I was browsing around in the historical photo archives of Tampa, and was looking for cool old Tampa related car pics. There is all kinds of stuff to look at in there. Check it out, post some cool stuff that you find:
Burgert Brothers Photography Index



Automobile racer in Sig. Haugdahl's "3 Mile-a-Minute" Wisconsin Special, people in grandstand in background: Tampa, Fla. Circa 1924




Auto racing at the Florida State Fair : Tampa, Fla. Circa 1927




Speedboat races with spectators watching along Bayshore Boulevard crowded with parked cars : Tampa, FL. Circa 1925


Auto races at Florida State Fair : Tampa, Fla. Circa 1932


Automobile races at the Florida State Fairgrounds, two views: Tampa, Fla. Circa 1951


View of automobile mishap at the 20th Street crossing in Ybor City: Tampa, Fla. Circa 1919


Gandy Bridge; two-lane, poured-concrete bridge with automobile traffic: Tampa, Fla. Circa 1924


Franklin Street (500-600 blocks) looking north towards trolleys and automobile traffic: Tampa, Fla. Circa 1925


Atlantic Tire Service building at 401 Lafayette Street (Kennedy Blvd.), men working on tires of parked automobiles outside building: Tampa, Fla. Circa 1920


Automobile on Bayshore Boulevard (1500 block) looking southeast towards shoreline: Tampa, Fla Circa 1915


Lafayette Street Bridge (Kennedy Bridge), trolley, automobile traffic and crowds during Gasparilla celebration: Tampa, Fla Circa 1922



Foreign cars unloaded at Luckenbach terminal : Tampa, Fla. Circa 1959


Parking lot at Montgomery Ward, 1701 North Dale Mabry Highway : Tampa, Fla. Circa 1960


Mc Donald's 3515 Dale Mabry Highway South, on the northwest corner of Dale Mabry Highway South and Kensington Street : Tampa, Fla. Circa 1962

 

very interesting. thanks .

 

Wow that awesome foreals

 

Wow those pictures are pretty neat! Rep for you!

 

Awesome pictures, thanks for sharing!

 

Sweeeeet, Thanks for that

 

really intresting ...

I wonder how long did we have trolleys for down here ?

its also intresting that we had power lines in 1915 ...

 

Tampa had streetcars (trolleys) up till after WWII. They ran all over Tampa, even all the way out to Ballast Point.
They tore them out and incorporated buses and bus routes instead during the 1950's thinking it was the more modern thing to do. Big mistake. Interestingly enough I heard that one of the street cars that currently runs the new Channelside/Ybor connection is actually one of the old cars that has been restored. And in the Spaghetti Warehoue restraunt there is another of the old original street cars.

 

^thanks for the info ...

 

I love old photography especially when there is a short description with it. Thanks for the pics.

I can't help thinking of how much fun it was in those days without today's regulations and crap. Those guys built cars in barns and garages and ran in some of the biggest races of the era. Adjusted for the times their budgets were probably less than a lot of ours are today.