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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Thelma and Lowell's Diary: Oct. 24, 1943

Thelma and Lowell's Diary: Oct. 24, 1943

They spend a romantic Sunday together at City Park

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Thelma and Lowell's Diary: Oct. 24, 1943
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Lowell apparently had the day off today and wrote an account of their leisure time. “We went out to City Park and had a picnic all by ourselves. There was a high school football game on so we went to that and then looked around City Park in the evening.”

This 1952 postcard, being offered on eBay, gives a bird’s eye view of the stadium, which is still used today. To read about it, you’ll need to be a paid subscriber. Click below to upgrade for just 16 cents a day.

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