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ACCESSION NUMBER |
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976:0021:0176
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CATEGORY |
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Business, Retail |
SUBCATEGORY |
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Food store |
TITLE |
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Unidentified grocery |
DESCRIPTION |
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Interior view of an unidentified grocery store located at 1019 South Staples Street in Corpus Christi, Texas. Owner, Otha Bonham, stands behind a glass counter displaying various candies, including Butterfinger, Baby Ruth, and Hershey's candy bars. Another man in a white apron stands behind a meat counter at right. This grocery was self-service as indicated by the bin of baskets. The store sold Colonial cakes, Kraft products, assorted candies, Mystery Edge razor blades, a chewing laxative, and aspirin. Note the refrigerated meat counter and the National Recovery Act (NRA) sign in the back. |
PERSONAL NAME |
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Bonham, Otha C., 1899-1971. (aacr2)
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SUBJECT |
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Grocers. (lctgm)
Grocery stores. (lctgm)
Interiors. (lctgm)
Men. (lcsh)
Merchants. (lctgm)
United States--Texas--Corpus Christi. (lcsh)
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