Palace Drug Store, Corner of Scott Street and Central Avenue, Tampa

Creator

Unknown

Files

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Creation Date

9-2-1949

Abstract

An exterior view of the Palace Drug Store on the northeast corner of Scott Street and Central Avenue in Tampa, Florida.

Alt Text

A single-story building with the sign "Palace Drugs" on its facade. The building has large windows and a few cars parked nearby, with power lines visible overhead.

Keywords

Drugstores, African American business enterprises, Black businesses, African American businesses, Isaac Gardner (1880?-1995)

Extent

1 black-and-white photograph

Subject: geographic

Hillsborough County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.)

Physical Collection

Florida Photograph Collection

Box

11

Folder

2

Media Type

Black-and-white photographs

Note

The Palace Drug Store, located at the corner of Scott Street and Central Avenue in Tampa, Florida, was owned by Isaac Gardner, a Black businessman. It had a pharmacy, soda fountain, and a sundry shop within it. Gardner would go on to own several businesses and hotels on the Central Avenue corridor, a main gathering place for the Black residents of Tampa. The Central Avenue area was razed first for a public housing development called Central Park Village in the 1950s, and then again to build I-275 in the 1960s.

Identifier

florida_photograph_1019

Recommended Citation

Unknown, "Palace Drug Store, Corner of Scott Street and Central Avenue, Tampa" (1949). Florida Photograph Collection. Image 20.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/florida_photograph/20