Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

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Mrs. Culp Revisited: May 11, 1937

Mrs. Culp Revisited: May 11, 1937

Departing gifts from the Cubans

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Kathryn Smith
May 11, 2022
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Mrs. Culp Revisited: May 11, 1937
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The Cruz family departed for Miami, and they shared parting gifts with Mrs. Culp. “Mrs. Cruz gave me two pretty luncheon cloths and Mrs. de Castro a bottle of perfume, ‘My Sin.’” Her parting gifts to them included a set of nesting boxes, each holding Florida souvenirs, to be opened when they arrived in Havana. After the Cruzes left, she looked into send…

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