Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

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Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between
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Mrs. Culp's Diary, Friday, March 26, 1937

Mrs. Culp's Diary, Friday, March 26, 1937

A size-50 union suit for Walter

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Mrs. Culp's Diary, Friday, March 26, 1937
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The pain from her tooth extraction easing, Mrs. Culp went out in the afternoon with her friend Mrs. G---- to the Kress store, saw the dentist ("everything o.k. Paid him $4) and bought a union suit, size 50, for Walter. We usually think of union suits as long underwear, which would be stifling for a Floridian to wear, but they were also made for summer w…

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