Exterior view of the new Ralphs supermarket on the corner of Crenshaw Boulevard and Rodeo Drive in Los Angeles, April 25, 1942

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Title	Exterior view of the new Ralphs supermarket on the corner of Crenshaw Boulevard and Rodeo Drive in Los Angeles, April 25, 1942
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.
Subject	Ralphs Market
Subject (adlf)	commercial sites
Subject (file heading)	Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Markets #3; Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Markets -- Ralphs Market
Subject (lcsh)	Stores, Retail Supermarkets Automobiles Parking lots
Geographic subject (roadway)	Crenshaw Boulevard and Rodeo Road
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	1942-04-25
Contributor	Foster & Kleiser
Photographer	Stagg, Richard (Foster and Kleiser)
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1942-04-25
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographs
Accession number	33234
Call number	CHS-33234
Legacy record ID	chs-m1358; USC-3-1-1-1404
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Provenance	Dick Whittington Photography
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-33234
Full text	J
Archival file	chs_Volume27/CHS-33234.tiff

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