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ACCESSION NUMBER   976:0021:0172
CATEGORY   Business, Retail
SUBCATEGORY   Food store
TITLE   Unidentified grocery
DESCRIPTION   Interior view of an unidentified grocery store on Mesquite Street in Corpus Christi, Texas. A man in a white apron stands behind the cash register at the check out counter. F. J. Smith and his wife stand in front of the counter. Canned and boxed goods line the shelves from the floor to the ceiling. This grocery sold cured meats, syrup pepsin laxative, Baby Ruth, Super Suds, Selox Suds, Kraft products, and Hi-Plane tobacco. Note the wooden bins for beans, the electric coffee grinder, and the glass-top cases for cookies on the far right.
SUBJECT   Consumers. (lctgm)
Grocers. (lctgm)
Grocery stores. (lctgm)
Interiors. (lctgm)
Men. (lcsh)
United States--Texas--Corpus Christi. (lcsh)
Women. (lcsh)