Historic A&P Los Angeles photos

[runchadrun]

I've recently discovered the fun of digital photo archives. Here are some pictures of A&P stores in Los Angeles from the California State Library. The archive is at http://www.lib.state.ca.us/Web2/tramp2. ... isual.html

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Interior view of The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Los Angeles; aisles lined with canned goods, signage, cash register (lower center left) and check-out counter; [ca. 1940]

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The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., 1853 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles; shows Art Deco style grocery store, awning over open front, baskets of produce (center front); Davis' Perfection Bakery on right; [ca. 1940]

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(2 images) Two exterior views of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. Food Market near Vernon showing fruit and vegetable display in front (circa 1930)

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The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., 1136 Larchmont Boulevard, Los Angeles; men wearing tuxedo jackets pose at entrance of open grocery store with displays of produce along sidewalk; building shows Spanish tile roof, decorative tile along front border (right); the Charcoal Broiler restaurant is at right; office of C.M. Hughes, M.D., physician and surgeon at left. Los Angeles; [ca. 1940]

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Interior view of A & P Market. Shows counter and shelves lined with bottles of liquor with prices below. South Pasadena; [ca. 1933]

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Thrifty Drug Store on southwest corner of Sunset Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue. Shows Streamline Moderne building, A & P Market (right); automobiles at curbside; man on motorcycle at stop sign. Los Angeles; ca. 1945.
(Note: this is still an operating Rite Aid)

[jamcool]

Thrifty Drug Store on southwest corner of Sunset Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue. Shows Streamline Moderne building, A & P Market (right); automobiles at curbside; man on motorcycle at stop sign. Los Angeles; ca. 1945.
(Note: this is still an operating Rite Aid)

The stop sign is actually a 2-lens traffic light with the STOP & GO blades (how long did those last in LA?)

Neat photo...notice that Thrifty and A&P shared the same sign pylon!

I take there were no "colonial" A&Ps in California

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