[Poston's Dry Goods - 1 of 15: Will Poston] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [Poston's Dry Goods - 1 of 15: Will Poston]

Creator

  • Photographer: Weaver, A. F.
    Creator Type: Personal

Date

  • Creation: 1975
  • Digitized: 2007-11-21

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Will Poston is shown standing in the cashier's station of his department store, Poston Dry Goods (located at 107 N. Oak Avenue, Mineral Wells, Texas). Note the conveyor system by which the cashier received cash and statements from various departments, and distributed change and receipts. Central cashiers were common in department stores from the years of the Great Depression through the time of World War II.

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Stores - Department Stores
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Individuals
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Architecture - Landmarks

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Palo Pinto County - Mineral Wells
  • Time Period: mod-tim
  • Coverage Date: 1975

Collection

  • Name: A. F. Weaver Collection
    Code: AFWC

Institution

  • Name: Boyce Ditto Public Library
    Code: BDPL

Rights

  • Rights Access: public

Resource Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: AWO_1270N.001
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth29959
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