Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of an exterior view of the new Ralphs supermarket on the corner of Crenshaw Boulevard and Rodeo Drive in Los Angeles, April 25, 1942. The market is at right and is a single-story, light-colored building with glass windows and doors around its perimeter. A large sign bears the name of the market at right. In the foreground, a large parking lot is full of large automobiles. Several pedestrians can be seen making their way from the cars to the market. This marked the start of new architectural styles for supermarkets in Los Angeles. Notice streamline motif, glass crick, closed windows. Prior to this, most L.A. markets were open front units.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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