Name/Title
Long paddle used to remove bread from ovens of the French Bakery, c. 1920Entry/Object ID
1996.377.1Description
ACC. NO. 96.377.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: BUSINESSES; BAKERY
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1920
OBJECT: PADDLE
DESCRIPTION:
OBLONG-SHAPED PADDLE OF UNKNOWN SPECIES OF WOOD; SINGLE PIECE. THE LENGTH OF PADDLE REDUCES IN SIZE TO THE HANDLE, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 24" IN LENGTH.
SIZE: L 219" X W 4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
PADDLE USED TO REMOVE BREAD FROM OVENS OF THE FRENCH BAKERY, LOCATED AT 1416 - 1420 PARK AVENUE, ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA (BETWEEN CENTRAL AVENUE AND SANTA CLARA AVENUE). THE SITE WAS OCCUPIED LATER BY THE "ALAMEDA JOURNAL" NEWSPAPER HQ.
PADDLE WAS FOUND DURING REMODELING BY THE ALAMEDA FIRST NATIONAL BANK PEOPLE IN THE MID-1970's. LONGEST PADDLE USED TO PLACE BREAD DOUGH IN OVENS.
INFO ADDED ON FEB. 21, 1998: BAKERY WAS OWNED BY JACK COUSTIER AND JACK LAPLACE.
ACQUIRED FROM:
MR MIKE COWART,
SHIPPING MANAGER
SAN FRANCISCO FRENCH BREAD COMPANY
DATE: NOVEMBER 9, 1996
