Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

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Mrs. Culp's Diary, Saturday, April 17, 1937

Mrs. Culp's Diary, Saturday, April 17, 1937

A wedding at the Bay View Hotel

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Mrs. Culp's Diary, Saturday, April 17, 1937
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"In the morning I went to pay my water bill, to Dr. Lewis about my feet and shoes," Mrs. Culp wrote.

But the big news of the day was a wedding on the sixth floor of the Bay View Hotel. (I believe each floor had a common living area where guests could mingle.) The short ceremony (she underlined "short") between Mrs. F----- and Mr. T---- was witnessed by …

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