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ACCESSION NUMBER   976:0021:0258
CATEGORY   Business, Wholesale
SUBCATEGORY   Produce
TITLE   C. E. Coleman Produce Company
DESCRIPTION   Interior view of C. E. Coleman Produce Company located at Agnes Street and Port Avenue in Corpus Christi, Texas. Johnny Walker, in a dark suit vest, trousers, and tie, stands amid a group of farm workers in a large warehouse. In the foreground are multiples crates of cabbage, a major cash crop in the south Texas region. C. E. Coleman Produce Company was a vegetable commission company which bought produce from farmers and sold to wholesalers in major cities.
PERSONAL NAME   Walker, Johnny. (aacr2)
SUBJECT   Commission merchants. (lcsh)
Employees. (lctgm)
Interiors. (lctgm)
Men. (lcsh)
Produce trade. (lcsh)
United States--Texas--Corpus Christi. (lcsh)
Warehouses. (lcsh)
Wholesale trade. (lcsh)