RC Then: Frost Bros. General Store

I wish I covered the city when the Frost Bros. General Store was around. Imagine riding your horse to go do reporting on the grand opening of this store, which I'm sure, was the Victoria Gardens of its day.

"Hi, I'm Wendy with The Republican, doing a story on the Frost Bros. General Store. What does it mean to you to have this upscale store right in your backyard?"

This photo, taken in 1912, is courtesy of Jim Frost, the city's first mayor. Frost's family settled in Etiwanda in 1882 and ran this store, which was located on the southwest corner of Etiwanda Avenue and Victoria Street. Jim's grandfather, John Frost, is seen faintly in the driver's seat of the "delivery truck."

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