 
D. Collins Gillett as Gasparilla King of 1923
Burgert Bros. photo courtesy of the Tampa-Hillsborough Co. Library
System.
 



  


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Former Tampa Mayor Myron
Gillett, Apr. 1898
Photo from "Men of the South." |
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"LARROC" is "CORRAL" spelled backwards.
The Corral and Vega families were related by marriage of Celestino
Camilo Vega, Jr., (son of Celestino Camilo Vega, Sr. & Carolina
Sanchez Rendueles Vega) to Sylvia de Angeles Corral, (dau. of Spain natives
Manuel Corral and Angeles del Cueto Corral.) Manuel Corral was
the founder of Corral, Wodiska & Company; cigar company in Tampa.
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Celestino C. Vega, Sr. & wife Carolina S. Vega, 1927
Cropped Burgert Bros. photo from the THCPLS |
Manuel Corral
Tribune obit photo, Dec. 1, 1936 |

Apr. 11, 1930 Tribune - UF Sigma Chi President |
1931 Times - Mystic Krewe 1st Maid
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1932 Gasparilla Queen
Miss Sylvia de Angeles Corral |

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Neither
the TIMES nor the TRIBUNE printed more than a short
paragraph about the naming. No attempt was made to
report the significance of the name of the new dorm.
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BELOW ARTICLE FROM 1958 WHEN DR. DELO WAS
HIRED |
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Read about David M. Delo, former University of Tampa President

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