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Listen: The Bluegrass & Old-Time ProgramPortrait of Amalia Y Elena Martinez Ybor "Cuca"
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Cuca was 71 when this portrait was painted. She was the sister of Jenny Martinez Ybor Castaneda and Vincente Ybor and the daughter of Vicente Martinez Ybor. Vicente Martinez Ybor, with the help of personal underwriting by the members of the Tampa Board of Trade, bought 40 acres for $4,000 in 1885, built the first cigar factory in the area and moved his cigar making operation from Key West to Tampa. He brought workers from Cuba to work in his factory and built and rented houses to them. The area grew and became known as Ybor City.
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