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, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1937

Mrs. Culp's Diary, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1937

What was Table Supply?

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Mrs. Culp's Diary, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1937
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Mrs. Culp took a walk with her friend Mrs. H— today to Table Supply. She has mentioned this store numerous times in her diary, and I had always assumed it sold dishes, linens, flatware, glassware, etc. Not so! Now that I have access to The Tampa Tribune archives through newspapers.com, I’ve discovered that Table Supply was a chain of “superette” grocer…

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