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White House Cake
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One man is standing behind a cake shaped like the White House, showing the rear view of the White House, baked by the Strand Baking Company, 2007 Atwood Avenue, for the Roosevelt Birthday Ball. Men are holding a backdrop behind the man.
January 28, 1934
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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White House Cake
January 28, 1934
Three men are standing behind a cake shaped like the White House, baked by the Strand Baking Company, 2007 Atwood Avenue, for the Roosevelt Birthday Ball. Men are holding a backdrop behind the men.
Man Icing a Cake
February 10, 1938
Man icing a small cake, taken for Kennedy Dairy Co.
Gothic Temple Cake
September 21, 1933
Gothic Temple Cake created by Reidar Strand and Oswald Christensen at Strand's Bakery's booth at the East Side Business Men's Association (ESBMA) Fall Festival.
City Bakery; Interior
Interior view of a bakery, with a man posing standing behind a counter wrapping two loaves of bread. The bread is displayed in glass cases. Identified as the City Bakery.
Bakery Panorama
Wide angle view of the interior of a bakery, with one man standing by the oven on the right and another man standing near the center between racks of bread.
Strand Bakery Display, E.S.B.M.A. Fall Festival
September 14, 1937
Strand Bakery display of wedding cake and loaves of bread at the Eastside Business Men's Association fall festival, in Fuller and Johnson building 51 N. Dickinson Street at 1402 E. Washington Avenue.
