El Circulo Cubano 101

All you wanted to know compiled and edited by Lloyd Carrera Santos

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    Help Save El Círculo Cubano de Tampa Building

    JUNE 3, 2016

    Website Design and Development by Luisanna Carrera Timmons and Jenifer M. McGilligan.

    Dr. Paul Dosal

    University of South Florida

    Vice Provost for Student Success

    President Emeritus of El Circulo Cubano

    Historian and Author of Ybor City and Cuba

    Raul Lavin

    President & CEO of Cosmos Truck Equipment, Inc.

    Círculo Cubano, Foundation, Board of Directors, Vice President Emeritus ,Oldest Member, Board of Directors, and Los Mambis

    Born in 1917 and raised in Ybor City/Tampa Florida 

    Patrick Manteiga

    CEO and Editor of La Gaceta Newspaper

    Foundation President Emeritus of The Cuban Club Foundation, Inc. 

    Member of El Círculo Cubano de Tampa

    Father, Roland and Grandfather Victoriano Manteiga instrumental in El Círculo Cubano de Tampa

    Angie Manteiga

    Photography Archives Administrator

    Ybor City, Tampa, Florida

    Tampa Baseball Museum
    Tampa Baseball Museum
    Tampa Baseball Museum at the Al Lopez House in Ybor City, Tampa, Florida
    Ybor City: Making of a Landmark Town
    Ybor City: Making of a Landmark Town
    Ybor City: The Making of a Landmark Town
    Cuban Bread Crumbs
    Cuban Bread Crumbs
    Cuban Bread Crumbs
    The Ybor City Story
    The Ybor City Story
    The Ybor City Story
    The Florida Bicentennial Trail
    The Florida Bicentennial Trail
    The Florida Bicentennial Trail: A Heritage Revisited
    USF Libraries Special Collections
    USF Libraries Special Collections
    USF Libraries Special Collections
    Once Upon A Time
    Once Upon A Time
    Once Upon A Time
    Author/Historian Dr. Wallace Reyes
    Author/Historian Dr. Wallace Reyes
    Author/Historian Dr. Wallace Reyes
    Merchants of Ybor City: Then & Now
    Merchants of Ybor City: Then & Now
    The Merchants of Ybor City: Then and Now
    A Pictorial History of Ybor City
    A Pictorial History of Ybor City
    A Pictorial History of Ybor City
    Images of America: Ybor City
    Images of America: Ybor City
    Images of America: Ybor City by A.M. de Quesada
    Pacheco’s Art of Ybor City
    Pacheco’s Art of Ybor City
    Pacheco’s Art of Ybor City by Ferdie Pacheco
    Tampa Cigar Workers
    Tampa Cigar Workers
    Tampa Cigar Workers by Robert P. Ingalls and Louis A. Pérez, Jr.
    Frank Garcia
    Frank Garcia
    Frank Garcia
    Born and raised in Ybor City/West Tampa.
    Shared his abuela Estela Dorta’s collection of his abuelo Armando Dorta’s pictures during his presidency at the Cuban Club. (See tab “OUR HISTORY”) He is a prominent paleontologist responsible for more than 30 previously undiscovered species of prehistoric animals. Frank’s song “El Corazón de Tampa” (video also on this site).
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    Rolando Perez Pedrero

    Grant writer for the Cuban Club Foundation, Inc.

    Historian of El Círculo Cubano

    President Emeritus of El Círculo Cubano

    Restoration Project Leader for La Diosa Mural 

    Father and Grandfather were leaders in El Círculo Cubano

    “A Special Thanks to everyone who helped guide this lost “Yborcitian" to make and develop this website.” Lloyd Carrera Santos

    cigarcitymagazine.com

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