TAMPA
& YBOR CITY, FLORIDA HISTORICAL PHOTOS
Highlighted
here are photos from Tampa and Ybor City, Florida by
various photographers. Best known of the
local photographers were the Burgert Brothers. Together, with various family members who
were also involved in different aspects of the photographic trade, their
history began in Ohio in the 1860's.
Half a century later, they ended up in Tampa and Ybor
City, providing what was to become the best photographic history of the area
from the late 1890's to the 1940's.
The
Burgert's studio at 1515 7th Avenue, Ybor City in 1917
Source: University of Florida Digital
Collections
Officer
"Dad" Green, Tampa Police Department, circa 1899-1900, taken by Burgert & Son, 1310 1/2 7th Avenue, Ybor
City. The cabinet card is unmarked, but Green was
identified through photo's labeled with his name at the Tampa Police Museum in
Downtown Tampa. In the same Museum
photo, another officer was labeled as being "Chief", coincidentally
wearing the same style badge as "Dad" Green's. The badge in the photo reads
"Police" at top, with a numeral "1" in the center, followed
by "Tampa" at the bottom, and then immediately under
"Tampa" is "Fla".
Unidentified subjects,
possibly streetcar conductors or firemen , circa 1911-1914
Unidentified subject, circa 1900
Unidentified subject, circa 1900
Unidentified subject, circa 1900
Seaboard
Air Line Railway, Tampa Depot taken January 19, 1901, photographer unknown