GLADYS EFANTIS EARLY 1949 OLD LOS ANGELES ANTIQUE CLASSIC CARS VINTAGE PAINTING
GLADYS EFANTIS ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR ON PAPER SIGNED AND DATED 1949 BOTTOM LEFT. CONDITION: APPEARS TO HAVE SOME TONING AND FOXING MAINLY AROUND EDGES. FOLD MARK BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER. FRAME HAS MILD WEAR. VISIBLE IMAGE 14.5 BY 21.5 INCHES FRAME 18 1/4 BY 25 1/4 INCHES Gladys Efantis was born July 14, 1918, in Chicago, Illinois. After graduating from J. Sterling Morton High School in Cicero, Illinois she attended art school in Chicago. She was employed as a graphic artist at Merville Studio in Hollywood and freelanced in advertising art for many years. She was recognized with numerous awards for her paintings in Los Angeles.A resident of Lompoc since 1993, Gladys was a member of the California Federation of Business and Professional Women, the Lompoc Valley Art Association and the First United Methodist Church. Shopping Bag Food Stores began in 1930 as a single grocery store on Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles. In 1933, they opened their first supermarket, and in 1954 the company went public.In January 1960, Shopping Bag —with 38 stores at that time— and Vons —with 28 stores— announced their merger, making it the second largest supermarket chain on the West Coast. The merger was challenged by the Federal Trade Commission, and after two lower court victories for Vons, in 1966 the Supreme Court of the United States reversed the decisions and ordered the divestiture.In June 1967, Vons completed the sale of Shopping Bag Food Stores to E.F. MacDonald. This company later bought 31 A&P supermarkets in Los Angeles, converting them to Shopping Bag. In 1972, MacDonald sold the supermarket chain to Fisher Foods, which rebranded the stores as Fazio’s Shopping Bag. In 1978, all stores were sold to Albertsons.