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ACCESSION NUMBER   976:0021:0216
CATEGORY   Business, Retail
SUBCATEGORY   Hardware and appliances
TITLE   Unidentified appliance store
DESCRIPTION   Interior view of an unidentified appliance store located in the mezzanine lobby of the Nueces Hotel in Corpus Christi, Texas. A woman, in a fur-trimmed coat, and five men in business attire stand amid table and cabinet-style radios. The man in the light-colored jacket is a bellhop in the hotel. In front of them is a table displaying various kitchen appliances including a toaster and an electric mixer. A row of refrigerators is behind the men at right including a T-5 Meter Miser Frigidaire. Other electrical appliances displayed include a clock, a waffle iron, pop-toasters, a percolator, and an iron.A map of the wall at far left is labeled "Radio Tours."
SUBJECT   Appliance stores. (lctgm)
Hotel porters. (lctgm)
Interiors. (lctgm)
Kitchen appliances. (lctgm)
Men. (lcsh)
Sales personnel. (lctgm)
Stores & shops. (lctgm)
Stores, retail. (lcsh)
United States--Texas--Corpus Christi. (lcsh)
Women. (lcsh)