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Title
Tampa Collection
Alternative Title
Tampa Collection
Subject
Tampa (Fla.)
Description
Collection of digital images, documents, and other records depicting the history of Tampa, Florida. Series descriptions are based on special topics, the majority of which students focused their metadata entries around.
Before European settlement, the present-day Tampa area was inhibited by the Tocobaga and Pohoy tribes, which were decimated by European diseases and warfare. In 1824, the U.S. Army established the area's first permanent settlement called Fort Brooke, located at the mouth of the Hillsborough River.
Siding with the Confederacy during the American Civil War, Tampa served as the site of the Battle of Tampa, an inconclusive battle from June 30 to July 1, 1862; the Battle of Fort Brooke on October 16, 1862; and the Battle of Ballast Point on October 18, 1863. Incorporated as a town in 1949, Tampa experienced immense growth in the 1880s with the arrival of the railroad, the discovery of phosphate, and the development of the cigar industry.
From the 1920s to the 1950s, Tampa became a major center for organized crime, Prohibition-era bootlegging, and illegal bolita, a Cuban-influenced lottery. Tampa grew considerably during World War II, as the city was chosen for the location of MacDill Field, now the MacDill Air Forced Base (AFB). The founding of Busch Gardens Tampa and the University of South Florida also spurred growth.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/133" target="_blank">Hillsborough County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Tampa, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Contributor
Cepero, Ray
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.tampagov.net/city-clerk/info/archives/city-of-tampa-incorporation-history" target="_blank">Incorporation History</a>." City of Tampa, Florida. http://www.tampagov.net/city-clerk/info/archives/city-of-tampa-incorporation-history.
<span>Mulder, Kenneth W. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22947009" target="_blank"><em>Tampa Bay, Days of Long Ago</em></a><span>. Tampa, Fla: P & M Pub. Co, 1990.</span>
<span>Brown, Canter. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42476956" target="_blank"><em>Tampa Before the Civil War</em></a><span>. Tampa, Fla: University of Tampa Press, 1999.</span>
<span>Kerstein, Robert J. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45202019" target="_blank"><em>Politics and Growth in Twentieth-Century Tampa</em></a><span>. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2001.</span>
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
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Title
Southern Regional Postmaster General Frank Marcum Sommerkamp III
Alternative Title
Regional Postmaster General Frank Sommerkamp
Subject
Post offices
Description
Frank Marcum Sommerkamp III (ca. 1924-2008), the Regional Postmaster General of the Southern District during the Gerald Ford Administration. Born in Washington, Sommerkamp served in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross. At the time that this photograph was taken in the 1970s, Sommerkamp was serving as a Regional Postmaster General in the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). He was eventually promoted to Senior Assistant Postmaster General in Research and Technology, a position that he held until his retirement in 1980.
Type
Still Image
Source
Original black and white photograph: Private Collection of Texann Ivy Buck.
Is Referenced By
"<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/7622" target="_blank">Letter from A. B. Cleveland to All Sectional Center Managers of Tampa Districts (November 25, 1975)</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/7622.
Coverage
Tampa, Florida
Contributor
Buck, Texann Ivy
Date Created
ca. 1975
Format
image/jpg
Extent
138 KB
Medium
1 black and white photograph
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Texann Ivy Buck and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a>
Curator
Stoddard, James
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
Private Collection of Texann Ivy Buck
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/02/AR2008060202775.html" target="_blank">Frank M. Sommerkamp III: Postal Service Executive</a>." <em>The Washington Post</em>, June 3, 2008, page 1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/02/AR2008060202775.html.
"<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/02/AR2008060202775_2.html" target="_blank">Frank M. Sommerkamp III: Postal Service Executive</a>." <em>The Washington Post</em>, June 3, 2008, page 2. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/02/AR2008060202775_2.html.
Frank M. Sommerkamp
Frank Marcum Sommerkamp III
post offices
Regional Postmaster General
U.S. Postal Service
USPS
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Dublin Core
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Title
Tampa Collection
Alternative Title
Tampa Collection
Subject
Tampa (Fla.)
Description
Collection of digital images, documents, and other records depicting the history of Tampa, Florida. Series descriptions are based on special topics, the majority of which students focused their metadata entries around.
Before European settlement, the present-day Tampa area was inhibited by the Tocobaga and Pohoy tribes, which were decimated by European diseases and warfare. In 1824, the U.S. Army established the area's first permanent settlement called Fort Brooke, located at the mouth of the Hillsborough River.
Siding with the Confederacy during the American Civil War, Tampa served as the site of the Battle of Tampa, an inconclusive battle from June 30 to July 1, 1862; the Battle of Fort Brooke on October 16, 1862; and the Battle of Ballast Point on October 18, 1863. Incorporated as a town in 1949, Tampa experienced immense growth in the 1880s with the arrival of the railroad, the discovery of phosphate, and the development of the cigar industry.
From the 1920s to the 1950s, Tampa became a major center for organized crime, Prohibition-era bootlegging, and illegal bolita, a Cuban-influenced lottery. Tampa grew considerably during World War II, as the city was chosen for the location of MacDill Field, now the MacDill Air Forced Base (AFB). The founding of Busch Gardens Tampa and the University of South Florida also spurred growth.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/133" target="_blank">Hillsborough County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Tampa, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Contributor
Cepero, Ray
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.tampagov.net/city-clerk/info/archives/city-of-tampa-incorporation-history" target="_blank">Incorporation History</a>." City of Tampa, Florida. http://www.tampagov.net/city-clerk/info/archives/city-of-tampa-incorporation-history.
<span>Mulder, Kenneth W. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22947009" target="_blank"><em>Tampa Bay, Days of Long Ago</em></a><span>. Tampa, Fla: P & M Pub. Co, 1990.</span>
<span>Brown, Canter. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42476956" target="_blank"><em>Tampa Before the Civil War</em></a><span>. Tampa, Fla: University of Tampa Press, 1999.</span>
<span>Kerstein, Robert J. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45202019" target="_blank"><em>Politics and Growth in Twentieth-Century Tampa</em></a><span>. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2001.</span>
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Dublin Core
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Title
Letter from A. B. Cleveland to All Sectional Center Managers of Tampa Districts (November 25, 1975)
Alternative Title
Letter from Cleveland to Tampa Sectional Managers (Nov. 25, 1975)
Subject
Tampa (Fla.)
Post offices
Description
A letter from A. B. Cleveland, District Manager for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). to all Sectional Center Managers of the Tampa District. Cleveland enclosed a photograph of Regional Postmaster General Frank Marcum Sommerkamp III (ca. 1924-2008) for the office of the Sectional Center Managers in Tampa, Florida. It is customary for a post office to display photographs of the USPS chain of command. When Sommerkamp was appointed as the Regional Postmaster General of the Southern Region by President Gerald Ford (1913-2006), his photograph was distributed to the post offices under his charge. In the letter, Cleveland also advises the post office managers how to obtain photographs of President Ford for the same purpose.
Type
Text
Source
Original letter from A. B. Cleveland, November 25, 1975: Private Collection of Texann Ivy Buck.
References
"<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/7623" target="_blank">Southern Regional Postmaster General Frank Marcum Sommerkamp III</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/7623.
Coverage
Tampa, Florida
Creator
Cleveland, A. B.
Contributor
Buck, Texann Ivy
Date Created
1975-11-25
Format
image/jpg
Extent
198 KB
Medium
1-page typewritten letter of United States Postal Service letterhead
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by A. B. Cleveland.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Texann Ivy Buck and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a>
Curator
Stoddard, James
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
Private Collection of Texann Ivy Buck
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/02/AR2008060202775.html" target="_blank">Frank M. Sommerkamp III: Postal Service Executive</a>." <em>The Washington Post</em>, June 3, 2008, page 1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/02/AR2008060202775.html.
"<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/02/AR2008060202775_2.html" target="_blank">Frank M. Sommerkamp III: Postal Service Executive</a>." <em>The Washington Post</em>, June 3, 2008, page 2. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/02/AR2008060202775_2.html.
A. B. Cleveland
E. T. Klassen
Elmer T. Klassen
Frank M. Sommerkamp
Frank Marcum Sommerkamp III
Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.
H. V. Campbell
Leslie Lynch King, Jr.
orlando
post offices
Postmaster General
postmasters
presidents
Regional Postmaster
Tampa
Ted Klassen
U.S. Postal Service
USPS
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Dublin Core
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Title
Tampa Collection
Alternative Title
Tampa Collection
Subject
Tampa (Fla.)
Description
Collection of digital images, documents, and other records depicting the history of Tampa, Florida. Series descriptions are based on special topics, the majority of which students focused their metadata entries around.
Before European settlement, the present-day Tampa area was inhibited by the Tocobaga and Pohoy tribes, which were decimated by European diseases and warfare. In 1824, the U.S. Army established the area's first permanent settlement called Fort Brooke, located at the mouth of the Hillsborough River.
Siding with the Confederacy during the American Civil War, Tampa served as the site of the Battle of Tampa, an inconclusive battle from June 30 to July 1, 1862; the Battle of Fort Brooke on October 16, 1862; and the Battle of Ballast Point on October 18, 1863. Incorporated as a town in 1949, Tampa experienced immense growth in the 1880s with the arrival of the railroad, the discovery of phosphate, and the development of the cigar industry.
From the 1920s to the 1950s, Tampa became a major center for organized crime, Prohibition-era bootlegging, and illegal bolita, a Cuban-influenced lottery. Tampa grew considerably during World War II, as the city was chosen for the location of MacDill Field, now the MacDill Air Forced Base (AFB). The founding of Busch Gardens Tampa and the University of South Florida also spurred growth.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/133" target="_blank">Hillsborough County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Tampa, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Contributor
Cepero, Ray
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.tampagov.net/city-clerk/info/archives/city-of-tampa-incorporation-history" target="_blank">Incorporation History</a>." City of Tampa, Florida. http://www.tampagov.net/city-clerk/info/archives/city-of-tampa-incorporation-history.
<span>Mulder, Kenneth W. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22947009" target="_blank"><em>Tampa Bay, Days of Long Ago</em></a><span>. Tampa, Fla: P & M Pub. Co, 1990.</span>
<span>Brown, Canter. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42476956" target="_blank"><em>Tampa Before the Civil War</em></a><span>. Tampa, Fla: University of Tampa Press, 1999.</span>
<span>Kerstein, Robert J. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45202019" target="_blank"><em>Politics and Growth in Twentieth-Century Tampa</em></a><span>. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2001.</span>
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Dublin Core
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Title
Letter from Jim Macbeth to A. B. Cleveland (October 6, 1975)
Alternative Title
Letter from Macbeth to Cleveland (Oct. 6, 1975)
Subject
Sneads (Fla.)
Post offices
Museums--Florida
Description
A letter from Jim Macbeth, the Chief of the Florida Bureau of Historical Museums, to A. B. Cleveland, Tampa District Manager for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). In the letter, Macbeth requests any obsolete artifacts relating to USPS. In particular, he is interested in post office boxes and rubber stamps.<br /><br />The bureau was established in 1967 when the Florida Legislature established the Florida Board of Archives and History to replace the Florida Board of Antiquities. The board included three additional bureaus: the Bureau of Archives and Records Management, the Bureau of Historic Sites and Properties, and the Bureau of Publications. In 1969, the Florida Division of Archives, History and Records Management was created to replace the board. The division was later renamed the Florida Division of Historical Resources in 1986.
Type
Text
Source
Original letter from Jim Macbeth to A. B. Cleveland, October 6, 1975: Private Collection of Texann Ivy Buck.
Requires
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.html" target="_blank">Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
References
"<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/7595" target="_blank">Florida's Barefoot Mailman</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/7595.
Coverage
Sneads, Florida
Tampa, Florida
Creator
Macbeth, Jim
Contributor
Buck, Texann Ivy
Date Created
1975-10-06
Format
application/pdf
Extent
307 KB
Medium
2-page typewritten letter of State of Florida Department of State letterhead
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Jim Macbeth.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Texann Ivy Buck and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a>
Curator
Stoddard, James
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
Private Collection of Texann Ivy Buck
External Reference
"<a href="http://dos.myflorida.com/historical/about/history-of-the-division/" target="_blank">History of the Division</a>." Florida Department of State, Florida Division of Historical Resources. http://dos.myflorida.com/historical/about/history-of-the-division/.
A. B. Cleveland
Florida Bureau of Historical Museums
Florida Department of State
Florida's Barefoot Mailman
Jim Macbeth
letter carriers
mail carriers
mailman
mailmen
museums
post office box
post office boxes
post offices
postmark stamps
postmarks
postmasters
Sneads
Tampa
U.S. Postal Service
USPS
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Dublin Core
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Title
Tampa Collection
Alternative Title
Tampa Collection
Subject
Tampa (Fla.)
Description
Collection of digital images, documents, and other records depicting the history of Tampa, Florida. Series descriptions are based on special topics, the majority of which students focused their metadata entries around.
Before European settlement, the present-day Tampa area was inhibited by the Tocobaga and Pohoy tribes, which were decimated by European diseases and warfare. In 1824, the U.S. Army established the area's first permanent settlement called Fort Brooke, located at the mouth of the Hillsborough River.
Siding with the Confederacy during the American Civil War, Tampa served as the site of the Battle of Tampa, an inconclusive battle from June 30 to July 1, 1862; the Battle of Fort Brooke on October 16, 1862; and the Battle of Ballast Point on October 18, 1863. Incorporated as a town in 1949, Tampa experienced immense growth in the 1880s with the arrival of the railroad, the discovery of phosphate, and the development of the cigar industry.
From the 1920s to the 1950s, Tampa became a major center for organized crime, Prohibition-era bootlegging, and illegal bolita, a Cuban-influenced lottery. Tampa grew considerably during World War II, as the city was chosen for the location of MacDill Field, now the MacDill Air Forced Base (AFB). The founding of Busch Gardens Tampa and the University of South Florida also spurred growth.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/133" target="_blank">Hillsborough County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Tampa, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Contributor
Cepero, Ray
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.tampagov.net/city-clerk/info/archives/city-of-tampa-incorporation-history" target="_blank">Incorporation History</a>." City of Tampa, Florida. http://www.tampagov.net/city-clerk/info/archives/city-of-tampa-incorporation-history.
<span>Mulder, Kenneth W. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22947009" target="_blank"><em>Tampa Bay, Days of Long Ago</em></a><span>. Tampa, Fla: P & M Pub. Co, 1990.</span>
<span>Brown, Canter. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42476956" target="_blank"><em>Tampa Before the Civil War</em></a><span>. Tampa, Fla: University of Tampa Press, 1999.</span>
<span>Kerstein, Robert J. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45202019" target="_blank"><em>Politics and Growth in Twentieth-Century Tampa</em></a><span>. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2001.</span>
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
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Title
SheiKra at Busch Gardens Tampa, 2010
Alternative Title
Busch Gardens SheiKra
Subject
Tampa (Fla.)
Theme parks
Roller coasters--United States
Description
SheiKra, a roller coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa, a theme park located in Tampa, Florida, in 2010. SheiKra is a roller coaster that was added to the Stanleyville area of the park. Mark Rose, vice-president of design and engineering, proposed the idea for the roller coaster. Peckham Guyton Albers & Viets, Inc. (PGAV) planned and designed the coaster, which opened on May 21, 2005. Less than two years later, Busch Gardens announced that it would remove the floors of SheiKra's trains. The ride shut down temporarily on May 28, 2007, and reopened on June 16, 2007.<br /><br />Busch Gardens opened as a hospitality facility for Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. on March 31, 1959. Busch Gardens originally hosted a brewery with beer tastings, but it was closed in 1995 and the roller coaster Gwazi was constructed in its place. In 1965, Serengeti Plains, inhabited by African wildlife, opened. In 1971, the Serengeti Express Railway, a two-mile railroad surrounding the park, was opened. The Stanleyville section opened, including the Stanley Falls Flume in 1973. In 1976, the Congo area opened, featuring Busch Gardens' first roller coaster, Python. Various theme areas and attractions have been added to the park over the years.<br /><br />From 1976 through the 1990s, the theme park was called Busch Gardens: The Dark Continent, but was renamed Busch Gardens Tampa Bay during that same decade. From 2006 to 2008, the park was renamed Busch Gardens Africa. In 2008, it returned to its original name. The park is currently owned by SeaWorld Entertainment and the Blackstone Groups. Busch Gardens includes several themed areas in addition to the Edge of Africa: Morocco, Stanleyville, Congo, Jungala, Pantopia, Nairobi, Crown Colony Plaza, and Egypt.
Type
Still Image
Source
Original color digital image by Ray Cepero, March 10, 2010: Private Collection of Ray Cepero.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/134" target="_blank">Tampa Collection</a>, Hillsborough County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original color digital image by Ray Cepero, March 10, 2010.
Coverage
SheiKra, Stanleyville, Busch Gardens Tampa, Tampa, Florida
Creator
Cepero, Ray
Contributor
Cepero, Ray
Date Created
2010-03-10
Format
image/jpg
Extent
187 KB
Medium
1 color digital image
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Ray Cepero.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Ray Cepero and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://seaworldparks.com/en/buschgardens-tampa/park-info/?from=Top_Nav" target="_blank">PARK INFO</a>." Busch Gardens Tampa, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment. http://seaworldparks.com/en/buschgardens-tampa/park-info/?from=Top_Nav.
"<a href="http://www.bgtnation.net/p/history_12.html" target="_blank">Park History</a>." BGTNation. http://www.bgtnation.net/p/history_12.html.
Busch Gardens Tampa
Malcolm McKinley Drive
Raúl Cepero
Ray Cepero
roller coasters
SheiKra
Stanleyville
Tampa
theme park
theme parks
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b878b80dfdc631f281ab85717051813b
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105bb5ddb211fd7e5f87fbeb4dbcba18
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
Tampa Collection
Alternative Title
Tampa Collection
Subject
Tampa (Fla.)
Description
Collection of digital images, documents, and other records depicting the history of Tampa, Florida. Series descriptions are based on special topics, the majority of which students focused their metadata entries around.
Before European settlement, the present-day Tampa area was inhibited by the Tocobaga and Pohoy tribes, which were decimated by European diseases and warfare. In 1824, the U.S. Army established the area's first permanent settlement called Fort Brooke, located at the mouth of the Hillsborough River.
Siding with the Confederacy during the American Civil War, Tampa served as the site of the Battle of Tampa, an inconclusive battle from June 30 to July 1, 1862; the Battle of Fort Brooke on October 16, 1862; and the Battle of Ballast Point on October 18, 1863. Incorporated as a town in 1949, Tampa experienced immense growth in the 1880s with the arrival of the railroad, the discovery of phosphate, and the development of the cigar industry.
From the 1920s to the 1950s, Tampa became a major center for organized crime, Prohibition-era bootlegging, and illegal bolita, a Cuban-influenced lottery. Tampa grew considerably during World War II, as the city was chosen for the location of MacDill Field, now the MacDill Air Forced Base (AFB). The founding of Busch Gardens Tampa and the University of South Florida also spurred growth.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/133" target="_blank">Hillsborough County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Tampa, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Contributor
Cepero, Ray
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.tampagov.net/city-clerk/info/archives/city-of-tampa-incorporation-history" target="_blank">Incorporation History</a>." City of Tampa, Florida. http://www.tampagov.net/city-clerk/info/archives/city-of-tampa-incorporation-history.
<span>Mulder, Kenneth W. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22947009" target="_blank"><em>Tampa Bay, Days of Long Ago</em></a><span>. Tampa, Fla: P & M Pub. Co, 1990.</span>
<span>Brown, Canter. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42476956" target="_blank"><em>Tampa Before the Civil War</em></a><span>. Tampa, Fla: University of Tampa Press, 1999.</span>
<span>Kerstein, Robert J. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45202019" target="_blank"><em>Politics and Growth in Twentieth-Century Tampa</em></a><span>. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2001.</span>
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
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Title
Nairobi Train Station of the Serengeti Express Railway at Busch Gardens Tampa, 2010
Alternative Title
Busch Gardens Serengeti Express Railway
Subject
Tampa (Fla.)
Theme parks
Railroads--Florida
Description
The Nairobi Train Station of the Serengeti Express Railway of Busch Gardens Tampa, a theme park located in Tampa, Florida, in 2010. The park opened as a hospitality facility for Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. on March 31, 1959. Busch Gardens originally hosted a brewery with beer tastings, but it was closed in 1995 and the roller coaster Gwazi was constructed in its place. In 1965, Serengeti Plains, inhabited by African wildlife, opened. In 1971, the Serengeti Express Railway, a two-mile railroad surrounding the park, was opened. The Stanleyville section opened, including the Stanley Falls Flume in 1973. In 1976, the Congo area opened, featuring Busch Gardens' first roller coaster, Python. Various theme areas and attractions have been added to the park over the years. The Edge of Africa was opened in 1997.<br /><br />From 1976 through the 1990s, the theme park was called Busch Gardens: The Dark Continent, but was renamed Busch Gardens Tampa Bay during that same decade. From 2006 to 2008, the park was renamed Busch Gardens Africa. In 2008, it returned to its original name. The park is currently owned by SeaWorld Entertainment and the Blackstone Groups. Busch Gardens includes several themed areas in addition to the Edge of Africa: Morocco, Stanleyville, Congo, Jungala, Pantopia, Nairobi, Crown Colony Plaza, and Egypt.
Type
Still Image
Source
Original color digital images by Ray Cepero, March 10, 2010: Private Collection of Ray Cepero.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/134" target="_blank">Tampa Collection</a>, Hillsborough County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original color digital images by Ray Cepero, March 10, 2010.
Coverage
Nairobi Train Station, Nairobi, Busch Gardens Tampa, Tampa, Florida
Creator
Cepero, Ray
Contributor
Cepero, Ray
Date Created
2010-03-10
Format
image/jpg
Extent
286 KB
219 KB
Medium
2 color digital images
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Ray Cepero.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Ray Cepero and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://seaworldparks.com/en/buschgardens-tampa/park-info/?from=Top_Nav" target="_blank">PARK INFO</a>." Busch Gardens Tampa, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment. http://seaworldparks.com/en/buschgardens-tampa/park-info/?from=Top_Nav.
"<a href="http://www.bgtnation.net/p/history_12.html" target="_blank">Park History</a>." BGTNation. http://www.bgtnation.net/p/history_12.html.
Transcript
WENDY'S
FORD
SERENGETI EXPRESS
Busch Gardens Tampa
Malcolm McKinley Drive
Nairobi Train Station
railroads
Raúl Cepero
Ray Cepero
Serengeti Express Railway
Tampa
theme parks
trains
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
Tampa Collection
Alternative Title
Tampa Collection
Subject
Tampa (Fla.)
Description
Collection of digital images, documents, and other records depicting the history of Tampa, Florida. Series descriptions are based on special topics, the majority of which students focused their metadata entries around.
Before European settlement, the present-day Tampa area was inhibited by the Tocobaga and Pohoy tribes, which were decimated by European diseases and warfare. In 1824, the U.S. Army established the area's first permanent settlement called Fort Brooke, located at the mouth of the Hillsborough River.
Siding with the Confederacy during the American Civil War, Tampa served as the site of the Battle of Tampa, an inconclusive battle from June 30 to July 1, 1862; the Battle of Fort Brooke on October 16, 1862; and the Battle of Ballast Point on October 18, 1863. Incorporated as a town in 1949, Tampa experienced immense growth in the 1880s with the arrival of the railroad, the discovery of phosphate, and the development of the cigar industry.
From the 1920s to the 1950s, Tampa became a major center for organized crime, Prohibition-era bootlegging, and illegal bolita, a Cuban-influenced lottery. Tampa grew considerably during World War II, as the city was chosen for the location of MacDill Field, now the MacDill Air Forced Base (AFB). The founding of Busch Gardens Tampa and the University of South Florida also spurred growth.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/133" target="_blank">Hillsborough County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Tampa, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Contributor
Cepero, Ray
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.tampagov.net/city-clerk/info/archives/city-of-tampa-incorporation-history" target="_blank">Incorporation History</a>." City of Tampa, Florida. http://www.tampagov.net/city-clerk/info/archives/city-of-tampa-incorporation-history.
<span>Mulder, Kenneth W. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22947009" target="_blank"><em>Tampa Bay, Days of Long Ago</em></a><span>. Tampa, Fla: P & M Pub. Co, 1990.</span>
<span>Brown, Canter. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42476956" target="_blank"><em>Tampa Before the Civil War</em></a><span>. Tampa, Fla: University of Tampa Press, 1999.</span>
<span>Kerstein, Robert J. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45202019" target="_blank"><em>Politics and Growth in Twentieth-Century Tampa</em></a><span>. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2001.</span>
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
Elephants at the Edge of Africa at Busch Gardens Tampa, 2010
Alternative Title
Busch Gardens Edge of Africa
Subject
Tampa (Fla.)
Theme parks
Elephants--United States
Description
Elephants at the Edge of Africa of Busch Gardens Tampa, a theme park located in Tampa, Florida, in 2010. The park opened as a hospitality facility for Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. on March 31, 1959. Busch Gardens originally hosted a brewery with beer tastings, but it was closed in 1995 and the roller coaster Gwazi was constructed in its place. In 1965, Serengeti Plains, inhabited by African wildlife, opened. In 1971, the Serengeti Express Railway, a two-mile railroad surrounding the park, was opened. The Stanleyville section opened, including the Stanley Falls Flume in 1973. In 1976, the Congo area opened, featuring Busch Gardens' first roller coaster, Python. Various theme areas and attractions have been added to the park over the years. The Edge of Africa was opened in 1997.<br /><br />From 1976 through the 1990s, the theme park was called Busch Gardens: The Dark Continent, but was renamed Busch Gardens Tampa Bay during that same decade. From 2006 to 2008, the park was renamed Busch Gardens Africa. In 2008, it returned to its original name. The park is currently owned by SeaWorld Entertainment and the Blackstone Groups. Busch Gardens includes several themed areas in addition to the Edge of Africa: Morocco, Stanleyville, Congo, Jungala, Pantopia, Nairobi, Crown Colony Plaza, and Egypt.
Type
Still Image
Source
Original color digital images by Ray Cepero, March 10, 2010: Private Collection of Ray Cepero.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/134" target="_blank">Tampa Collection</a>, Hillsborough County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original color digital images by Ray Cepero, March 10, 2010.
Coverage
Edge of Africa, Busch Gardens Tampa, Tampa, Florida
Creator
Cepero, Ray
Contributor
Cepero, Ray
Date Created
2010-03-10
Format
image/jpg
Extent
301 KB
273 KB
Medium
2 color digital images
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Ray Cepero.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Ray Cepero and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://seaworldparks.com/en/buschgardens-tampa/park-info/?from=Top_Nav" target="_blank">PARK INFO</a>." Busch Gardens Tampa, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment. http://seaworldparks.com/en/buschgardens-tampa/park-info/?from=Top_Nav.
"<a href="http://www.bgtnation.net/p/history_12.html" target="_blank">Park History</a>." BGTNation. http://www.bgtnation.net/p/history_12.html.
Busch Gardens Tampa
Edge of Africa
elephants
Malcolm McKinley Drive
Raúl Cepero
Ray Cepero
Tampa
theme parks
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
Tampa Collection
Alternative Title
Tampa Collection
Subject
Tampa (Fla.)
Description
Collection of digital images, documents, and other records depicting the history of Tampa, Florida. Series descriptions are based on special topics, the majority of which students focused their metadata entries around.
Before European settlement, the present-day Tampa area was inhibited by the Tocobaga and Pohoy tribes, which were decimated by European diseases and warfare. In 1824, the U.S. Army established the area's first permanent settlement called Fort Brooke, located at the mouth of the Hillsborough River.
Siding with the Confederacy during the American Civil War, Tampa served as the site of the Battle of Tampa, an inconclusive battle from June 30 to July 1, 1862; the Battle of Fort Brooke on October 16, 1862; and the Battle of Ballast Point on October 18, 1863. Incorporated as a town in 1949, Tampa experienced immense growth in the 1880s with the arrival of the railroad, the discovery of phosphate, and the development of the cigar industry.
From the 1920s to the 1950s, Tampa became a major center for organized crime, Prohibition-era bootlegging, and illegal bolita, a Cuban-influenced lottery. Tampa grew considerably during World War II, as the city was chosen for the location of MacDill Field, now the MacDill Air Forced Base (AFB). The founding of Busch Gardens Tampa and the University of South Florida also spurred growth.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/133" target="_blank">Hillsborough County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Tampa, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Contributor
Cepero, Ray
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.tampagov.net/city-clerk/info/archives/city-of-tampa-incorporation-history" target="_blank">Incorporation History</a>." City of Tampa, Florida. http://www.tampagov.net/city-clerk/info/archives/city-of-tampa-incorporation-history.
<span>Mulder, Kenneth W. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22947009" target="_blank"><em>Tampa Bay, Days of Long Ago</em></a><span>. Tampa, Fla: P & M Pub. Co, 1990.</span>
<span>Brown, Canter. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42476956" target="_blank"><em>Tampa Before the Civil War</em></a><span>. Tampa, Fla: University of Tampa Press, 1999.</span>
<span>Kerstein, Robert J. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45202019" target="_blank"><em>Politics and Growth in Twentieth-Century Tampa</em></a><span>. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2001.</span>
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
Zebras at the Edge of Africa at Busch Gardens Tampa, 2010
Alternative Title
Busch Gardens Edge of Africa
Subject
Tampa (Fla.)
Theme parks
Zebras
Description
Zebras at the Edge of Africa of Busch Gardens Tampa, a theme park located in Tampa, Florida, in 2010. The park opened as a hospitality facility for Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. on March 31, 1959. Busch Gardens originally hosted a brewery with beer tastings, but it was closed in 1995 and the roller coaster Gwazi was constructed in its place. In 1965, Serengeti Plains, inhabited by African wildlife, opened. In 1971, the Serengeti Express Railway, a two-mile railroad surrounding the park, was opened. The Stanleyville section opened, including the Stanley Falls Flume in 1973. In 1976, the Congo area opened, featuring Busch Gardens' first roller coaster, Python. Various theme areas and attractions have been added to the park over the years. The Edge of Africa was opened in 1997.<br /><br />From 1976 through the 1990s, the theme park was called Busch Gardens: The Dark Continent, but was renamed Busch Gardens Tampa Bay during that same decade. From 2006 to 2008, the park was renamed Busch Gardens Africa. In 2008, it returned to its original name. The park is currently owned by SeaWorld Entertainment and the Blackstone Groups. Busch Gardens includes several themed areas in addition to the Edge of Africa: Morocco, Stanleyville, Congo, Jungala, Pantopia, Nairobi, Crown Colony Plaza, and Egypt.
Type
Still Image
Source
Original color digital images by Ray Cepero, March 10, 2010: Private Collection of Ray Cepero.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/134" target="_blank">Tampa Collection</a>, Hillsborough County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original color digital images by Ray Cepero, March 10, 2010.
Coverage
Edge of Africa, Busch Gardens Tampa, Tampa, Florida
Creator
Cepero, Ray
Contributor
Cepero, Ray
Date Created
2010-03-10
Format
image/jpg
Extent
272 KB
247 KB
286 KB
Medium
3 color digital images
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Ray Cepero.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Ray Cepero and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://seaworldparks.com/en/buschgardens-tampa/park-info/?from=Top_Nav" target="_blank">PARK INFO</a>." Busch Gardens Tampa, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment. http://seaworldparks.com/en/buschgardens-tampa/park-info/?from=Top_Nav.
"<a href="http://www.bgtnation.net/p/history_12.html" target="_blank">Park History</a>." BGTNation. http://www.bgtnation.net/p/history_12.html.
Busch Gardens Tampa
Edge of Africa
Malcolm McKinley Drive
Raúl Cepero
Ray Cepero
Tampa
theme parks
zebras
-
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
Tampa Collection
Alternative Title
Tampa Collection
Subject
Tampa (Fla.)
Description
Collection of digital images, documents, and other records depicting the history of Tampa, Florida. Series descriptions are based on special topics, the majority of which students focused their metadata entries around.
Before European settlement, the present-day Tampa area was inhibited by the Tocobaga and Pohoy tribes, which were decimated by European diseases and warfare. In 1824, the U.S. Army established the area's first permanent settlement called Fort Brooke, located at the mouth of the Hillsborough River.
Siding with the Confederacy during the American Civil War, Tampa served as the site of the Battle of Tampa, an inconclusive battle from June 30 to July 1, 1862; the Battle of Fort Brooke on October 16, 1862; and the Battle of Ballast Point on October 18, 1863. Incorporated as a town in 1949, Tampa experienced immense growth in the 1880s with the arrival of the railroad, the discovery of phosphate, and the development of the cigar industry.
From the 1920s to the 1950s, Tampa became a major center for organized crime, Prohibition-era bootlegging, and illegal bolita, a Cuban-influenced lottery. Tampa grew considerably during World War II, as the city was chosen for the location of MacDill Field, now the MacDill Air Forced Base (AFB). The founding of Busch Gardens Tampa and the University of South Florida also spurred growth.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/133" target="_blank">Hillsborough County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Tampa, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Contributor
Cepero, Ray
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.tampagov.net/city-clerk/info/archives/city-of-tampa-incorporation-history" target="_blank">Incorporation History</a>." City of Tampa, Florida. http://www.tampagov.net/city-clerk/info/archives/city-of-tampa-incorporation-history.
<span>Mulder, Kenneth W. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22947009" target="_blank"><em>Tampa Bay, Days of Long Ago</em></a><span>. Tampa, Fla: P & M Pub. Co, 1990.</span>
<span>Brown, Canter. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42476956" target="_blank"><em>Tampa Before the Civil War</em></a><span>. Tampa, Fla: University of Tampa Press, 1999.</span>
<span>Kerstein, Robert J. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45202019" target="_blank"><em>Politics and Growth in Twentieth-Century Tampa</em></a><span>. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2001.</span>
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
Bird Gardens at Busch Gardens Tampa, 2010
Alternative Title
Busch Gardens Bird Gardens
Subject
Tampa (Fla.)
Theme parks
Restaurants--Florida
Roller coasters--United States
Description
The Bird Gardens of Busch Gardens Tampa, a theme park located in Tampa, Florida, in 2010. Garden Gate Cafcan bee seen to the left of the photograph, and Gwazi, a roller coaster that opened in 1999, can be seen in the distance.<br /><br />Busch Gardens opened as a hospitality facility for Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. on March 31, 1959. The park originally hosted a brewery with beer tastings, but it was closed in 1995 and the roller coaster Gwazi was constructed in its place. In 1965, Serengeti Plains, inhabited by African wildlife, opened. In 1971, the Serengeti Express Railway, a two-mile railroad surrounding the park, was opened. The Stanleyville section opened, including the Stanley Falls Flume in 1973. In 1976, the Congo area opened, featuring Busch Gardens' first roller coaster, Python. Various theme areas and attractions have been added to the park over the years.<br /><br />From 1976 through the 1990s, the theme park was called Busch Gardens: The Dark Continent, but was renamed Busch Gardens Tampa Bay during that same decade. From 2006 to 2008, the park was renamed Busch Gardens Africa. In 2008, it returned to its original name. The park is currently owned by SeaWorld Entertainment and the Blackstone Groups. Busch Gardens includes several themed areas in addition to the Edge of Africa: Morocco, Stanleyville, Congo, Jungala, Pantopia, Nairobi, Crown Colony Plaza, and Egypt.
Type
Still Image
Source
Original color digital image by Ray Cepero, March 10, 2010: Private Collection of Ray Cepero.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/134" target="_blank">Tampa Collection</a>, Hillsborough County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original color digital image by Ray Cepero, March 10, 2010.
Coverage
Bird Gardens, Busch Gardens Tampa, Tampa, Florida
Garden Gate Café, Busch Gardens Tampa, Tampa, Florida
Gwazi, Morocco, Busch Gardens Tampa, Tampa, Florida
Creator
Cepero, Ray
Contributor
Cepero, Ray
Date Created
2010-03-10
Format
image/jpg
Extent
342 KB
Medium
1 color digital image
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Ray Cepero.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Ray Cepero and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://seaworldparks.com/en/buschgardens-tampa/park-info/?from=Top_Nav" target="_blank">PARK INFO</a>." Busch Gardens Tampa, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment. http://seaworldparks.com/en/buschgardens-tampa/park-info/?from=Top_Nav.
"<a href="http://www.bgtnation.net/p/history_12.html" target="_blank">Park History</a>." BGTNation. http://www.bgtnation.net/p/history_12.html.
Bird Gardens
Busch Gardens Tampa
Garden Gate Caf
Gwazi
Malcolm McKinley Drive
Raúl Cepero
Ray Cepero
restaurant
restaurants
roller coaster
roller coasters
Tampa
theme parks
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
Tampa Collection
Alternative Title
Tampa Collection
Subject
Tampa (Fla.)
Description
Collection of digital images, documents, and other records depicting the history of Tampa, Florida. Series descriptions are based on special topics, the majority of which students focused their metadata entries around.
Before European settlement, the present-day Tampa area was inhibited by the Tocobaga and Pohoy tribes, which were decimated by European diseases and warfare. In 1824, the U.S. Army established the area's first permanent settlement called Fort Brooke, located at the mouth of the Hillsborough River.
Siding with the Confederacy during the American Civil War, Tampa served as the site of the Battle of Tampa, an inconclusive battle from June 30 to July 1, 1862; the Battle of Fort Brooke on October 16, 1862; and the Battle of Ballast Point on October 18, 1863. Incorporated as a town in 1949, Tampa experienced immense growth in the 1880s with the arrival of the railroad, the discovery of phosphate, and the development of the cigar industry.
From the 1920s to the 1950s, Tampa became a major center for organized crime, Prohibition-era bootlegging, and illegal bolita, a Cuban-influenced lottery. Tampa grew considerably during World War II, as the city was chosen for the location of MacDill Field, now the MacDill Air Forced Base (AFB). The founding of Busch Gardens Tampa and the University of South Florida also spurred growth.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/133" target="_blank">Hillsborough County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Tampa, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Contributor
Cepero, Ray
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.tampagov.net/city-clerk/info/archives/city-of-tampa-incorporation-history" target="_blank">Incorporation History</a>." City of Tampa, Florida. http://www.tampagov.net/city-clerk/info/archives/city-of-tampa-incorporation-history.
<span>Mulder, Kenneth W. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22947009" target="_blank"><em>Tampa Bay, Days of Long Ago</em></a><span>. Tampa, Fla: P & M Pub. Co, 1990.</span>
<span>Brown, Canter. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42476956" target="_blank"><em>Tampa Before the Civil War</em></a><span>. Tampa, Fla: University of Tampa Press, 1999.</span>
<span>Kerstein, Robert J. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45202019" target="_blank"><em>Politics and Growth in Twentieth-Century Tampa</em></a><span>. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2001.</span>
Still Image
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Title
Flamingos at Busch Gardens Tampa's Bird Gardens, 2010
Alternative Title
Busch Gardens Bird Gardens
Subject
Tampa (Fla.)
Tourism--Florida
Busch Gardens (Tampa, Fla.)
Theme parks
Flamingos
Description
Flamingos at the Bird Gardens of Busch Gardens Tampa, a theme park located in Tampa, Florida, in 2010. The park opened as a hospitality facility for Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. on March 31, 1959. Busch Gardens originally hosted a brewery with beer tastings, but it was closed in 1995 and the roller coaster Gwazi was constructed in its place. In 1965, Serengeti Plains, inhabited by African wildlife, opened. In 1971, the Serengeti Express Railway, a two-mile railroad surrounding the park, was opened. The Stanleyville section opened, including the Stanley Falls Flume in 1973. In 1976, the Congo area opened, featuring Busch Gardens' first roller coaster, Python. Various theme areas and attractions have been added to the park over the years.<br /><br />From 1976 through the 1990s, the theme park was called Busch Gardens: The Dark Continent, but was renamed Busch Gardens Tampa Bay during that same decade. From 2006 to 2008, the park was renamed Busch Gardens Africa. In 2008, it returned to its original name. The park is currently owned by SeaWorld Entertainment and the Blackstone Groups. Busch Gardens includes several themed areas in addition to the Edge of Africa: Morocco, Stanleyville, Congo, Jungala, Pantopia, Nairobi, Crown Colony Plaza, and Egypt.
Type
Still Image
Source
Original color digital images by Ray Cepero, February 13, 2010: Private Collection of Ray Cepero.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/134" target="_blank">Tampa Collection</a>, Hillsborough County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original color digital images by Ray Cepero, February 13, 2010.
Coverage
Bird Gardens, Busch Gardens Tampa, Tampa, Florida
Creator
Cepero, Ray
Contributor
Cepero, Ray
Date Created
2010-02-13
Format
image/jpg
Extent
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Medium
6 color digital images
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Ray Cepero.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Ray Cepero and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://seaworldparks.com/en/buschgardens-tampa/park-info/?from=Top_Nav" target="_blank">PARK INFO</a>." Busch Gardens Tampa, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment. http://seaworldparks.com/en/buschgardens-tampa/park-info/?from=Top_Nav.
"<a href="http://www.bgtnation.net/p/history_12.html" target="_blank">Park History</a>." BGTNation. http://www.bgtnation.net/p/history_12.html.
Bird Gardens
Busch Gardens Tampa
flamingos
Malcolm McKinley Drive
Raúl Cepero
Ray Cepero
Tampa
theme park
theme parks