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The legend of gasparilla

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  1. Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla is founded. This was a horseback invasion staged at the Tampa Bay Hotel to promote the May Day Festival. The first Coronation Ball was held in the hotel’s dining room.

  2. The May Day Festival is discontinued. Gasparilla was then held in conjunction with the recently organized South Florida Fair, held in November. Three of Tampa’s sixty automobiles participated in the parade this year.

  3. Float prizes were awarded for the first time.

  4. No invasion because of the lack of any other grand occasion with which to coincide.

  5. No invasion because of the lack of any other grand occasion with which to coincide.

  6. No invasion because of the lack of any other grand occasion with which to coincide.

  7. No invasion because of the lack of any other grand occasion with which to coincide.

  8. The Panama Canal Celebration in Tampa re-energizes YMKG.

  9. The first ship invasion was on the rented Samuel T. Beacham, boarded at the Tampa Yacht and Country Club. In the early days, the Krewe never knew until the day before the invasion whether they had a

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    King Gasparilla XV on His Float During the Gasparilla Parade, February 4, 1924

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    Creation Date

    February 1924

    Abstract

    King Gasparilla XV and his attendants ride on his float during the Gasparilla Parade.

    Keywords

    Festivals, Parade floats, Parades

    Extent

    1 black-and-white photograph

    Geographic Location

    Hillsborough County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.)

    Media Type

    Black-and-white photographs

    Note

    Title supplied by cataloger.; Printed from negative S-95.

    Identifier

    B29-s-00000095

    Recommended Citation

    Burgert Brothers, "King Gasparilla XV on His Float During the Gasparilla Parade, February 4, 1924" (1924). Burgert Brothers Collection of Tampa Photographs. Image 416.
    https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/burgert/416

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