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ACCESSION NUMBER   976:0021:0157
CATEGORY   Business, Retail
SUBCATEGORY   Food store
TITLE   Valley Fruit produce stand
DESCRIPTION   Exterior view of the Valley Fruit produce stand, located on North Chaparral Street near Doc McGregor's business in Corpus Christi, Texas. A woman and man lean against the side of this wooden structure. In front of them are tables and buckets of grapefruits, tomatoes, pecans, and other produce. Bananas hang from the eaves of the stand. Valley Fruit sold seedless grapefruit, 3 for 10¢, Marsh grapefruit, $1.35 per bushel; tomatoes, 10¢ and 15¢ per dozen; and pecans, 5¢ per pound. They also apparently shipped produce.
SUBJECT   Men. (lcsh)
Produce stands. (lctgm)
Sales personnel. (lctgm)
United States--Texas--Corpus Christi. (lcsh)
Women. (lcsh)