Although I don't have a lot of historical data, my grandfather, Issadore Liebow, started the market in the 40's, from what I recollect. When he passed away suddenly at an early age (in approx. 1955), my grandmother, Eva, was forced to sell to the investors, again from fuzzy recollections. However, we always had fond memories of our Grandma Eva telling us about those early days of operating the market, and how much it meant to her and my grandfather.
Robert M. Weller, Oak Park, CA
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A colorized photo of the old Pioneer Market building.
Pioneer Market closed on Aug. 1, 2004 after serving the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles for more than 60 years. The Leum family has been affiliated with Pioneer since the late 1940s. But the market dates back to 1932, when it operated as Kampmann's Pioneer Meat Market. The existing building, located on Sunset Boulevard at Echo Park Avenue, was built in the mid-1980s. Submit your Pioneer market memory to ephs@HistoricEchoPark.org with your name and time period you are describing.
Pioneer Market
A colorized photo of the old Pioneer Market building.
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My mother came to LA from Montreal PQ in 1926. "Izzy" Liebow followed her to LA but my mother married a dentist, and he married Eva, who was also from Montreal. My mother said that Izzy founded the Pioneer Market. I went to public school with their two daughters, Norma and Marilyn, and I attended Marilyn's wedding around 1960. We visited their house on Douglas St many times when I was young, but lost touch after 1960.
Burt Kleinberg, Carmel CA
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My family moved to L.A. around 1952, when my parents enrolled in L.I.F.E. Bible College. We lived in an apartment at Robert Arms Hotel (that's what I think it was called; I was 5 at the time, so who knows). After a while we moved to a house on LeMoyne. My dad worked at Pioneer Market, midnight to 8 am, for a couple of years, until the college had us move to Long Beach to work in the church down there. He loved working at the store, and hated having to leave. His name was John A. Jackson.
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