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ACCESSION NUMBER   976:0021:0064
CATEGORY   Business, Retail
SUBCATEGORY   Clothing and accessories
TITLE   Unidentified dry goods store
DESCRIPTION   Interior view of an unidentified dry goods store in Corpus Christi, Texas. Two women and a man stand in the middle of the store surrounded by wooden tables displaying clothing and bolts of fabric. Hats are displayed on tall metal rods and dresses hang on racks. This store sold printed fabric for 24¢ per yard and oil cloth for 19¢ per yard. Dresses were $2.89 and $3.95; slips, 98¢; anklets, 12¢; and boys' pajamas, 79¢. Shoe and millinery departments are in the rear. Small pieces of furniture and dress dummies are displayed on a high shelf along the right wall.
SUBJECT   Clothing stores. (lcsh)
Dry goods stores. (lctgm)
Interiors. (lctgm)
Men. (lcsh)
Sales personnel. (lctgm)
United States--Texas--Corpus Christi. (lcsh)
Women. (lcsh)