Louisiana Types

[Bosox Blair]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

I don't know much about them, but I think the 1911-14 D304 bread cards are New Orleans cards.

I don't think so - the Brunner's reverse refers to Buffalo, and the Weber reverse refers to Newark...unless those were major markets for a LA-based bakery?

There is reference to General Baking on D304s though.

EDIT - found this on another website:

"The history of General Host may be traced to 1911, when the General Baking Co. was incorporated in New York as an amalgamation of 19 former baking businesses covering many major cities between New Orleans and Boston."

So it looks like only certain brands (such as Mother's) were LA brands. Others were NY brands, and General Baking was NY-based.

Cheers,
Blair

[tbob]

Victory

[RCMcKenzie]

Originally Posted by Bosox Blair

I don't think so - the Brunner's reverse refers to Buffalo, and the Weber reverse refers to Newark...unless those were major markets for a LA-based bakery?

There is reference to General Baking on D304s though.

EDIT - found this on another website:

"The history of General Host may be traced to 1911, when the General Baking Co. was incorporated in New York as an amalgamation of 19 former baking businesses covering many major cities between New Orleans and Boston."

So it looks like only certain brands (such as Mother's) were LA brands. Others were NY brands, and General Baking was NY-based.

Cheers,
Blair

Blair, I was thinking of the D304 back that says 'General, Star, and French' breads, but it may be that those were just "Louisiana type breads" that were only sold in the Northeast.

It's interesting that the T215 Red Cross say "New Jersey" on the back, but were almost surely distributed in Louisiana, as so many have been discovered there.

[Bwstew]

Being from Louisiana I'm loving this thread. The amount of knowledge on this site is amazing.
I also like how patient y'all are with some of us that are new to vintage.