Photograph as originally submitted to this page in the Historical Marker Database www.HMdb.org. Click on photo to resize in browser. Scroll down to see metadata.

Photographer: AGS Media
Taken: July 2, 2010
Caption: Historic Central Avenue Mural
Additional Description: Sponsored by the City of Tampa Public Art Program, the mural is just across North Orange Avenue from the marker. It identifies the following civic leaders from the era:
Moses White: proprietor of a popular bar-b-que restaurant which opened on Central Avenue in 1932 (today run by his grandson on 7th Avenue in Ybor: Moses White & Sons Bar-B-Que)
Mr. & Mrs. Joyner: proprietors of a popular Central Avenue nightclub and entertainment venue, The Cotton Club
Perry Harvey, Sr.: was instrumental in organizing the local Longshoremen's Union (now headquartered across from the park)
C. Blythe Andrews, Sr.: publisher of Tampa's newspaper for the African American community, the Florida Sentinel Bulletin (which itself has a historical marker nearby and remains family-run today)
Watts Sanderson, Sr.: proprietor of the Central Terrace Beer Garden, a popular pub and social spot
Submitted: July 3, 2010, by Glenn Sheffield of Tampa, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p115717
File Size: 1.626 Megabytes

To see the metadata that may be embedded in this photo, sign in and then return to this page.