Whitehall Coop History
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Historical Documents
This 1955-1968 timeline
was written in 1969, covering the topics of renting and then buying
2500 Nueces and almost giving the house to UT in exchange for a house on
campus.
Photos
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Whitehall's original house, 2500 Whitis, Dec. 1949. |
2500 Whitis, Dec. 1949. |
The fire -- November 3, 1950. |
2500 Whitis on fire, Nov. 1950. |
Reactions to the fire, 1950 (l to r): Jeannette Hack, Susanne Collins, Mary Jane Brandhorst, Johnnie Wright, and Ginger Hendricks. (Ginger was a Whitehaller, the others might have been as well.) |
From the Daily Texan, Nov. 4, 1950. |
Whitehall: card-carrying member of NASCL (the predecessor of NASCO). |
May 1955. Likely in front of 21st & Nueces location. Whitehall was at 1914 Nueces from 1953-1955. |
1955. Likely at the time of the move from 1914 Nueces to 2500 Nueces. (Similar photos show the 21st & Nueces location, a moving van, etc.) |
Whitehall members, 1956-1957. |
Ca. mid-50s. |
Ca. mid-50s |
Whitehall members, 1958. |
Ca. 1959. |
Yard party, 1959. Original caption from scrapbook:
"For publicity purposes -- Propaganda.
For actual, live photographs see next page."
|
Whitehall members, ca 1960-1961. |
Invitation from Royal Coop to a Beatnik Valentines Party, ca 1964. |
1965 group photo. |
1969 group photo. |
1970 group photo. |
1979, in the front room. |
Michael Owens & Barbara Bonneau. |
Ca. 1981, kitchen renovation. |
Whitehall Gothic, 1981 kitchen renovation: Paul "Sandy" May and Prema Strecker. This photo was on the front cover of the Austin Chronicle in 1989. |
Group photo ca. mid 80's. |
Partying in Mr. Turtle, ca. mid-80s. |
40th anniversary ad from the Austin Chronicle, 1989. |
Ad ca. early 90s. |
Ca. 1990-1992. John Powell Joyner, author of the Master's Thesis, top right. Wanda Fairweather, longtime resident, center in white shirt. |
60th anniversary reunion & potluck. Unfortunately, this is the closest we got to a group photo. (2009) |
2011 group photo |
The 4 owners of Whitehall (l to r): Marva Carter Carroll, Irene
Braden Hoadley, Patsy Mayhew, and Martha Whitlow Langford, at the 2011 deed transfer. |
2011 deed transfer lunch. |
65th Anniversary Reunion, Oct. 2014. |
65th Anniversary Reunion storytime. |
65th Anniversary Reunion |
More coming soon...
Sunday, February 9, 2014
About
Founded in 1949, Whitehall Cooperative is Texas' oldest independent co-op.
This site serves as a digital archive for historical documents and photos that have gathered dust in filing cabinets for decades.
For more information on Whitehall, please visit whitehallcoop.com.
(This site was created by Patrick Parker, March 2014.)
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