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ACCESSION NUMBER   976:0021:0161
CATEGORY   Business, Retail
SUBCATEGORY   Food store
TITLE   Weil Brothers grocery store
DESCRIPTION   Interior view of Weil Brothers grocery store located at Lawrence and North Mesquite Streets in Corpus Christi, Texas. A man stands behind a long deli case filled with meat. In front of him on the counter is a scale. This store was owned by Albert, Moise, and Julian L. Weil. They sold Decker's Armour, Rath, and Kraft products, along with Nueces coffee, Borden's block chili, and pickles in bulk. Note the large iceboxes at right; each held 330-pound cakes of ice.
SUBJECT   Grocers. (lctgm)
Grocery stores. (lctgm)
Interiors. (lctgm)
Men. (lcsh)
United States--Texas--Corpus Christi. (lcsh)