Mieding (John) Business Collection on Southern California Bakeries and Four-S Bakery, 1942-2005

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Title:: John Mieding Business Collection on Southern California Bakeries and Four-S Bakery
Dates:: 1942-2005
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Extent:: (Boxes: 1 letter; 1 legal; 1 postcard box)
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Preferred citation:: John Mieding Business Collection on Southern California Bakeries and Four-S Bakery. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Scope and content:: Business records and photographs pertaining to Four-S Bakery, Interstate Brands Corporation, Good Stuff Bakery, and Good Stuff Food Company, Inc. Covers operations and statistics of the bread and commercial bakery industry in southern California. Contains a manuscript titled "A Story About a Bakery, Four-S Bakery, 1922-2000" written by Elmer Pedrotti, Joe Tarro and John Mieding, chronicling company history and subsequent mergers through facts, anecdotes, humor, and remembrances. Also a collection of dinner programs/menus from the Les Amis d'Escoffier Society. 1942-2005, undated (bulk 1963-1995)
Biographical / historical:: Four-S Bakery was founded in Los Angeles in 1922. Donor John Mieding began at Four-S and finished his career as Western Regional Manager of Interstate Brands Corporation. Four-S Bakery first merged with other baking companies into Western Bakeries and later Interstate Bakeries Corp. (reorganized into Interstate Brands Corporation).

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County staff.
Date Prepared:: 1942-2005
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:55 p.m.

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Preferred citation:: John Mieding Business Collection on Southern California Bakeries and Four-S Bakery. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Location of this collection:: Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

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Los Angeles, CA 90007-4057, US