Oral History Interview with Bob and Ada Reed Brewer, March 14, 1984
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Interview with Ada Reed and Bob Brewer, owners and operators of A. B. McGill and Company General Merchants. In the interview, the Brewers discuss their family backgrounds, marriage, losses on charge accounts during the Great Depression, the change from clerk-service to self-service operation of the store, the credit business, purchasing clothes at the Dallas fashion market, customer interests, changes in product lines, commercial and residential growth in the Bertram area, using direct mail and…
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Date:
March 14, 1984
Creator:
Jenkins, Floyd; Brewer, Ada Reed & Brewer, Bob
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