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ACCESSION NUMBER   976:0021:0136
CATEGORY   Business, Retail
SUBCATEGORY   Food store
TITLE   G. O. Garrett Grocery and Market
DESCRIPTION   Interior view of G. O. Garrett Grocery and Market in Corpus Christi, Texas. Two men in white aprons stand behind a counter topped with wooden shopping baskets. This grocery store was self-service as indicated by the baskets. They sold potato chips for 10¢ per sack, fresh strawberries for 15¢ per lug, Mother's Oats, and garden seeds. Note that the produce in the window was unrefrigerated.
SUBJECT   Grocers. (lctgm)
Grocery stores. (lctgm)
Interiors. (lctgm)
Men. (lcsh)
Self-service stores. (lcsh)
United States--Texas--Corpus Christi. (lcsh)