Gathering of Florida African-American Elks Clubs : Tampa, Fla.
Photograph Order Number #16005
Courtesy, Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System
About this photograph
- Negative Number
- C698
- Date
- Creator
- Burgert Brothers
- Publisher
- Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library
- Date of Photographic Print
- 2004 printing
- Source (original item)
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 60 cm. +1 negative (24 x 60 cm.)
- Format
- JPEG2000
- General Notes
- Neg. no. C698; taken February, 1929.;This panoramic photograph was taken by a Cirkut camera and might also be described with the following terms: 180, 360, wide angle, or elongated.;The structure in this photograph is given the address: 809 East Constant Street, according to sheet 4 of volume 1 in the 1931 Sanborn Map.;This address is confirmed in the 1929 R.L. Polk Tampa City Directory.;The church in the background is listed as the Bethel Baptist Church on 1215 North Jefferson Avenue, according to the same sources listed above.
- Cirkut Print Number
- CP 1300
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)