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.

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

Florida Photograph 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