Maine Baking Company Employees, Auburn, 1928

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The Maine Baking Company on Minot Avenue in Auburn was founded in 1922 by Philippe Couture and Armand Dufresne. Pictured here is the renovated facility which was constructed in 1928. The company was founded with 8 employees but grew to 150 at its height in the 1940s. The bakery closed in 1955.

Left to right: Philippe Dufresne, unknown, unknown, Zeno Turcotte, Philippe Couture, unknown, unknown.

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Title: Maine Baking Company Employees, Auburn, 1928
Creation Date: 1928
Subject Date: 1928
Town: Auburn
County: Androscoggin
State: ME
Dimensions (cm): 18.5 x 21
Local Code: 2013.0.19
Object Type: Image

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Franco-American Collection
USM, 51 Westminster Street, Lewiston, ME 04240
(207) 753-6545
http://www.usm.maine.edu/lac/franco/

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