Mrs. Culp Revisited: Feb. 19, 1937

They watch the Cigar Festival parade

Tampa was the home to so many cigar companies that it was known as "Cigar City," and it hosted an annual Cigar Festival, the Verbena de Tabaco. Today Mrs. Culp and daughter-in-law Jackie watched the Verbena de Tabaco parade from the eighth floor of the Bay View Hotel. "It was very nice, beautiful floats," Mrs. Culp wrote. Here is a poster from the Tampa…