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Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Then and Now: the very first H-E-B Grocery Store

Recently I gave a presentation at the Schreiner Mansion, where I paired historic photographs with snaps I'd taken that day with my phone.  I did this because I realized most people haven't studied area photographs as I have, and so it's sometimes confusing to know where an historic photo was taken.  So I took a copy of each historic photograph with me, and tried to find the exact spot where the old photograph was taken -- and then I took a photo with my cellphone.   Over the next few Wednesdays, I'll publish the results here.  Please feel free to share these with your friends.
Also -- I know the building pictured below did not house an "H-E-B" store; originally it was Florence Butt Grocery Company, and then it was named the C. C. Butt Grocery Company.  The name "H-E-B Grocery Company" didn't come until much later.
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The building which housed Florence Butt's little grocery store.
The Butt family lived above the store.
This photo was taken many years after the store
moved to a different location.
The site today, on Kerrville's Main Street,
between Earl Garrett and Washington Streets.
Florence Butt's store was about where the Hill Country Cafe is today.


2 comments:

  1. I seem to remember a cafe called "The Busy Bee" back in the early 50's where the Hill Country Cafe is shown in the newer photo.

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  2. My grannie is from Kerrville, she was born in 1928. She has told me stories of going to HEB in Kerrville when she was a little girl.

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