Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

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Mrs. Culp Revisited: Feb. 6, 1937

Mrs. Culp Revisited: Feb. 6, 1937

A toaster for William and Jackie, breakfast in bed for FDR

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Mrs. Culp Revisited: Feb. 6, 1937
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It was a warm, clear day in Tampa. Mrs. Culp went shopping in the morning and took the streetcar back to the Bay View. "Had windows cleaned to-day, sat outside in sunshine for 2 hours." Son William and daughter-in-law Jackie came for a visit. "They wrote to Trude [Mrs. Culp’s sister] to thank her for the toaster," she said. Here is a 1936 ad for a Toast…

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