Title

Vincente Martinez Ybor's cigar factory, the Mirta Fire House, and the Gonzalez y Castillo Grocery Store in Ybor City

Creator

Burgert Brothers

Files

Preview

Identifier

B29-v-00001770

Creation Date

January 1887

Keywords

Cigar industry, Florida, Tampa, Photographs, Factories, Fire stations, Grocery trade, Ybor City (Tampa, Fla.), Black-and-white photographs

Abstract

Black and white photograph of Ybor's brick factory towering over the fledgling community of Ybor City. Also pictured are the small building that housed the Mirta Fire House and the Gonzalez y Castillo Grocery store. The original negative was taken in 1887 and re-photographed in 1936.

Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.

Subject: geographic

Florida; Tampa; Florida; Tampa; Florida; Tampa; Florida; Tampa; Ybor City (Tampa, Fla.)

Subject: topical

Cigar industry; Factories; Fire stations; Grocery trade

Type

Article

Genre

Black-and-white photographs.

Holding Location

University of South Florida USF

Recommended Citation

Burgert Brothers, "Vincente Martinez Ybor's cigar factory, the Mirta Fire House, and the Gonzalez y Castillo Grocery Store in Ybor City" (1887). Burgert Brothers Collection of Tampa Photographs. Image 847.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/burgert/847