DOWNTOWN TAMPA –Selected Photographs

Tampa became Florida’s chief industrial port with the arrival of Henry Plant’s railroad and the development of the cigar industry started in 1885 by Vincente Martinez Ybor..
 


1915 City Hall
Hortense the Clock!


1913 Lafayette Bridge (Kennedy)


1930 Air View


1915 Twiggs St

Sacred Heart


Union Station

Restored Interior


1926 Tampa Theater

Masterpiece Today


1914 Tony Jannis

Tampa to St Pete


1904 Post Office

A Classic


Manatee Boat

Tampa Bay Port


1927 Sulphur Sps

Water Tower


Old Library
On 7th Avenue


1945 Drew Field

Now Part of TIA

PHOTOGRAPHS by Bob Leonard, Florida History Internet Center. Teachers may use the photographs but please give credit to FHIC.