March 5, 2016 - 5:34pm
Please help me identify this bread from 1973 (CT)
The other day I was looking through some old photos, and came across one of my sister, feeding the ducks, in November of 1973. At first I thought it was wondering bread that she was holding, because of the colors, but if you look closer, you can see that the bag is decorated in red, blue and yellow stars. As far as I know, the Wonder bread has always been decorated in red, blue and yellow circles. I was not able to find any photos online that indicated otherwise. Also, the first 3 letters on the bag look like they might be "jan" or "san". The bread would have been purchased in New Britain, CT, in November 1973. Does anyone know what it could be? Perhaps not bread, but hot dog or hamburger rolls of some kind?
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I can't seem to find any reference to this bread anywhere online! It might be some kind of off-brand of wonder bread.
That's what my mother is thinking too, that perhaps it was a store generic brand of some kind. The store it was purchased in was called "Sussman's" (no longer there).
A&P's store brand was Jane Parker and that appears to be a loaf of their sandwich bread (Wondrous bred) knockoff.
Stan Ginsberg
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Wow! I am totally impressed that you figured it out!
Wow, that's incredible! Thanks so much!
of being old and having a good memory for such trivia. The other A&P house brand was Ann Page (AP, get it?). I guess Jane was her sister-in-law.
S
Great memory and eye for detail, Stan. So glad I asked, it was driving me crazy and I was hoping someone would know. There was in fact an A&P in the area at the time. Interesting facts about where the names came from, too! :)