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	Record Group Number:	900000
	Series/Collection Number:	N2022- 7
	Creator:	Gagarin, "Prince" Alexis Nicholaevitch 1905-1947
	Title, Dates:	"Prince" Alexis N. Gagarin photographic negatives, 1920s-1940s
	Amount:	1 folders
	Medium Included:	Photographs.
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	Biographical/Historical:	"Prince" Alexis Nicholaevitch Gagarin, born on July 17, 1905, in St. Petersburg, Russia, is a self-proclaimed cousin of Czar Nicholas II. Fleeing to America during the Russian Revolution, Gagarin worked as a dancer in New York, Chicago, and Toronto before eventually moving to Tampa and becoming a businessman and a journalist. Gagarin was especially known for making and selling his own perfume. He was a business partner with Jose Luis Avellanal and the two famously attempted to prove the identity of a woman claiming to be Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia.
	Summary:	The series contains the photographic negatives of "Prince" Alexis N. Gargarin from his time in Tampa, Florida. The photos range from personal photos with friends to photos from his businesses and his time as a journalist.
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	Ownership/Custodial History:	Records previously housed within the University of South Florida Libraries - Tampa Special Collections. That repository deaccessioned these materials and transferred them to the State Archives.
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	Subject Access Fields:	Gagarin, "Prince" Alexis Nicholaevitch 1905-1947 Gagarin, "Prince" Alexis Nicholaevitch Refugees Florida Friendly societies Florida Business development. Photographs. aat Hillsborough County (Fla.) Tampa (Fla.)
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