When they’re lit up nicely, even places as pedestrian as supermarkets can look spectacular, like the Tower Market. We can see from the date in the bottom left corner that it was taken on October 21, 1936, so I’m guessing it was shot not long after the store opened. I couldn’t find an address for it other than it was somewhere in San Bernardino, but it was open from 1936 to 1944, which isn’t long for that spectacular tower of light that must have shone like a beacon.

** UPDATE ** – Tower Market was at what is now 262 North E Street.

From the San Bernardino Daily Sun, September 10, 1936.

This is how that site looks today: