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Listen: The Latin ProgramCustomers shopping at Publix super market - Saint Petersburg, Florida.
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Part of the giant Webb City, Inc. in Saint Petersburg is this deluxe super market, which occupies the length of a city block. Started in the 1920's as a small drug store, the company has expanded to include all phases of merchandising and even has its own post office. The company, headed by J. Earl Webb, now includes 57 stores.
Webb's City was located in St. Petersburg at 9th Street and 2nd Avenue South. It began as a small store in 1925 by James Earl "Doc" Webb (1899-1983) and eventually expanded to a bazaar of 77 stores covering 7 city blocks. It closed on August 18, 1979.
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