Marti's

Marti's, also known as the Hugh A. Marti Co., was a department store in Long Beach, California, US, opened in February 1923 at 411 Pine Avenue, taking over the Boadway Bros. Long Beach store.

The new store cost approximately $1,000,000 including the land, covering 22,500 sq ft (2,090 m2) plot, at the northwest corner of Pine and Fourth streets, 4 stories plus a basement.

[2] It opened partially in February 1929 and fully on July 25, 1929, with the mayor of Long Beach speaking at the inauguration.

Two years later, he joined the Harris Department Stores in the San Bernardino area, where he had lived previously in Redlands, in the roles of controller, treasurer and member of the board of directors.

Hugh Albert Marti was born on 5 February 1889 in Windsor, Missouri.