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 radio advertising, their involvement with the Texas Retail Association, factors in developing a successful business, and civic activities. The interview includes an appendix with a flyer, … continued below

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100, [16] p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

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Jenkins, Floyd; Brewer, Ada Reed & Brewer, Bob March 14, 1984.

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  • Main Title: Oral History Interview with Bob and Ada Reed Brewer, March 14, 1984
  • Added Title: Oral History Interview with Bob Brewer, March 14, 1984
  • Added Title: Oral History Interview with Ada Reed Brewer, March 14, 1984
  • Added Title: Today And Yesterday Mingle At McGill's
  • Added Title: A Hundred Years To A Day
  • Added Title: Unusual Tokens
  • Added Title: McGill's Recalls Days Gone By
  • Series Title: Business Archives Project

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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 radio advertising, their involvement with the Texas Retail Association, factors in developing a successful business, and civic activities. The interview includes an appendix with a flyer, photographs, articles, and letters.

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100, [16] p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

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"McGill's Recalls Days Gone By" was written for the March 21, 1985 edition of The Highlander.

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Jenkins, Floyd; Brewer, Ada Reed & Brewer, Bob. Oral History Interview with Bob and Ada Reed Brewer, March 14, 1984, book, March 14, 1984; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306680/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.

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