Palos Verdes Market, Malaga Cove Plaza, Palos Verdes Estates, California

Abstract/Description: Image shows corner view of the Palos Verdes Market (afterwards known as the Murphy Grocery and Meat Market by 1927, Leonard's Grocery and Meat Market by 1929, and later Moore's Market), located at the Via Corta corner of Gardner Building (La Casa Primera), dedicated on September 13, 1925. Visible is an unidentified man wearing a light-colored shirt with rolled up sleeves and a bow tie standing near a sign at the corner of the building which reads, "PALOS VERDES MARKET / GROCERIES - FRUITS / MEATS - VEGETABLES / ICE CREAM / CIGARS / LUNCHES." The Gardner building, built by W.W. Gardner, was the site of the first classrooms, which opened September 8, 1925, and library in the community. The grocery store was later the location of the Palos Verdes Water Company, and the Palos Verdes Liquor Store.
Subject(s): Gardner Building (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.)
Malaga Cove (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.)
Palos Verdes Market (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.)
Grocery trade--California (Palos Verdes Estates)
Date Created: 1926-09-11