| Interviewee | ELLIS, Ernest L. (b. 1897) |
| Professions | Owner and operator |
| Employers | Frank Ellis Dealer in Everything |
| Interview ID # | OHB 0051 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | Owner and operator, Frank Ellis Dealer in Everything, New Hope, Texas. Family background; employment with father, Frank Ellis, in general store; description of New Hope, 1920s; effects of Depression on New Hope businesses; comments on operation of credit business; food market opening; business operations during World War II; sale of business, 1946; employment as feed salesman; general store advertising; father’s use of peddling wagon; comments on Dallas fair and Mesquite trade day; comments on retirement. |
| Interviewer(s) | Floyd Jenkins |
| Physical Description | 45 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Open |
