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Leo Jobsis Rossignol is currently a third-year student at New College of Florida. Hailing from the Virgin Islands, Leo studied for an extensive period of time at the University of the Virgin Islands in applied math. Transferring to New College in…

Cabinet card photograph of Scott Maxwell, Overseer of Vaucluse Spinning of the Graniteville Manufacturing Company in Vaucluse (S.C.).

Rebecca Ritter is a sophomore at St. Mary's College of Maryland. She is majoring in English Literature and the Spanish Language, with a minor concentration in Computer Science. She works for the campus newspaper, The Point News, and at the Writing…

Maps of the Town of Tampa in 1887, as the city began to expand.

A map of the Town of Tampa in 1884, when it had yet to industrialize.

A series of maps encompassing the Tampa area in 1889.

Tampa City Ordinance granting certain rights and privileges to the new Tampa and Thonotossassa Railway Company.

(transcription) “Mr. W.N Conoley, representing the Electric Sight Co., addressed the council on the subject of adopting the electric system of lighting the City. He proposed to furnish either arc or incandescent lights. He thought twelve or fourteen…

Several pages from the Tampa City Council minutes on the subject of civil infrastructure development.

This is a labeled sketch of the dormitories constructed to house the Chinese workers at the Sampson Shoe Factory. Its caption reads, "The Dormitories -- (Sketched by Theo R. Davis)."