Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

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Mrs. Culp's Diary, Friday, April 2, 1937

Mrs. Culp's Diary, Friday, April 2, 1937

A shopper's bargain at a lunch counter

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Mrs. Culp's Diary, Friday, April 2, 1937
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"Cleaned up a little in the dining room. Went out after lunch with Mrs. G-----, she ate a waffle and I did some shopping," Mrs. Culp wrote. She doesn't specify the lunch counter they patronized, but there were many in downtown Tampa, including Kress, Walgreens and F.W. Woolworth, which was located beside the Tampa Theatre on Franklin Street. I found thi…

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