AKA: Alpha Beta Supermarket #1, Pomona, CA
Structure Type: built works - commercial buildings - markets
Designers: [unspecified]
Dates: [unspecified]
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