). Text Materials of Central Florida. 421.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-texts/421
Notes
Value of birds to Florida.