Name/Title
Tools and box for bagging sliced bread from Hofmann's Bakery, c. 1940sEntry/Object ID
2024.47.6Description
Acc. No. 24.47.6 A, B, C
Subject Category: Businesses of Alameda, Bakeries
Date or Period: c. 1940s
Object: Bread-bagging tools (A, B) and box (C)
Description: 2 wooden scoops (A - bigger, B - smaller) formed of a slightly tapering plank with a rounded piece of wood, shaped to a handle on the wider end, with another piece of wood affixed perpendicular between the handle and the tapering section; and a box, with 3 sides and a bottom, with the 2 parallel sides cut partway at an angle. The handles of the scoops are varnished, the rest is sanded smooth, and the nails are protected by tiny dowels. The unvarnished box is put together with nails and may be made of oak or fir.
Size: box: L 19 1/2" x W 6" x H 4 1/4" tapering to 2"; scoop A: L 17 3/4" x W approx. 4" x H approx. 3 1/2"; scoop B: L 16 1/2" x W approx. 3 1/2" x H approx. 3".
History of Object: box and scoops used to bag pre-sliced loaves of bread.
Donor: Frederica Kapp
Donation Date: 2022; Catalog Date: 5/22/2024