Container

Object/Artifact

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Swedish American Museum

2018.7.6_Front

2018.7.6_Front

Name/Title

Container

Entry/Object ID

2018.7.6

Description

White container for baked goods. The top of the container is decorated with a blue and white sketching of a man, the inscription, "Swedish Bakery European Style Pastries & Cakes 5348 North Clark Chicago, Il. 60640 773-561-8919" written in blue letters, and a blue ring that surrounds both the sketching and the inscription.

Context

The Swedish Bakery opened in the late 1920s by a Swedish immigrant family. Throughout the 20th century, ownership changed hands multiple times until 1971 when Marlies Stanton, a pastry chef at the bakery, bought it. Although the Stanton family is German and Greek, Marlies continued to cater to the Swedish and Andersonville community until closing in 2017. Signature items included mazariner (almond tart), toscas (almond cake), the prinsesstårta (princess torte), homemade chocolate ganache, cardamom bread, limpa (rye) bread, and the Andersonville coffee cake.

Acquisition

Accession

2018.7

Source or Donor

Swedish Bakery

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of the Swedish Bakery

Made/Created

Date made

1980 - 2017

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Baking, Business enterprises, Bakeries

Search Terms

Swedish Bakery, Small business, Andersonville

Dimensions

Height

6 in

Width

6 in

Depth

3 in

Material

Cardboard

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Swedish Bakery

Reproductions

Notes

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