Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

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Mrs. Culp's Diary: Friday, October 29, 1937

Mrs. Culp's Diary: Friday, October 29, 1937

Mrs. Culp runs down Else at McCrory's dimestore

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Mrs. Culp's Diary: Friday, October 29, 1937
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The Culps went to St. Petersburg together today to start putting his new office in order. “Walter painted [the] safe and desk,” she wrote. “I looked around for Else and finally found her at McCrory’s eating a waffle.” The Culps had dinner at a cafeteria and then arrived home at 5:30.

Here’s a vintage postcard, found on eBay, showing the McCrory’s on St.…

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