Ferlita Bakery Metal Print

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Historic Ybor City is a district in Tampa, Florida. This is “La Joven Francesca Bakery”. Originally from Sicily Francisco Ferlita opened a bakery at this location in 1896. Back then bread went for three or five cents. If you did not have the cash Francisco was willing to offer you credit. That bakery, a wood structure, burned down in 1922. A new brick building was then built utilizing the surviving brick ovens. Francisco’s sons operated the bakery after his death in 1931. At its peak the bakery produced 35,000 loaves a week. Production cane to an end in 1973.

In case you are wondering, the "1818" is the street address.

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