Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

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Mrs. Culp's Diary, Thursday, May 6, 1937

Mrs. Culp's Diary, Thursday, May 6, 1937

A movie and shopping in Tampa...and the Hindenburg crashes in New Jersey

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Mrs. Culp's Diary, Thursday, May 6, 1937
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With her Cuban guest Mrs. Cruz in tow, Mrs. Culp went out driving in Tampa. They saw the comedy Call It a Day, starring Olivia deHavilland, at the Tampa Theatre. “Nothing extra,” Mrs. Culp wrote. (The critic Graham Greene agreed.) Next was a shopping trip to Darling’s, where Mrs. Cruz bought a hat. Mrs. Culp wrote her sister Else a card, advising her th…

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