Elliott Roosevelt Democratic National Committeeman Campaign Sign, El Pasaje Hotel, Tampa

Creator

Angel Studio

Files

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Creation Date

5-17-1964

Abstract

An exterior view of the El Pasaje hotel. A group poses in front of the building with an "Elect Elliott Roosevelt" banner for Roosevelt's campaign as Democratic National Committeeman.

Keywords

Hotels, Government, Elliott Roosevelt (1910-1990), Democratic National Committee (U.S.)

Extent

1 black-and-white photograph

Geographic Location

Hillsborough County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.); Ybor City (Tampa, Fla.)

Physical Collection

Florida Photograph Collection

Box

24

Folder

17

Media Type

Photographs

Note

El Pasaje was also known as the Cherokee Club. It was built to house the houses of Vicente Martinez Ybor's companies in 1886. Over the years it has been a hotel, a restaurant, a bar, a speakeasy, a military recruiting station, and newspaper offices.
Elliott Roosevelt was the fourth child of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, born in 1910. After his service in World War II in the Army Air Force, he moved to Miami Beach in 1952 and stayed involved in Florida politics. He even became Miami Beach's mayor in 1965, although he was shortly voted out of office in 1967, replaced by Jay Dermer. Later he was accused of involvement in an assassination plot of the Bahamian prime minister, Lynden Pindling. He emigrated to Portugal and then English, before returning to the United States. He died in 1990 in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Identifier

florida_photograph_1120

Recommended Citation

Angel Studio, "Elliott Roosevelt Democratic National Committeeman Campaign Sign, El Pasaje Hotel, Tampa" (1964). Florida Photograph Collection. Image 121.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/florida_photograph/121