Old Tampa Photo Collection — Old Tampa Photos Home

Here’s a look into Tampa’s past through photographs. Some you may recognize, and some will be a fresh discovery. Click on the images below to see their stories. Several have a photo of what the scene looks like now. They all include some historical information that may surprise you. Photos are being added frequently, so check back!

Demmi's Market

Spar Drive-In, 2713 Bayshore Blvd

A Monkey Working The Pump At Boyd's Service Station

Carmine's Italian Restaurant- 105 Buffalo (MLK) and Highlands Ave

Waitresses Posing In Front Of The Big Orange Drive-In Restaurant [1301 Kennedy Blvd]

Woman wearing goggles welding a piece of metal

Teen Age Hall store 207 Twiggs Street

Manuel Palacio's Sandwich Stand [3905 Gandy Blvd]

Henry Di Stefano Cuscaden Park Service Station

Tampa's 1958 Snow Show

Lieutenant Al Ford

Goldstein's Swimming Pool at Oak Grove Springs

Cracker Village Restaurant and Lounge

Tampa's Famous Sea Breeze Restaurant

Dan Good Sandwiches

Columbia Restaurant with the Saturday Evening Post banner on front

Dedication of Tampa Negro Hospital, 1615 Lamar Avenue, with officials and guests, 1930

El Malecon department store [at 3715] 7th Avenue

Super Test Amusement Park, 2924 North Dale Mabry Highway

Elke's Pontiac on [1101] Florida Avenue (1950).

Main Gate at the Florida State Fair 1953

Faircloth Buick- 4400 N Dale Mabry Highway

Hugh Smith- WTVT anchorman from 1963 - 1991

Tropics Restaurant and Bar 301 S Dale Mabry

Postmistress Elizabeth Barnard taking mail sack from cabin of Florida Airways plane

Big Top Flea Market

Submarines docked at Hendry and Knight Terminal at Port of Tampa

Dale Mabry Center- 1300 block of South Dale Mabry-1966

B & B Supermarket (1952). Robertson and Fresh

Ray Dantzler- WTVT anchor and program director

Woman smokes a cigar defiantly at the La Verbena de Tobacco [cigar festival]

Dick A Greco, Tampa's 50th Mayor

Former Tampa Veterinary Hospital

Davis Islands Country Club

Tampa Union Station

Hot Dog Lady- Tampa Photo Laureate Jeremy Chandler

Farners Shoes 1918 S Dale Mabry Hwy

1924 Davis Islands Sales Brochure

Orange Pharmacy building, 2115 Grand Central Avenue

Dale Mabry and Leona- Circa 1974

Centro Español Hospital- Bayshore Blvd

Palma Ceia Springs Swimming Pool

Albertus Hotel and Restaurant

Morrison's Cafeteria- Bentley-Trezevant Building - Florida Avenue

Convent of the Holy Names- Tampa

D. P. Davis Properties offices with pedestrian traffic - Davis Islands sales office

S.H Kress Building- downtown Tampa

Packard Tampa Motor Company at 509 Jackson Street

Bayshore Baptist Church at 2200 Dekle Avenue

Clark Memorial Baptist Church and Goodwill Center at 1909 15th Street Ybor City

Colonnade Restaurant- Bayshore, Tampa

Davis Islands Swimming Pool garden entrance with diver standing on diving tower

Patrone- Alsessi bakery- Howard Avenue

Seaboard Oil service station Columbus at Highlands

Manuel Katz Department Store- Ybor City

Gandy Liquors, 3103 West Gandy Boulevard

Hensley- Stovall Arcade- Oxford Exchange

Howard Johnsons Gandy and Dale Mabry

Sulphur Springs Dog Track Grandstand and track

Tampa Brewing- Ybor City

Tony's Spanish & Italian Restaurant 3300 S Dale Mabry

The Palladium Ballroom Tampa, 205 W. Cass Street

B & B Supermarket (1952) 5236 Florida Ave.

The Lucky Inn and Art's Swap Shop 8213 Nebraska Ave

Tampa Heights Hospital on the southeast corner of 301 East 7th Avenue

Mc Donald's 3515 Dale Mabry Highway South 1962

Bill Currie Ford - 3319 Florida Ave

Haber's Department Store

Ferman Oldsmobile, 1307 Grand Central Ave

Palace of Florence Apartments- Davis Islands

Paradise Bar and Cocktail Lounge

Railroad crossing on South Howard, Tampa

Streetcar track removed on Franklin Street 1950

Goodyear blimp Mayflower at Peter O Knight airport

Davis Islands Coliseum

Boneshakers- 1601 Snow Ave- Old Hyde Park

Sicilia Club, Cazin Theatre and Howard Theater 2001 N Howard Ave

Wallace building - Tampa Tribune Building- Northwest corner of Tampa and Twiggs Streets

Chan's Hobby Shop on Florida Ave

Chan's Hobby and Toy Store, 4107 Henderson Boulevard -Tampa, Fla.

Guinn Motel 3666 Gandy Blvd

Freid's Drive Inn at 1907 East Hillsborough Avenue

Davis Islands Supermarket

Tampa international Airport-Delta Airlines DC-8- 1960s

Tampa Police Helicopter crash 1971

Joseph A Schlitz Brewery, 11111 30th Street,

Tampa Hardware Company

Delta Airlines Boeing 727 circa 1972

Berkeley Preparatory School, Davis Islands

Denny's at Kennedy Blvd and Parker Street- circa early 1970s

Plane crash of Col. Leslie MacDill, namesake of MacDill Air Force Base

Leo's Bar 1948 E Hillsborough Ave.

Bexley's Bar-B-Q Ribs and Soul Fried Chicken 2144 Main Street

Proposed elevated highway along the downtown Hillsborough River- 1945

Dow Sherwood's Village Inn Pancake House, 215 North Dale Mabry

Leo's Baybreeze Restaurant, 4625 Gandy Blvd.

Boe Wood Chevrolet, 1720 E Hillsborough Ave.

Kelly Ring- WTVT Anchorwoman

Ferlits and Sons beer bottling plant

Main Street looking east from Howard Avenue, 1911

Tampa Travelodge East- 1102 E Kennedy Blvd

Saratoga Bar and the 1300 block of N Franklin

The Old Fort Restaurant On Franklin And Platt Streets

Davis Islands Pharmacy

500 Block of Franklin St. circa mid-1970s

Ben Hill Chevrolet Company, 109 North Oregon Avenue

Lerner Shops, 701 Franklin Street, northeast corner of Zack

Tampa Trolley Barn

Strip mall, 1513 to 1517 South Dale Mabry Highway, 1958

Mercedes Restaurant - 2600 16th St

Seminole Laundry- 4904 Florida Ave

Rio Liquor store and sandwich shop- 3126 W Gandy Blvd.

Gold Ring Cafe and Caterers in Tampa Heights

Interior of the Clover Bar Restaurant- Kress Building

George Guida & Sons Home Furnishings - 1803 N Howard Ave

Royal Castle Hamburgers- Bullard Parkway & 56th Street, Temple Terrace

Shakey’s Pizza Parlor and Ye Public House - 4010 South Dale Mabry

Tampa Airport Motel, 2222 Westshore Blvd.

Davis Islands Hardware Store- 221 E Davis Blvd.

Sweden House Tampa 2720 N Dale Mabry

Suncoast Helicopter with the Exchange Bank logo over Tampa Stadium and Al Lopez Field

Alessi Farmers Market- 4802 Gunn Hwy

600 Block of Florida Avenue circa 1960

Mirabella's Seafood Restaurant- 327 N Dale Mabry Hwy

Green Sea Turtle processing Tampa

Sharpe Cadillac 111 E Platt St.

Royal Orleans Motel and Mardi Gras Lounge

JC Penny at Franklin and Polk Streets

Odorless Dry Cleaning Company, 106 North Albany Avenue

Davis Islands Motor Hotel and Islands Club

Fellows Motors Co, Datsun, Jeep

Main Street Ice Cream Parlor- Hyde Park

Adam's City HAtters, 620 Tampa St

Centro Espanol Clinic [La Benefica Espanola]- Ybor Building- at 15th Street And Palm Avenue

National Loan Co- Clarke Building, 1101 Franklin St

Thrift Courts Motel, 3314 S. Dale Mabry Hwy

Hugo's Spanish Restaurant Tampa

Oliva Tobacco Company

The Florida Theater 710 Franklin St

Corner of Bayshore Blvd and Howard Ave

Tampa Tribune Building at 507 Lafayette Street.

Tampa Tarpon Tournament

Gordon Dry Goods building

Sky Dancers over Franklin St

Chatterbox Lounge Tampa

Dorinda's Yarn Shop

La Casa Arte gift shop

Roland Acosta, Plant High School Head Football Coach

Mary Carter Paints, 3809 S. Dale Mabry

Strip Center with Arthur Yates Jewelers, 1500 Block S Dale Mabry

Arthur Murry's Dance Studio, 128 Lafayette St

B & B Supermarket, 3722 Henderson Boulevard

Cracker Village Restaurant and Lounge, 3015 Grand Central Ave

Cuesta Apartments, 2502 N Howard Ave

Tampa Trolley Barn and Heights Market

Frisch's Big Boy, 9399 Florida Ave

Amazon Hose and Rubber Company

Carmine's Italian Restaurant- 105 Buffalo (MLK) and Highlands Ave

Boys Club, Ybor City- 2806 N 15th St

McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II crash on Davis Islands - 1966

Jose Gaspar Pirate Ship at Curtis Hixon Hall

Wares Diner 1322 S Dale Mabry