Mrs. Culp Revisited: March 30, 1937

The history of the Bay View Hotel

Not much was going on today. Mrs. Culp got a letter from her sister Else in St. Petersburg, telling her she wants to come visit next week. "Stayed home and played bridge," she wrote.

This is a good time to share another picture of the Bay View Hotel and tell you about its remarkable developer, Robert Mugge.

Like the Culps, Mugge was a German immigrant. He…