EL CAJON BOULEVARD & ALABAMA STREET

This photo, taken on June 19, 1942 looks westward at Alabama Street. At the left, a Qualitee milk truck edges around the corner. Behind it is a billboard for Kellogg's Variety Package cereal. A Piggly Wiggly store is hidden in the trees at the top of the hill. The original Horace Mann Junior High, once the State Normal School, is visible beyond the Piggly Wiggly. I think that's the 7-Up bottling plant on the right, and ethyl gas is 19¢ a gallon at the service station. Nitro is 15¢. (San Diego History Center photograph)

Star Beverage Company brewed 7-Up at 2030 El Cajon Blvd from 1931 to 1961, when they worked out some sort of office swap with Sparkletone Photo.