neither fire nor riot
95 years ago…
August 13, 1911 – The sound of fireworks rocked the “Sunday rest” of the people of Tampa, especially in Ybor City, as a “multitude of Latin Americans” celebrate at a picnic in De Soto Park in Palmetto Beach. Telephone operators (known as “hello girls”) assured residents that there was neither a fire nor a riot in Ybor City.
Courtesy of the Tampa Bay History Center.
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