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Group of people with Maxwell House signs
Group of people with Maxwell House signs
TitleGroup of people with Maxwell House signs
CreatorWalker, Harry [photographer]
DescriptionTwo groups of people holding two Maxwell House Coffee signs and wearing Maxwell House Coffee aprons. Seven African-Americans are squatting at the front, and five men and one woman are standing behind them. In between the two groups is a device with a faucet that is helping to support one of the signs.
Date1920s
Genreblack-and-white negatives
Subject.Topical (AAT)African American
group portraits
coffee
signs (declatory or advertising artifacts)
Subject (Geographic)Texas
Original CollectionBurdette Keeland Architectural Papers, 1926-2000 http://archon.lib.uh.edu/?p=collections/controlcard&id=214
RepositorySpecial Collections, University of Houston Libraries
Original Item LocationID 2002-005, Box 14, Folder 29
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File namekee645.tif
Digital Collection URLreformatted digital