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Orlando Timeline – 1931-1940

1931- Sears-Roebuck comes to Orlando**
1932
1933- First Federal Court established in Orlando**
- Orlando Poetry Society formed**
1934- Grant store opens**
- Solarium on Lake Estelle opens**
- Dr. Phillips pioneers aerial spraying of citrus groves by plane***
1935- Zoo dedicated**
- Dickson Park dedicated**
- "Wigam Village" motel opens at corner of 441 and present day 408 (Razed 1973)***
1936- Kress store opens**
- Martin Andersen acquires Sentinel and Star**
- Cypress Gardens opens by Dick and Julie Pope***
1937- Morris Plan Bank closed**
- Tuberculosis Sanitarium opens**
1938- First Community Chest formed**
1939
1940- J. C. Penney store opens on Church Street**
- Griffin Park dedicated**
- U. S. Army leases airport for troops** and renamed Orlando Air Base***
- School of Applied Tactics moves from Maxwell Field in Alabama to Orlando***
- Optimists Club organized**
- WLOF opened October 26**
- Howard Johnson's first restaurant opened on North Orange Avenue**
- Monocoupe Airplane and Engine opens in Orlando as Florida's first aircraft manufacturer***

References:

* Bacon, Eve. Orlando a Centennial History: Vol I. Chuluota, FL: The Mickler House, Publishers. 1975
** Bacon, Eve. Orlando a Centennial History: Vol II. Chuluota, FL: The Mickler House, Publishers. 1977
*** Orange County Regional History Center – Informational Display

Orlando History Timeline

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  • Orlando Timeline – 1931-1940
  • Orlando Timeline – 1941-1950
  • Orlando Timeline – 1951-1960
  • Orlando Timeline – 1961-1970
  • Orlando Timeline – 1971-1980
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