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ACCESSION NUMBER   976:0021:0226
CATEGORY   Business, Retail
SUBCATEGORY   Second-hand
TITLE   Unidentified second-hand store
DESCRIPTION   Interior of an unidentified second-hand store, in Corpus Christi, Texas. A man in business attire, owner Stanley Tomlinson, and a young man in a newsboy cap stand next to a dark wooden counter with a cash register. Mr. Tomlinson's watch chain is attached to his belt buckle. A tire rests against the front of the counter. Displayed are guns, a kerosene heater, open-flame gas heaters, a three-burner kerosene hot plate, a bench saw and band saw, an old tire pump, wastebaskets, furniture, window panes, a wheel for a Model A car, and a sign apparently advertising gun plating. A display cabinet holds hand tools.
PERSONAL NAME   Tomlinson, Stanley. (aacr2)
SUBJECT   Interiors. (lctgm)
Men. (lcsh)
Sales personnel. (lctgm)
Secondhand trade. (lcsh)
Stores & shops. (lctgm)
United States--Texas--Corpus Christi. (lcsh)