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| Material Information |
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Title: |
A View of Arguelles, Lopez, and Bro. on 222 Pear Street in Ybor city. |
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Physical Description: |
1 photograph |
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Creator: |
Cigar City Collection ( Contributor ) |
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Publication Date: |
1895 |
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Subjects / Keywords: |
Print, Photographic ( Documentary Artifact, Communication Artifact ) ( nmc )
Arguelles, Lopez, and Bro.(222 Pear Street) ( nmc )
Cigar industry ( lctgm )
Streets -- Pear Street ( lctgm ) |
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Spatial Coverage: |
Tampa |z 1271000 |2 ceeus
Hillsborough County |z 12057 |2 ceeus
United States of America -- Florida -- Hillsborough County -- Tampa |
| Notes |
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General Note: |
The Ybor City Land and Improvement, Company, to encourage factories to move to Ybor City, donated land, a large three story cigar factory building, and a fine residence for the firm manager, to the following cigar manufacturing companies: Lozano, Pendas & Co.; Trujillo and Benemelis; Gonzales, Mora & Co.; Arguelles, Lopez & Bro.; Jose M. Diaz & Bro.; and Creagh, Gudnecht & Co. These factories were built in modern style and fitted with elevators, fine tile bath-rooms and brick cellars.During the first year of the development of the settlement, the Ybor City Land and Improvement Company built a building for its offices on the site of the A. A. Gonzalez Clinic, a bank building, a hotel, the Cherokee Club, now called El Pasaje, and one hundred and sixty-seven cottages for cigar workers. These homes were rented or sold on the installment plan. This was the beginning of the home- credit-plan, and the first development of an instant town in the history of Florida. Ybor City emerged as a separate settlement boasting a system of water-works, fire department, police department, sanitary department, and street cars. More than half a million dollars had been spent by the Ybor City Land and Improvement Company to develop Ybor City. The success of Ybor City changed Tampa, from a predominantly agrarian, small port town , to an industrial center. |
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Funding: |
Funded in part by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Ephemeral Cities Project. |
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