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Alphabetical by subject according to the subject filing system of the Florida Photographic Collection.
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Biographical/Historical:
Around 1917, brothers Alfred "Al" and Jean Burgert established the Burgert Brothers Commercial Photography Studio in Tampa, Florida. Their father, Samuel Burgert, had been a photographer first in Ohio and Kentucky, then in Jacksonville, and by 1895, in Tampa. Samuel and another son, Willard, opened S.P. Burgert & Son in Ybor City, Tampa in 1899. Jean and the other four brothers assisted the business periodically until Jean and Al founded their own studio. In 1943, Al bought out Jean's interest in the business, then retired and sold it in late 1945 to his nephew Thel Burgert (who later sold his interest) and an employee named Al Severson. Severson continued operating the business under the Burgert Brothers name until he retired in 1963.
Summary:
This collection consists of approximately 500 photographic prints made from negatives produced by the Burgert Brothers studio in Tampa, Florida. Burgert Brothers photographed scenes in Tampa and surrounding areas including St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Sarasota, Bradenton, and some smaller towns. Images include street scenes, vehicles, churches, hotels, banks, stores, restaurants, government buildings, police and fire departments, television and radio stations, waterfront views, and events.
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Select images have been digitized and are available on the Florida Memory web site: https://www.floridamemory.com/discover/photographs/
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Location of Originals/Duplicates:
Tampa Public Library has the original negatives from which these prints were made.
Associated Materials:
Tampa Public Library has reproduced many prints and original negatives.
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Ownership/Custodial History:
The photographer who bought the Burgert Brothers studio relinquished the negatives to Tampa Photo Co. The Friends of Tampa Public Library purchased the negatives.
Burgert Brothers prints comprising collection M87-24 were interfiled in the photograph subject files of the Florida Photographic Collection.
Publication Note:
Burgert Brothers photographs are published and/or described in "Pioneer Commercial Photography: The Burgert Brothers, Tampa, Florida," Robert E. Snyder and Jack B. Moore, Gainesville, FL, 1992; and in "Tampa, Florida's Year Round City," Burgert Brothers, Tampa, Fla., n.d (ca. 1920).
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