Name/Title
Photo placemats of Exterior and Interior of the Alameda French Bakery, c. 1930Entry/Object ID
1997.110.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.110.1 A, B
SUBJECT CATEGORY: BUSINESSES
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1930
OBJECT: MATS, PLACE
DESCRIPTION:
COPIES OF SEPIA-TONE PHOTOGRAPHIC MATS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON A WHITE BACKGROUND AND LAMINATED WITH PLASTIC, TO THE SIZE OF INDIVIDUAL TABLE PLACE MATS. PHOTOGRAPH IS UNSIGNED.
SIZE: L 11-1/4" X W 18-1/2".
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
A. EXTERIOR PHOTOGRAPH OF 1416 PARK AVENUE, ALAMEDA. THE BUILDING HOUSED THE "ALAMEDA FRENCH BAKERY." THE DONOR'S FATHER, JACQUES LA PLACE, WAS THE OWNER AND PROPRIETOR. MR LA PLACE SOLD THE NAME AND COMPANY TO "COLUMBO BAKERY" IN 1962. THE DONOR AND HIS FAMILY LIVED ABOVE THE BAKERY IN THE BUILDING PICTURED UNTIL 1980. THE SITE WAS LATER USED BY THE "ALAMEDA JOURNAL" NEWSPAPER OFFICES.
B. OVENS AND THE REMOVAL OF BREAD FROM OVENS. ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PICTURE ARE THE LONG PADDLES USED TO REMOVE BREAD FROM OVENS. TWO PADDLES (SEE 96.377.1 AND 96.377.2.) WERE PRESENTED TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL MUSEUM BY JACQUES E. LA PLACE, PROPRIETOR, ALAMEDA FRENCH BAKERY, AND GRANDFATHER OF THE DONOR.
ACQUIRED FROM:
MIKE COWART,
SHIPPING MANAGER
SAN FRANCISCO FRENCH BREAD COMPANY
DATE: MARCH 15, 1997
