Interviewee | WARDEN, B. F., Jr. (b. 1895) |
Professions | Owner and operator |
Employers | B. F. Warden Grocery Store |
Interview ID # | OHB 0086 |
Date(s) of interview | |
Description | Owner and operator, B. F. Warden Grocery Store, Bertram, Texas. Family background; work on family farm in Bertram; educational experiences in Bertram schools; employment as a teller in A. B. McGill’s bank and D. C. Reed’s bank, Bertram;comments concerning D. C. Reed’s business activities; employment as cashier with Briggs State Bank, Burnet County; explanation of charging exchange on checks; entry into grocery business, Marble Falls, 1924; description of store inventory; move of business to Bertram, 1925; effects of addition of refrigeration, 1926; comments on construction of new store, 1935; effects of Depression in Bertram; prices of grocery items during World War II; comments on cash versus credit business; demise of grocery wholesalers in Austin; computerization of business, 1975; comments on business competitors; civic activities. |
Interviewer(s) | Floyd Jenkins |
Physical Description | 63 pp. |
Terms of Use | Open |