Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

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Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between
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Mrs. Culp Revisited: August 15, 1937

Mrs. Culp Revisited: August 15, 1937

Farewell to the Bay View!

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Kathryn Smith
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“Packed all day,” Mrs. Culp wrote.

Since this is their last day at the Bay View Hotel, I am sharing a Burgert Brothers photo from 1942 showing the check-in desk in the lobby. (Tampa-Hillsborough Public Library Cooperative collection). Note the information display to the left; I ran it as a separate picture earlier this week. We can imagine Walter working…

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