AKA: Alpha Beta Supermarket #1, Pomona, CA

Structure Type: built works - commercial buildings - markets

Designers: [unspecified]

Dates: [unspecified]

Pomona, CA

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In 07/1932, the Alpha Beta grocery chain, under the leadership of Claude Edwards, opened its first "supermarket" in a former Buick Garage, which closed at the depths of the Depression. This store occupied 12,000 square feet, a huge size for a market of that time.

PCAD id: 11000