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ACCESSION NUMBER   976:0021:0095
CATEGORY   Business, Retail
SUBCATEGORY   Eating establishment
TITLE   Manhattan Cafe
DESCRIPTION   Interior view of the Manhattan Cafe located at 305 Peoples Street in Corpus Christi, Texas. Three men in white jackets stand behind a serving counter. The man on the right is owner George Plomarity. Mr. Plomarity also owned the Texas Cafe. A lone diner sits at the counter. This cafe was probably located in the Nueces Hotel. A display case containing pastries sits on the counter behind the restaurant workers. Note the bottles of ketchup and canned goods stored on the high shelf.
PERSONAL NAME   Plomarity, George, 1889-1984. (aacr2)
SUBJECT   Cafés. (lcsh)
Consumers. (lctgm)
Interiors. (lctgm)
Men. (lcsh)
Merchants. (lctgm)
Restaurant workers. (lctgm)
United States--Texas--Corpus Christi. (lcsh)