This Albertsons has spirit(s)

It took me a moment to figure out why this sign looks weird to me -- around here, Albertsons liquor departments from this era would have simply said "beer & wine" since they weren't able to sell hard liquor until a few years later (at which point most of them received a PF&Hv3-era oval sign with all three listed). Obviously, that wasn't an issue in California, so their Albertsons stores got all three listed on their permanent decor! It also looks a bit strange because it feels like there should be something other than just a wall of shelving under the sign ledge, especially with those can lights just shining down onto the top of the beer case -- normally these are above a service department, but even the dairy one made more sense since it was directly above the milk doors.

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