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  2. Robert W. Saunders Sr. Public Library - Wikipedia

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    In 1933, the Ybor City Branch Library opened in a storefront, donated by the local Italian American Club, L'Unione Italiana at 1729 East Broadway. At the time, L'Unione Italiana was one of the several ethnic clubs in Tampa which provided members with cultural enrichment activities, healthcare, and promoted civic engagement and cultural development in the fledgeling city. [3]

  3. Tampa–Hillsborough County Public Library System - Wikipedia

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    By 1925, Tampa's public library network had four branches. The City of Tampa annexed West Tampa that year and absorbed their library, the West Tampa Free Public Library (previously a stand-alone entity), into the library system. As Hillsborough County continued to grow throughout the 20th century, the need for libraries further away increased.

  4. Ybor City - Wikipedia

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    Ybor City (/ ˈ iː b ɔːr / EE-bor) [2] is a historic neighborhood just northeast of downtown Tampa, Florida, United States.It was founded in the 1880s by Vicente Martinez-Ybor and other cigar manufacturers and populated by thousands of immigrants, mainly from Cuba, Spain, and Italy.

  5. L'Unione Italiana - Wikipedia

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    L'Unione Italiana (The Italian Club) in Ybor. L'Unione Italiana, (also known as The Italian Club), is a historic social society in Tampa's Ybor City neighborhood. [1] The group's building was designed by Tampa architect M. Leo Elliott. It is located at 1731 East Seventh Avenue.

  6. History of Ybor City - Wikipedia

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    Tampa, FL: Ybor City Museum Society. Mormino, Gary (1998). The Immigrant World of Ybor City. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida. ISBN 0-8130-1630-4. Mormino, Gary (2005). Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida. ISBN 0-8130-2818-3. Muniz, Jose Rivero (1954). The Ybor City Story: 1885–1954 ...

  7. After shooting, Tampa’s historic Ybor City wrestles with its ...

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    TAMPA — Walk east along Seventh Avenue and admire the brick buildings and the recently restored archway lights. Pass the new hotel and the old drinking hole and the sign that proclaims this to ...

  8. Ybor City cigar makers' strike of 1931 - Wikipedia

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    He named his plot of land Ybor City and quickly built a factory and housing for Cuban and Spanish cigar makers who in 1886 began production of fine, handmade cigars that gave Tampa national recognition. [3] From 1887 to World War II Ybor City was a company town dominated by the cigar industry. By 1910, Tampa was producing one million cigars per ...

  9. National Register of Historic Places listings in Tampa, Florida

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    Old Tampa Free Public Library. May 16, 1991 102 East Seventh Avenue ... West Tampa: 78: Ybor City Historic District: Ybor City Historic District. August 28, 1974 ...