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ACCESSION NUMBER   976:0021:0042
CATEGORY   Business, Retail
SUBCATEGORY   Clothing and accessories
TITLE   Cardinal Booterie
DESCRIPTION   Interior view of the Cardinal Booterie located at 617 Leopard Street, Corpus Christi, Texas. Two women in dark dresses stand in the center of the room. Mrs. Earnest (Margaret) Cardinal, the daughter of a judge, stands on the right. An advertisement for Red Cross Shoes is on the wall. Note the wicker furniture, shoe clerks' stools, and individual shoe displays on the floor. No shoes other than final clearance items were displayed, evidence of the store's high-class clientele. This shop also sold lingerie and hosiery.
PERSONAL NAME   Cardinal, Margaret (aacr2)
SUBJECT   Interiors. (lctgm)
Sales personnel. (lctgm)
Shoe stores. (lcsh)
United States--Texas--Corpus Christi. (lcsh)
Women. (lcsh)