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ACCESSION NUMBER   976:0021:0059
CATEGORY   Business, Retail
SUBCATEGORY   Clothing and accessories
TITLE   Unidentified dry goods store
DESCRIPTION   Interior of unidentified dry goods store in Corpus Christi, Texas. Two men in white shirts and ties stand in the center of the store. Men's socks and handkerchiefs hang from the ceiling. Round hat boxes top a display shelf filled with shoe boxes. This store sold men's caps, 69¢; shirts, 89¢; handkerchiefs, 5¢ and 9¢; cotton work gloves, 10¢; socks, 15¢; men's leather lace-up boots, $4.95; hats; and trunks. Note the foot lockers stored under the table in the foreground.
SUBJECT   Clothing stores. (lcsh)
Dry goods stores. (lctgm)
Interiors. (lctgm)
Men. (lcsh)
Sales personnel. (lctgm)
United States--Texas--Corpus Christi. (lcsh)