O'Berry Bakery 1940

Interior of O'Berry's bakery in 1940

Interior of O'Berry's bakery in 1940

Name/Title

O'Berry Bakery 1940

Entry/Object ID

2017.016.0002

Description

8 1/2" x 11" copy of a photo of the interior of O'Berry's bakery on Fenwick Street in Leonardtown in 1940. Four men were standing behind the counter with a pie display case on the left and a roll display case on the right. A large vertical roll of white paper stood on the counter to wrap purchases. Combs and razor blades were in large cards on the wall behind them. A handwritten sign for Snow Balls was there also. The men were identified L-R as Walter Saunders, Aloysius Mattingly, Bill [Walter] Downs, and Harris Connelly. Text on accompanying sheets: "O'Berry Bakery 1940 located [in] Booker Mattingly yard next to Richardson Building on Fenwick St. East Walter Saunders Thomas Aloysius Mattingly (Tennie) Nubby Downs brother Billy Downs Harris Connelly, Mack Connelly's son Another sheet shows a calendar for 1940 and there is a brief discussion about a possible date for the photo Yet another sheet has a simple advertisement for O'Berry's Home Bakery

Collection

Kennedy Abell Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1940

Location

Container

Small Collections, Box 3

Shelf

Rack 17, Shelf 4

Rack

Rack 17

Wall

North wall

Room

Archives 2

Building

Tudor Hall
Small Collections, Box 10, Unknown

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Abell, B. Kennedy

Person or Organization

Connelly, Harris

Person or Organization

Downs, Walter2

Person or Organization

Mattingly, Thomas Aloysius

Person or Organization

Saunders, Walter A.