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Creation Date
4-25-1952
Abstract
Street view of "The Scrub," a historic Black neighborhood, looking at Leroy McKinney's Auto Repair Shop at 1102 East Scott Street in Tampa.
Keywords
African Americans, Blacks, Automobile repair shops, Black businesses, African American businesses, African American business enterprises
Extent
1 black-and-white photograph
Geographic Location
Hillsborough County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.)
Physical Collection
Box
12
Folder
1
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.
Identifier
florida_photograph_1026
Recommended Citation
Unknown, "Leroy McKinney's Auto Repair, 1102 E. Scott Street, Tampa" (1952). Florida Photograph Collection. Image 27.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/florida_photograph/27
Keywords
African Americans, Blacks, Automobile repair shops, Black businesses, African American businesses, African American business enterprises