Pon Honor Nickel Splitters-1920s Oakland Area Chain
Posted: 23 Nov 2021 13:59
"Pon Honor Nickel Splitters" apparently was an Oakland, California area grocery store chain in the late 1920s.
See:
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10 ... 2317663659
Here is a location map in the Oakland/Berkeley/Richmond area circa 1926:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... 135&type=3
The chain then had around 30 locations.
Here is a "Local Wiki" page about the "Pon Honor" chain: https://localwiki.org/oakland/Pon_Honor_Stores
Thank you to the late journalist and historian Chris Treadway for bringing this information to light in his "Lost Mastheads" Facebook forum. See his obituary:
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/11/22 ... ies-at-66/
I can't figure out what became of the Pon Honor chain and its store locations.
See:
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10 ... 2317663659
Here is a location map in the Oakland/Berkeley/Richmond area circa 1926:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... 135&type=3
The chain then had around 30 locations.
Here is a "Local Wiki" page about the "Pon Honor" chain: https://localwiki.org/oakland/Pon_Honor_Stores
Thank you to the late journalist and historian Chris Treadway for bringing this information to light in his "Lost Mastheads" Facebook forum. See his obituary:
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/11/22 ... ies-at-66/
I can't figure out what became of the Pon Honor chain and its store locations.