Descriptive Summary
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Scope and Content of Collection
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Descriptive Summary
Title: John Mieding Business Collection on Southern California Bakeries and Four-S Bakery
Dates: 1942-2005
Collection Number: GC 1392
Creator/Collector:
Extent: (Boxes: 1 letter; 1 legal; 1 postcard box)
Repository:
Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles, California 90007-4057
Abstract: 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.
1942-2005, undated (bulk 1963-1995)
Language of Material: English
Access
Research is by appointment only
Publication Rights
Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. John Mieding Business Collection on Southern California Bakeries and Four-S Bakery. Collection Number:
GC 1392. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Biography/Administrative History
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).
Scope and Content of Collection
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)
