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ACCESSION NUMBER   976:0021:0081
CATEGORY   Business, Retail
SUBCATEGORY   Drugstore/Pharmacy
TITLE   Welsh Drugstore
DESCRIPTION   Interior view of Welsh Drugstore in Corpus Christi, Texas. An older man in business trousers and vest stands next to a display case. Opposite him are two young men wearing suits and ties. The man on the left is Sylvan Cabla. This store sold Crazy Crystals and Marlin Crystals (laxatives), Pangburn candy, Vaseline, Colgate shaving cream, heating pads, Chevron fountain syringes for 59¢, and Starr razor blades, four for 10¢. The store was formerly Medford Drug.
PERSONAL NAME   Cabla, Sylvan. (aacr2)
SUBJECT   Drugstores. (lcsh)
Interiors. (lctgm)
Men. (lcsh)
Sales personnel. (lctgm)
United States--Texas--Corpus Christi. (lcsh)