The chain's beginnings designated day from The Criterion shop founded in Sacramento, California in 1880 by the Hale Brothers, Prentis Cobb Hale I and Marshal Hale and taken up their name later the equal year. By 1936, scion Prentis Cobb Hale worked as a provide clerical aide in the family shop after he graduated from Stanford University. The enterprise had magnified all through Northern California, including a place at 989 Market Street in San Francisco by 1902 (replaced in 1912 by a place at 901 Market Street). By 1949, the enterprise had came by its competitor Weinstock, Lubin ...