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White Front. White Front was a chain of discount department stores in California and the western United States from 1959 through the mid-1970s. The stores were noted for the architecture of their store fronts which was an enormous, sweeping archway with the store name spelled in individual letters fanned across the top.
The Akron (Los Angeles), a Southern California-based "eclectic" department store chain that had specialized in carrying imported goods and unusual items such as parking meters and live Mexican monkeys, and which had stores as far north as San Francisco and far south as San Diego before it was forced to close its stores in 1985 [18] [19] [20]
842 N. Michigan Avenue (& Chestnut Street), Holabird & Root, architects; 3 stories, in Michigan-Chestnut Building (built 1927–28). Expanded in October, 1930. Replaced by new 700 N. Michigan location in 1935. [ 22] Newport, Rhode Island [ 22] Downtown. Newport RI Resort Store. 119 Bellvue Ave.
The state visit of Nikita Khrushchev to the United States was a 13-day visit from 15–27 September 1959. It marked the first state visit of a Soviet or Russian leader to the US. Nikita Khrushchev, then First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Chairman of the Council of Ministers, was also the first leader of the Soviet ...
Gemco was an American chain of membership department stores that was owned by San Leandro -based Lucky Stores, a California supermarket company which eventually became part of Albertsons. Gemco operated from 1959 until closing in late 1986. A number of the west coast stores leases were sold to Target which fueled their entry into California.
Great White Fleet passing Trinidad Head, California 1908. The second leg of the voyage was from San Francisco to Puget Sound and back. On 23 May 1908 the 16 battleships of the Great White Fleet steamed into Puget Sound where they separated to visit six Washington state ports: Bellingham, Bremerton, Port Angeles, Port Townsend, Seattle and ...
The White House (department store) Coordinates: 37.7896°N 122.40530°W. Name plate of The White House [1] The White House was the first department store in San Francisco; it opened in 1854 and closed in 1965. It was originally named Davidson & Lane, then J.W. Davidson & Company, and finally, in 1870, when it moved to a large new building, took ...
The Whaley House is an 1857 Greek Revival style residence, a California Historical Landmark, [ 2] and museum in Old Town, San Diego, California. It is currently maintained by Historic Tours of America, Inc (HTA) and is the oldest brick structure in Southern California . The Whaley House was the home of Thomas Whaley and his family.