style=\"text-decoration:none\" height=\"23px\" valign=\"middle\" face=\"arial\" ORIGINAL 1900 - 1920\'sFREUND\'S \'\'OLD TYME RYE\'\' BREADPORCELAIN SIGNIN AS FOUNDORIGINAL USED CONDITION

MORITZ & \'\'JETTA\'\' FREUNDWERE BOTH FROM BOHEMIA WHERE MORITZ WAS TRAINED AS A BAKER. AROUND 1856 THEY LIVED AT 913 SOULARD A HOME WITH A WOOD BURNING STOVE. WHERE THEY STARTED THE FREUND BAKING COMPANY AND SOLD \'\'OLD TYME RYE\'\' IN ST. LOUIS STORES. IN THE BEGINNING THE WOOD FOR THEIR OVEN WAS SUPPLIED BY A STRUGGLING FARMER ULYSSES S. GRANT. THE BAKERY WAS LOCATED AT THEIR HOME FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS. DURING THE CIVIL WAR , GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT \'\'COMMISSIONED\'\' THEM TO SELL THEIR BREAD TO THE ARMY AT JEFFERSON BARRACKS, WHICH THEY DID UNTIL THE POST CLOSED AFTER WWII. THEIR BREAD WAS FEATURED IN EVERY PAVILION OF THE ST. LOUIS WORLD\'S FAIR. THE FAMILY SOLD THE BUSINESS IN 1972 TO A LARGE FOOD CORP.

THEY STARTED IN 1856 AND I WOULD DATE THIS SIGN TO THE 1920\'s OR EARLIER BECAUSE OF ITS THICKNESS AND WEIGHT

IT MEASURES APPROX 30\'\' WIDE BY 15 1/2\'\' TALL WITHGREAT COBALT BLUE & WHITECOLORS AND GRAPHICS

IT HAS SOME MINORPORCELAIN ISSUESFROM AGE AS THE PICS SHOW

THISIS AEXTREMELY RARE ANDHIGHLYCOLLECTABLEPIECE OF EARLY AMERICAN BREAD HISTORY ANDIT WILL BE AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO ANY COLLECTION

PLEASE LOOK AT ALL OF THE PICTURES AND FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE offerDING

SOLD AS IS BUT OFFERED WITH A MONEY BACK WARRANTY IF NOT AS DESCRIBED

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