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Archives presentation traces Tampa's 1925 boom: Booker T. Washington School, West Tampa annexation, Davis Islands development
Summary
At an Archives Awareness Week talk, Rodney Kite Powell detailed Tampa's 1925 growth, highlighted the centennial of Booker T. Washington School, recounted West Tampa's annexation and described Davis Islands' construction and hospital bond issuance.
Rodney Kite Powell, director of the map library at the Tampa Bay History Center, used an Archives Awareness Week presentation to outline major developments in Tampa in 1925, including the centennial of Booker T. Washington School, the annexation of West Tampa and construction on Davis Islands.
Powell said Booker T. Washington School, created as part of local black education infrastructure, remains a significant institutional legacy and that the school’s faculty and alumni — including principal Howard W. Blake and teacher Hilda…
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