J.C. Newman of Ybor City – Featured on Discovery Channel
Calling all Ybor City history fans!!!! There is a very interesting & fun story about the building across from the J.C. Newman Cigar factory in Ybor City. Go to Discover+ then search “YBOR”. There you will find “Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America” season 3 episode 1
Congratulation to J.C. Newman on a great job. Thanks
Great Ybor City Fire of March 1, 1908
Statistics of damages from the Great Ybor City Fire of March 1, 1908, reported in The Weekly Tribune on March 5, 1908. Photo courtesy of the University of Fla. George A. Smathers Library digital collection, from the Pizzo collection.
