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Old Trapper's Lodge, California Historical Landmark No. 939, an outsider art environment that pays homage to the pioneer upbringing of its creator, John Ehn (1897–1981), was situated in Sun Valley. It represented the life work of the self-taught artist who wished to pass on a sense of the Old West, derived from personal experiences, myths ...
A 1950 ad for Harris Supermarkets. Displayed at Harris Teeter's store on Central Avenue in Charlotte, North Carolina (Store #097-00401).. Harris Teeter was founded by William Thomas Harris and Willis L. Teeter, two entrepreneurs who started their separate businesses during the Great Depression in Charlotte, North Carolina.
In 1937 National Food Products opened two combined Pender-Rogers self-service supermarkets, under the name "Big Star", in Griffin, Georgia and Greensboro, North Carolina. [1] [2] Subsequently some smaller stores were also opened under the name "Little Star".
According to the chain's website, the chain likely originated around the 1929 stock market crash. In 1948, Arden Farms Company merged Mayfair Markets and 48 California Van Markets into a new chain called "Mayfair Markets." By the mid-1960s, it had expanded to neighboring states with over 250 stores.
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The North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia stores were sold to Harris Teeter in 1988, [3] while the Georgia stores were sold in 1992, with most of the Atlanta locations going to A&P. These stores were heavily remodeled, but eventually sold to Publix in 1999.
Harris has already won public endorsements from heavy hitters including Reid Hoffman, investor and cofounder of LinkedIn, and Reed Hastings, ski resort owner and cofounder of Netflix, who ...
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