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ACCESSION NUMBER   976:0021:0019
CATEGORY   Business, Retail
SUBCATEGORY   Auto dealer
TITLE   Reed Buick
DESCRIPTION   Interior view of the business office of Reed Buick, Corpus Christi, Texas. The office windows appear to face the dealership showroom. Two men sit on either side of a desk; the man in the dark suit is owner DeWitt Reed. Note the "Leading January Salesmen" chart with the number of sales denoted by playing cards. Reed employed 15 or 16 salesmen. Also note the cigar box mounted on the side of the desk and the cuspidor in the right foreground.
PERSONAL NAME   Reed, DeWitt T. (aacr2)
SUBJECT   Automobile dealers. (lcsh)
Interiors. (lctgm)
Men. (lcsh)
Merchants. (lctgm)
Office workers. (lctgm)
Offices. (lcsh)
United States--Texas--Corpus Christi. (lcsh)