El Círculo Cubano - Audio/Visual
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Publication Date
3-25-2010
Abstract
The recording presents a narrated historical account focused on the cantina located on the ground floor of El Círculo Cubano de Tampa. The narration documents the space’s original function as a gymnasium when the building opened in 1918, its conversion into a cantina by approximately 1930, and its use as a daily gathering place for members to socialize, eat, and play games such as dominoes, cards, chess, and billiards. The account also describes late twentieth-century restoration efforts, the formation of the Mambi Society in 1998, and the role of the cantina as a meeting space for contemporary Cuban Club members.
Keywords
Cuban Americans--Florida--Tampa--History, Social clubs--Florida--Tampa, Ballrooms, Performing arts, Historic buildings--Florida--Tampa, Architecture--Florida--Tampa--History, Cultural life--Florida--Tampa--History, Celia Cruz (1925-2003), Earnesto Lecuona (1895-1963)
Extent
00:06:07; 3 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Ybor City (Fla.), Tampa (Fla.)
Language
English
Type
Video
Format
Digital only
Identifier
cuban_club_av-1009
Recommended Citation
Salcines, E. J., "Station 09: Grand Ballroom" (2010). El Círculo Cubano - Audio/Visual. 10.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cuban_club_av/10
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