OHB 0086 | Oral History

OHB 0086

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.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 63 pp.
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) Floyd Jenkins
Date of Interview March 14, 1984

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