Progress Village Collection - Images

 

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Creation Date

1-1-1950

Time Period

circa 1950s-1960s

Abstract

A sign posted in the lawn of a home in Progress Village, a suburb community designed to provide Tampa's Black residents with homes and yards in satisfactory surroundings with adequate zoning. The sign reads "Welcome Progress Village, "Live Better Electrically", Idea Home, Tampa Electric Company, Be Modern - Go Electric".

Keywords

Housing, Signs and signboards, Community welfare councils, Planned communities

Extent

1 color photograph

Subject: geographic

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

Physical Collection

Progress Village Collection

Box

3

Folder

15

Digital Date

2024

Media Type

Color photographs

Identifier

progress_village_images_1071

Keywords

Housing, Signs and signboards, Community welfare councils, Planned communities

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Image Location

 
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Latitude

27.89923429

Longitude

-82.36470281