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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.
Keywords
Drugstores, African American business enterprises, Black businesses, African American businesses, Isaac Gardner (1880?-1995)
Extent
1 black-and-white photograph
Geographic Location
Hillsborough County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.)
Physical Collection
Box
11
Folder
2
Media Type
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
Keywords
Drugstores, African American business enterprises, Black businesses, African American businesses, Isaac Gardner (1880?-1995)