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  1. Holocaust survivor died at 94. Here are 5 lessons she lived by.
    Jul. 16• Life & Culture
    Lisl Schick of Largo spoke to students at the Holocaust Museum about the night the Holocaust began. The historic night is called Kristallnacht, or Night of the Broken Glass. Schick was a girl living in Vienna on that night, Nov. 9, 1938, when Nazis burned synagogues and looted and destroyed Jewish-owned shops. The photos surrounding her are from that time, her parents, Lotte and Paul Porges on the left, and Schick at 11 and her brother, Walter Porges, 7.
  2. Netflix’s ‘The Girl in the Picture’ has Tampa Bay ties. Read coverage from the Times archives.
    Jul. 15• Movies
    Franklin Delano Floyd aka Warren Marshall aka Trenton B. Davis aka Clarence Hughes.
  3. NASA reveals more images from deep space via Webb Space Telescope
    Jul. 12• Life & Culture
    This combo of images provided by NASA on Tuesday shows a side-by-side comparison of observations of the Southern Ring Nebula in near-infrared light, at left, and mid-infrared light, at right, from the Webb Telescope.
  5. Photos: Tampa Bay celebrates the Fourth
    Jul. 5• History
    Samantha Roberts, 33, of Hudson, holds up Ryan Roberts, 5, as they watch fireworks light the sky during a fireworks show near the St. Pete Pier on Monday, July 4, 2022 in St. Petersburg.
    11 Images | View Slideshow
  6. Florida Boxing Hall of Fame founder’s memorabilia to be auctioned
    Jul. 4• Things To Do
    John Harris, who is an auctioneer, shows boxing memorabilia once owned by late founder of the Florida Boxing Hall of Fame Butch Flansburg at Alessi Ringside Gym and Fitness in Tampa.
  7. Woodlawn Cemetery could help solve mystery of Tampa’s erased Black cemeteries
    Jun. 30• History
    This small section of land at Woodlawn Cemetery was designated for Black burials more than a century ago. It was staked off in 1900 to separate it from white burials during that era of segregation.
  8. Owner of century-old Tampa building fights to prevent historic designation
    Jun. 29• History
    Steve Barber, a Kolter Urban development executive, places his hands in a large crack on a wall inside 520 N Tampa St. in Tampa.
  9. Tampa Bay museums MOSI, Great Explorations to show Webb Space Telescope images
    Jun. 28• Kids & Family
    A camera captures the last glimpse of the James Webb Space Telescope as it heads to its final destination 1 million miles from Earth. Tampa Bay libraries and museums such as MOSI and Great Explorations will have special events this summer to glimpse Webb's first pictures from outer space.
  10. Photos: A look back at Pride parades of the past in Tampa Bay
    Jun. 24• Photos
    A quarter-mile-long rainbow flag is being rolled up at the end of the 2011 Pride in Paradise parade, with hundreds of people carrying the flag down the street.
  11. Tampa tradition of baking Cuban bread with palmetto leaves at risk
    Jun. 23• History
    Palmetto leaves create the signature split on the top of baking loaves at La Segunda Central Bakery in Ybor City.
  12. In Elvis biopic, Tom Hanks plays the Tampa dogcatcher who managed the King
    Jun. 21• History
    Col. Tom Parker, who managed the career of Elvis Presley for 22 years, in his Nashville office. Tom Hanks portrays Parker in the "Elvis" movie.
  13. St. Pete Pride Parade returns for biggest celebration ever
    Jun. 21• Entertainment
    There hasn't been a St. Pete Pride since 2019, shown here with colorful marchers. Organizers expect to draw more than 300,000 people to the festivities in St. Petersburg on June 25.
  14. A historic marker denotes the location of an erased Tampa cemetery
    Jun. 17• History
    This historic marker now denotes the the location of the erased College Hill Cemetery. The burial ground for Black and Cuban residents is now the Italian Club Cemetery's parking lot. It was erased after 1941. There are no records of the bodies being moved.
  15. In Seffner, man finds remains of a historic battlefield in his driveway
    Jun. 13• History
    On the back of his truck. Gary Cananzey laid out various artifacts found at his nephew's driveway. They appear to be projectiles dating to the Seminole Wars or Civil War.
  16. Meet the ‘crazy Dutchman’ who modernized Tampa dairies
    Jun. 9• History
    August Van Eepoel Sr. on his horse and buggy in the Tampa wilderness in the early 1900s.
  17. Tampa’s Ann Turner Cook, the original Gerber baby, dies at 95
    Jun. 4• Tampa
    Ann Turner Cook stands by a copy of the original drawing made of her as the Gerber baby. The picture hangs in her home office.
  18. Tampa’s Oaklawn Cemetery might have an erased Black section
    Jun. 2• History
    The parking in the northeast corner of Oaklawn Cemetery and the fellowship hall to the north of the church across the street are within the footprint of property that was deeded as a Black cemetery in 1883. It's unclear if anyone was buried there.
  19. St. Petersburg pharmacist recalls trip to the 1975 National Spelling Bee
    May 31• History
    As a 12-year-old eighth-grader, Robert Muhar won the Suncoast Spelling Bee and a trip to the National Spelling Bee in 1975. This is a photo and part of a story about his Suncoast Spelling Bee victory that ran in the St. Petersburg Times.
  20. Photos: Tampa remembers the fallen
    May 30• Life & Culture
    Sara Osman, of Palm Harbor, places a rose made out of tissue paper by the name and photograph of her son, at MacDill Park in Tampa on Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, 2022. U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ergin V. Osman served 10 years in the Marine Corps and 5 years in the U.S. Army before he was killed in Afghanistan during his ninth tour. Tampa-based organization CRISP, which stands for Commitment, Respect, Integrity, Service and Pride, hosted a ceremony to honor the city’s military community.
    13 Images | View Slideshow
  21. Clearwater woman lived through two pandemics, remembered everything
    May 30• Pinellas
    Hallie Stone Maxon and Glenn Maxon married at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Clearwater. They had five children.
  22. Son will reopen the West Tampa library Walter L. Smith Sr. built
    May 23• History
    Walter Smith II poses for a portrait in the chair his that father used to work from at the Dr. Walter L. Smith Library.
  23. Fox 13′s Kelly Ring says goodbye to Tampa Bay after 37 years
    May 20• Life & Culture
    Co-anchor Kelly Ring pauses during a break in the Fox 13 6 p.m. news segment at the Tampa station on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Ring, who won three Emmy awards and traveled overseas, announced her retirement after 37 years at WTVT. Her last broadcast is scheduled for May 25.
  24. 2 century-old Tampa buildings could be saved from demolition
    May 19• History
    These two century-old buildings - 514 N. Tampa St. and 520 N. Tampa St. - might be saved from demolition.
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