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• HCPLC Digital Collections

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  Browse thousands of stories and images from Tampa's vivid past with our online digital collection.

• Tampa Before the Civil War

  Brown, Canter

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  A Floridian historian traces the founding of Tampa back to 1824 as Fort Brooke, and draws on previously unpublished material on its history up to antebellum days including the Seminole Wars, hurricanes, and dreams of being a railroad town.

• Tampa in Civil War and Reconstruction

  Brown, Canter

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  Brown, who has written several books on Florida and southern history, offers a narrative that explores the conflict and danger of the period and the activities of particular men and women who held the community together. The book includes b&w…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Sunshine Skyway Bridge Spanning Tampa Bay

  Sitler, Nevin D.

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  Of the more than 5,200 bridges in the state of Florida, the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, spanning scenic Tampa Bay, is by far the most famous. But the award-winning bridge that residents and tourists cross on a daily basis isn't the first to hold the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Skyway

  the True Story of Tampa Bay's Signature Bridge and the Man Who Brought It Down

  DeYoung, William Leonard, 1958-

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  DeYoung also offers a history of the ill-fated bridge, from its construction in 1954, through the addition of a second parallel span in 1971, to its eventual replacement. He discusses the sinking of a Coast Guard cutter a mere three months before…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Baseball in Tampa Bay

  De Quesada, A. M.

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  Tampa Bay's interest in baseball spans from the sport's earliest days to the region's win of a national league franchise in the last decade of the 20th century.

• African Americans of Tampa

  Odom, Ersula Knox

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  African Americans played significant roles in everything from Tampa's wilderness era to its boomtown years and were key players in the first and second Seminole Wars with their Seminole alliance. African American soldiers captured Fort Brooke during…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Architecture of Leisure

  the Florida Resort Hotels of Henry Flagler and Henry Plant

  Braden, Susan R., 1946-

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  Explore the Tampa Bay Hotel (now the University of Tampa) as Braden traces the enterprises that brought Plant and Flagler to Florida and then examines each of their hotels, describing the architecture, how they physically functioned, and what they…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Historic Photos of Tampa

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  By the late nineteenth century, the city of Tampa was a vibrant, cultural center. Through the early twentieth century, two World Wars, and into the modern era, Tampa has continued to grow and prosper by overcoming adversity and maintaining the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pioneer Commercial Photography

  the Burgert Brothers, Tampa, Florida

  Snyder, Robert E., 1943-

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  As Florida moved into the mainstream of American economy in the late 1890's, professional photographers established studios to document the events, people and enterprises that contributed to defining the Sunshine State as an integral part of the New…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Silent Don

  the Criminal Underworld of Santo Trafficante Jr.

  Deitche, Scott M.

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  The life and ruthless times of one of America's most powerful and feared mob bosses. With a criminal empire that stretched from the Gulf Coast throughout the Caribbean, Trafficante was linked to drug trafficking, plots to kill Fidel Castro, and the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Vintage Tampa Storefronts and Scenes

  Cinchett, John V.

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  During the 1940s and 1950s, downtown Tampa was a shining model of the American landscape. Locally owned stores and shops fueled by the entrepreneurial spirit of Tampa families also dotted the streets of downtown and flourished during Tampa's postwar…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cigar City Mafia

  a Complete History of the Tampa Underworld

  Deitche, Scott M.

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  Bootleggers, gambling, ringleaders, arsonist, narcotics dealers and gang murders --a variety of characters flourished in the era known as Prohibition, and Tampa, Florida was where thye battled for supremacy of criminal underworld.

• Tampa Cigar Workers

  a Pictorial History

  Ingalls, Robert P., 1941-

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  Focusing on the public spaces of work and society as well the private sphere of the home, Tampa's Cigar Workers tells an inspiring and deeply moving story of how immigrant cigar workers from Cuba, Spain, and Italy carved out their space in Tampa…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Southern Discomfort

  Women's Activism in Tampa, Florida, 1880s-1920s

  Hewitt, Nancy A., 1951-

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  In Southern Discomfort, the esteemed historian Nancy A. Hewitt explores the interactions among distinct groups of women -- native-born white, African-American, and Cuban and Italian immigrant women -- that shaped women's activism in this vibrant,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tampa Bay's Beaches

  Ayers, R. Wayne

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  This volume provides a glimpse at the beaches as they were and as they are today, and opens a whole new window to view the development that both enhances and threatens the barrier islands.

• Historic Tampa Churches

  Cinchett, John V,

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  With more than 200 vintage images, Historic Tampa Churches shares stories of tragedy and triumph, from St. Peter Claver Church, whose congregation watched the first church burn to the ground 10 days after its dedication, to the Sisters of St. Joseph…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• River of the Golden Ibis

  Jahoda, Gloria

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  This book traces the Hillsborough River from its source at the Green Swamp through various habitats and historical events.

• Remembering Tampa

  Brower, Ralph. 1962-2009

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  By the late nineteenth century, the city of Tampa was a vibrant, cultural center. Through the early twentieth century, two world wars, and into the modern era, Tampa has continued to grow and prosper by overcoming adversity and maintaining the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Home Remembered

  the Story of North Boulevard Homes, 1937-2017

  Harvey, Hazel S., Dr.,

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  The story of the North Boulevard homes by a prestigious local author.