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ACCESSION NUMBER   976:0021:0083
CATEGORY   Business, Retail
SUBCATEGORY   Drugstore/Pharmacy
TITLE   Unidentified drugstore
DESCRIPTION   Interior view of an unidentified drugstore at Dubose and Aransas Pass Streets in Corpus Christi, Texas. Three men stand in the center of the store. The two on the outside appear to be pharmacists. The soda jerk stands in the center of the room behind a pinball machine. The soda fountain offered beer, chili, a hot lunch for 30¢, and curb service as indicated by the take-out trays. The store also sold toiletry items, cosmetics, tonics, shaving cream, antiseptics, and hand and face creams.
SUBJECT   Drugstores. (lcsh)
Interiors. (lctgm)
Men. (lcsh)
Pharmacists. (lctgm)
Soda fountains. (lcsh)
Soda jerks. (lctgm)
United States--Texas--Corpus Christi. (lcsh)