From collection Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Collection
Main St., Bradford, R. I. 261
Main Street Bradford, Rhode Island. c 1924. Showing a "The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company". Better known as A&P. The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, better known as A&P, was an American chain of grocery stores that operated from 1859 to 2015. From 1915 through 1975, A&P was the largest grocery retailer in the United States (and, until 1965, the largest U.S. retailer of any kind). In 1930, A&P, by then the world's largest retailer, reached $2.9 billion in sales ($47 billion today) with 15000 stores. "A&P," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A%26P&oldid=1145922332 (accessed April 7, 2023). Moving to the left is an unindentified purveyor of oil, gasline and tobacco products. The next building has a barber pole in front followed by an unidentified building. The next building appears to be a Socony filling station. Three 1920s vintage automobiles
