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Harold Jacobs Fries Up the Doughnuts at Quality Bakery, April 1974 Photographer: Jack Stubbs

Harold Jacobs Fries Up the Doughnuts at Quality Bakery, April 1974 image
Year:
1974
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, April 28, 1974
Caption:
3:30 A.M. ~ Dawn has not cracked, but Clifford Hedlund, above is already battling sticky cookie dough, which Burt Lutz forces through the cookie machine at right. Doughnuts must be ready early to get to the restaurants for the breakfast rush, so Harold Jacobs, below left [this photo], hurries another batch into the fryer, while Bob Dickson, below right, puts up the finished orders.

Jim Lutz and Gene Horning Making Bread at Quality Bakery, April 1974 Photographer: Jack Stubbs

Jim Lutz and Gene Horning Making Bread at Quality Bakery, April 1974 image
Year:
1974
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, April 28, 1974
Caption:
There were once seven full-line bakeries in Ann Arbor. Now Quality Bakery on Main Street is the only one left. Gene Horning, 71, has worked at Quality and its predecessors since 1926. As at left, he still ties on his apron each day before dawn, then, below [this photo] joins Jim Lutz at the bread bench. Dutch crust, whole wheat and french every day. Cracked wheat three times a week. Oatmeal bread on Thursdays.

Gene Horning, Master Baker at Quality Bakery, April 1974 Photographer: Jack Stubbs

Gene Horning, Master Baker at Quality Bakery, April 1974 image
Year:
1974
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, April 28, 1974
Caption:
There were once seven full-line bakeries in Ann Arbor. Now Quality Bakery on Main Street is the only one left. Gene Horning, 71, has worked at Quality and its predecessors since 1926. As at left [this photo], he still ties on his apron each day before dawn, then, below joins Jim Lutz at the bread bench. Dutch crust, whole wheat and french every day. Cracked wheat three times a week. Oatmeal bread on Thursdays.

Burt Lutz Mans the Cookie Machine at Quality Bakery, April 1974 Photographer: Jack Stubbs

Burt Lutz Mans the Cookie Machine at Quality Bakery, April 1974 image
Year:
1974
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, April 28, 1974
Caption:
3:30 A.M. ~ Dawn has not cracked, but Clifford Hedlund, above is already battling sticky cookie dough, which Burt Lutz forces through the cookie machine at right [this photo.] Doughnuts must be ready early to get to the restaurants for the breakfast rush, so Harold Jacobs, below left, hurries another batch into the fryer, while Bob Dickson, below right, puts up the finished orders.

Quality Bakery, Founded In 1920, Set To Close In June, May 1987 Photographer: Jack Stubbs

Quality Bakery, Founded In 1920, Set To Close In June, May 1987 image
Year:
1987
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 24, 1987
Caption:
Betty Lutz, left, and her son Jim stand at the counter of the Quality Bakery on Main Street which will close next month after 67 years of operation. Lutz and her husband Burt inherited the store's operation from relative in 1974. Many of the bakery's employees have been there for decades. Reana Trapp, above [this photo], has been on the staff for 24 years.

Quality Bakery, Founded In 1920, To Close, May 1987 Photographer: Jack Stubbs

Quality Bakery, Founded In 1920, To Close, May 1987 image
Year:
1987
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 24, 1987
Caption:
Betty Lutz, left, and her son Jim [this photo] stand at the counter of the Quality Bakery on Main Street which will close next month after 67 years of operation. Lutz and her husband Burt inherited the store's operation from relative in 1974. Many of the bakery's employees have been there for decades. Reana Trapp, above, has been on the staff for 24 years.

Last Day At Quality Bakery, June 1987 Photographer: Nat Ehrlich

Last Day At Quality Bakery, June 1987 image
Year:
1987
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, June 30, 1987
Caption:
Goodbye - Old friends and customers of the Quality Bakery gathered to 'picket' and show their appreciation for the Main Street business in Ann Arbor as it held its last day of operation Saturday.