Name/Title
Receipts from Purity Home Bakery, 1911-1914Entry/Object ID
2016.62.5Scope and Content
Acc. No. 16.62.5
Subject Category: Homes of Alameda, Citizens of Alameda, Businesses
Date or Period: 1911-1914
Object: Receipts
Description: Forms, with printed information in black type on white paper, with added information handwritten in pen or pencil, all stating 'Purity Home Bakery, Bay & Munz, proprietors, Bread, Cakes, Pies and Fancy Cakes'. The last form has the phrase ‘Purity Home Bakery’ crossed out.
Size: L 7" x W 8 1/2"
History of Object: Receipts (not contiguous) between 1911 and 1914 for Bread & Cakes, or monthly deliveries, to 1808 Lafayette or 1809 Willow (after Nov. 1913). The business was at 1319 Park Street (currently the location of Classy Nail Spa). The bakery may have continued until 1921 as 'Bay and Munz', but by 1922 G. Bay had moved his business to Oakland, and there is no further listing of Munz.
Donor: Estate of Grace B. Fitch
Cataloged: August 27, 2016; Catalog Completion Date: 11/27/2021