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This Ralphs shows up in the Los Angeles Public Library photo archive but with the location unknown:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics45/00042489.jpg

This is the description:
Exterior view of Ralphs Grocery Store on an unidentified street. The store, which was built circa 1939-40, was designed by architect Stiles O. Clements.

As an aside, Stiles O. Clements also designed the Mayan and Wiltern Theaters, the now-demolished Richfield Tower, and what is now the Citadel outlet mall.

This is the full library record:
http://catalog1.lapl.org:80/cgi-bin/cw_ ... 46423+26+0

So does anyone have an idea of where this store was/is? I know there isn't much to go on.

I missed this posting by about 3 years.

This is a former Ralphs located in Santa Monica. Ralphs left this site in the 1960s. It was vacant for a long time, then a store called Europa took over the building until the late 1980s or early 1990s. Barnes and Noble took over the old store, gutted it, and it has been converted into a beautiful 3 story book store. The old tower has been modernized. It is located on the Third Street Promenade at Wilshire. I posted some pictures a while back on Flickr.