Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

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Mrs. Culp's Diary, Saturday, August 7, 1937

Mrs. Culp's Diary, Saturday, August 7, 1937

An afternoon of shopping in downtown Tampa

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Mrs. Culp's Diary, Saturday, August 7, 1937
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Mrs. Culp spent the morning packing and by 2:30 she was ready for a break. She had a cup of coffee at Walgreen’s and did a little shopping at J.C. Penney’s on Franklin Street, where she ran into their contractor, Mr. Cooper. She also shopped at the Kress dimestore.

This postcard from about that period shows several of Mrs. Culp’s haunts, including the K…

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