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Title
Christmas Cake
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1927 December
Publication Information
Museum of Ventura County
Contributing Institution
Museum of Ventura County
Collection
General Collection
Rights Information
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Description
View of the top of a beautifully decorated Christmas cake that was sent to the president of the United States at the time, Calvin Coolidge. William Cook Baker of Bill Baker's bakery in Ojai sent many cakes to presidents, and this was the first of many presidential cakes. It is a fruitcake decorated with a small village in the snow and Santa and sleigh. Bottom of photo reads: "W. C. Baker Ojai Cal Dec 1927."
Type
image
Format
25.5 x 20.3 cm
Black and white photograph
Identifier
7281
Language
English
Subject
Fruitcake
Cake decorating
Gifts
Baker, William Cook, 1873-1942
Bill Baker's Ojai Bakery
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933
Place
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)

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