New York Yankees baseball team at spring training : St. Petersburg, Fla.

Courtesy, Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System

About this photograph

Negative Number

CP111

Date

March 30, 1927

Creator

Burgert Brothers

Publisher

Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library

Date of Photographic Print

2004 printing

Source (original item)

1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 59 cm. +1 negative (24 x 59 cm.)

Format

JPEG2000

General Notes

Neg. no. CP 111; taken March 30, 1927.;Standing, left to right: Miller, Styborsky, 2B Roy Morehart, unidentified, 1B Lou Gehrig, RF Babe Ruth, C Johnny Grabowski, P Dutch Ruether, P George Pipgras, Owner Jacob Ruppert, SS Mark Koenig, LF Bob Meusel, CF Earl Combs, P Wilcy Moore, 3B Julian Wera, C Pat Collins, unidentified. Kneeling, left to right: OF Ben Paschal, P Urban Schocker, Hank Johnson. Sitting, Left to right: OF Cedric Durst, Coach Charles O'Leary, Mascot Eddie Bennet, 2B Tony Lazzeri, P Myles Thomas, P Joe Girard, P Bob Shawkey, Manager Miller Huggins, P Herb Pennock, Coach Art Fletcher, P Waite Hoyt, C Ben Bengough, IF Mike Gazella, unidentified, 3B Joe Dugan.;This panoramic photograph was taken by a Cirkut camera and might also be described with the following terms: 180, 360, wide angle, or elongated.

Cirkut Print Number

CP 1017

Subjects

Tampa in the 1920s

The Roaring Twenties nearly doubled Tampa — from about 51,600 people in 1920 to over 101,000 by 1930 — and the Florida land boom is written all over these photographs. Developer D.P. Davis literally dredged up two little islands at the mouth of the Hillsborough River to build Davis Islands, announcing the plan in January 1924. Outlying spots like Sulphur Springs, Palma Ceia, and Temple Terrace took off. Bayshore was still a county brick road when the October 1921 hurricane shoved an 11-foot surge over the waterfront. Streetcars still ruled — nearly 24 million riders in 1926 — even as cars started clogging the streets. Browse this decade's photographs for the boom as it happened — new subdivisions, crowded beaches and boulevards, and a city stretching into its suburbs.

Sources: Davis Islands (City of Tampa); Ahead of its time, Davis Islands promises more than Florida sunshine (Tampa Bay History Center); Tampa Bay / Tarpon Springs Hurricane of 1921 (National Weather Service); Bayshore Boulevard: A Brief Look at its Historic Past (USF Libraries)