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Robstown, Texas Mexicanita Cafe and Grocery Store, Historic Photo

Robstown, Texas Mexicanita Cafe and Grocery Store, historic photo

A historic photo view of the Mexicanita Cafe and Grocery Store, Robstown, Texas. The three large bottle shaped signs and the sign over the doorway are for Royal Crown Cola (RC), three large Coca-Cola signs are on the roof, a sign for Cleo Cola is on the wall behind the screen door on the left, and a sign on the cooler than the man is sitting on is for Hippo Size Carbonated Beverages. Various types of produce are in the baskets on the right. In front of the store is a dirt street.

This photo was produced by U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information, February, 1939.

Robstown is in Nueces County, Texas and a suburb of Corpus Christi.

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