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Street Construction at J. Ohlenforst Bakery

Date: 1906
Description: Traffic to the J. Ohlenforst Bakery at 529 S. Sixth Street, in the Walker's Point neighborhood, is impeded by street construction. There are piles of grave...
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Delivery Trucks

Date: 04 13 1926
Description: Two delivery trucks are parked at an angle in front of a two-story brick building. Signs on the building read: "Re-Built Trucks For Sale," and "...nternati...
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Fleet of Bakery Delivery Trucks

Date: 08 10 1926
Description: View across street towards three delivery trucks parked in a row at an angle along a curb. A man is sitting in the driver's seat of each truck. Signs on th...
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Bakery Delivery Truck

Date: 05 04 1927
Description: View across street towards a bakery delivery truck parked along a curb. A sign painted on the side of the truck reads: "French & Italian Pastry." A buildin...
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Bakery Delivery Truck

Date: 06 18 1927
Description: View along curb towards a bakery delivery truck parked at an angle at the sidewalk. The sign painted on the side of the trucks reads: "Strands Butter-Nut B...
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Delivery Truck

Date: 07 05 1927
Description: Right side view of truck parked on a road. The sign painted on the side of the truck reads: "Victory Cake Co., S. Miller Distb. Newark, N.J."
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Delivery Truck

Date: 07 05 1927
Description: Driver's side view of delivery truck parked along a curb near a building. The sign painted on the side of the truck reads: "The World's Largest Pie Bakers,...
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Fleet of Delivery Trucks for Petersen Baking Co.

Date: 08 31 1927
Description: View across cobblestone street towards truck drivers sitting in four delivery trucks in front of a billboard and a brick building. The signs on the buildin...
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Peterson Baking Co. Truck

Date: 08 31 1927
Description: View of a man sitting in the driver's seat of a truck parked on a bridge. The sign painted on the truck reads: "Peterson Baking Co."
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Man Driving Delivery Truck

Date: 08 31 1927
Description: A man is sitting in the driver's seat of a delivery truck parked at the curb in front of Acme Bakery. The sign painted on the truck reads: "Aunt Betty Brea...
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Man Loading Bread into Delivery Truck

Date: 12 12 1927
Description: View from street towards a man loading bread into the back of a delivery truck. Three small American flags are attached to the front of the hood.
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Fleet of Trucks

Date: 02 27 1928
Description: A fleet of trucks parked in a row in front of storefronts. The signs painted on the side of the trucks reads: "Eat Tasty Pound Cake, 'It's The Best.'"
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Bakery Delivery Truck

Date: 04 17 1928
Description: Uneeda Biscuit Co. truck parked in front of the Nabisco Wafer Plant.
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Automobiles in front of Hathaway Baking Co.

Date: 05 04 1929
Description: View across street towards automobiles parked along the curb in front of a large brick building. A sign painted on the side of the building reads: "Hathawa...
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Sears Roebuck & Co. Luncheon at Edgewater Hotel

Date: 11 30 1954
Description: Representatives of business, labor and government meet at the Edgewater Hotel for a pre-luncheon gathering to celebrate the opening of a new Sears store. S...
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Bakery Delivery Truck

Date: 08 07 1928
Description: A man is standing at the back of a bakery delivery truck. He is holding a basket, and the back doors of the truck are open, showing shelves of bread and ot...
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Taste Test

Date: 1950
Description: Five men, each with a small dish in front of them, are sitting around a table in the chemistry laboratory of the Robert A. Johnston Company. Several of the...
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Wrecked Delivery Truck

Date: 05 27 1929
Description: Wrecked National Biscuit Company truck in a yard surrounded by a tall wooden fence.
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Final Touch

Date: 01 1973
Description: A baker puts the final touch on the frosting of a layer cake with a spatula. A pile of cake boards and an unfrosted cake are on the table in front of him.

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