A True Vocation

ID: 721 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Institute for Oral History, Baylor University

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Despite growing career opportunities in radio, Albert Reed chose to leave his career in the US Navy following the conclusion of World War I in order to open his shop and pursue his love of flowers and plants.

This file appears in: Reed's Flowers

Reed's Flowers

By Amanda Sawyer

The story of Reed’s Flowers is as much about its founder, Albert Harry Reed, as it is about the shop. Reed emigrated from London, England, in 1908 at the behest of his brother, Tom Reed. The two Reed brothers worked side by side in Waco as growers…