Burgert Brothers collection of Tampa photographs, bulk 1890-1960
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Burgert Brothers Commercial Photographers
- Extent:
- 4.39 Linear Feet
- 21 boxes
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
Burgert Brothers Collection of Tampa Photographs, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.
Background
- Scope and content:
The collection consists of Burgert Brothers prints derived from various sources and assembled into a composite collection. The two principle sources for the Burgert images were the photographic holdings of the Tony Pizzo and Hampton Dunn collections. Both had considerable numbers of Burgert prints and negatives dispersed under various subject headings. The collection was assembled into a single, coherent collection in 1993.
- Biographical / historical:
Samuel Burgert was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1849. He later married Adelina Jane Barlow who was a native of Shreveport, Louisana. During the 1880's Samuel moved his wife and four sons to Florida. Locating in Jacksonville, Samuel worked as a photographer, during which time Adelina gave birth to twin boys. Near the end of the 19th century the Burgert family finally moved to Tampa where three of the Burgerts worked as photographers. Samuel's sons Al and Jean started the Burgert Brothers firm around 1917. They were widley known as skilled, and reputable photographers who maintained the finest equipment and didn't discriminate. They worked nearly every aspect of the business, including news, portrait, and commercial photography. Throughout their careers they took hundreds of thousands of photographs which recorded the development of Tampa from a small town to a major city.
Synder, Robert E. and Jack B. Morre, Sunland Tribune , 16 (November 1990) pp. 19-26.
For further reading see: Synder, Robert B. and Jack B. Moore, Pioneer Commercial Photography- The Burgert Brothers, Tampa, Florida, University Press of Flordia: Gainesville, 1992.
- Arrangement:
This collection is currently unprocessed.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
The collection is unprocessed, but is available in the Special and Digital Collections Reading Room, Tampa Library, University of South Florida.
- Terms of access:
None. The contents of the collection may be subject to copyright. Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for more information.
- Preferred citation:
Burgert Brothers Collection of Tampa Photographs, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.
- Location of this collection:
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The University of South Florida, Tampa Campus4202 East Fowler Ave. LIB122TampaFL33620-5400USA
