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ACCESSION NUMBER   976:0021:0231
CATEGORY   Business, Retail
SUBCATEGORY   Service station
TITLE   Jones Texaco Service Station
DESCRIPTION   Exterior view of Jones Service Station located at 1661 South Staples Street in Corpus Christi, Texas. A gas station attendant stands between Indian and Texaco gas pumps. Next to him is a large sign advertising Texaco motor oil. Note the Coca-Cola sign dated December 25, 1923. Before Thomas B. Jones bought this station, it was run by Everett L. Powell.
SUBJECT   Automobile service stations--Employees. (lctgm)
Gasoline pumps. (lctgm)
Men. (lcsh)
United States--Texas--Corpus Christi. (lcsh)