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Creation Date
April 1952
Abstract
A street view of the housing area called "The Scrub," a historic Black neighborhood in Tampa near Central Avenue and Scott Street.
Keywords
African Americans, Blacks, Housing
Extent
1 black-and-white photograph
Geographic Location
Hillsborough County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.)
Physical Collection
Box
11
Folder
4
Media Type
Photographs
Note
"The Scrub" neighborhood was founded by freed enslaved people after the Civil War just north of downtown Tampa and near Central Avenue's thriving Black-owned businesses. It consisted of over 600 homes, housing workers for nearby lumber mills. It was declared a slum by the City of Tampa in the 1950s and razed to create the Central Park Village housing development. Parts of the area were razed again to build I-275 in the 1950s. Photo courtesy of the Tampa-Hillsborough Public Library.
Identifier
florida_photograph_1021
Recommended Citation
Unknown, "The Scrub Neighborhood, Near Central Avenue, Tampa" (1952). Florida Photograph Collection. Image 22.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/florida_photograph/22
Keywords
African Americans, Blacks, Housing