In the center of the seal is a (historically inaccurate[2]) depiction of the steamshipMascotte, which was owned by Henry B. Plant and was named after the operetta La mascotte by Edmond Audran.[1] The ship (along with its sister ship Ollivette, which was also named for an opera by Audran) ran between Tampa, Key West, and Cuba from the mid-1880s until the early 1900s.[3] It was in that capacity that it brought thousands of immigrants and regular shipments of clear Havana tobacco to Ybor City and West Tampa, helping to make Tampa the Cigar Capital of the World[4]
The outside parameter of the city seal shows the "City of Tampa Florida" and "July 15, 1887", the date on which the city was organized under a special act of the Florida Legislature. The seal shown was created by Margaret Joan Hug, a city of Tampa employee. She created (updated) the seal in the late 1970s or early 1980s. Margaret was born on April 4, 1934, in Detroit, Michigan
seal, tampa, seal, city, tampa, tampa, government, official, seal, seal, made, italy, 1920s, antuono, seal, city, tampa, contents, design, also, references, external, linksdesign, editin, center, seal, historically, inaccurate, depiction, steamship, mascotte, . The Seal of the City of Tampa is Tampa government s official seal The seal was made in Italy in the 1920s by Val Antuono Sr 1 The Seal of the City of Tampa Contents 1 Design 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksDesign editIn the center of the seal is a historically inaccurate 2 depiction of the steamship Mascotte which was owned by Henry B Plant and was named after the operetta La mascotte by Edmond Audran 1 The ship along with its sister ship Ollivette which was also named for an opera by Audran ran between Tampa Key West and Cuba from the mid 1880s until the early 1900s 3 It was in that capacity that it brought thousands of immigrants and regular shipments of clear Havana tobacco to Ybor City and West Tampa helping to make Tampa the Cigar Capital of the World 4 The outside parameter of the city seal shows the City of Tampa Florida and July 15 1887 the date on which the city was organized under a special act of the Florida Legislature The seal shown was created by Margaret Joan Hug a city of Tampa employee She created updated the seal in the late 1970s or early 1980s Margaret was born on April 4 1934 in Detroit MichiganSee also editFlag of Tampa FloridaReferences edit a b History of the seal of Tampa Archived from the original on 2010 03 26 Retrieved 2009 01 17 February 2006 Going Places with Pam Archived from the original on 2010 06 12 Retrieved 2011 06 26 Floripedia Key West Mail and Steamship Service Immigration and Ybor City 1886 1921 Cigar City Magazine www cigarcitymagazine com Archived from the original on 2011 10 01 External links editThe Story of Tampa Archived 2010 06 12 at the Wayback Machine Portals nbsp Cities nbsp Florida nbsp Heraldry nbsp This Tampa related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Hillsborough County Florida location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Seal of Tampa amp oldid 1105465193, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
