Mrs. Culp Revisited: May 16, 1937

Mr. and Mrs. A go apartment hunting

Else’s friends from St. Petersburg, Mr. and Mrs. A, had expressed an interest in finding an apartment in Tampa, so Mrs. Culp drove them around to a see a few prospects. The first place she showed them was far too expensive, but they liked a “very nice 2 room apartment in the Edgewater Hotel for $45 a month.” In current dollars, that’s about $900. After …