The Van de Kamp's Bakery headquarters, designed to resemble a 16th -century Dutch farmhouse, located at 2930 Fletcher Drive in Glassell Park, served as the headquarters for the chain of bakeries and coffee shops whose trademark "windmill" buildings and neon signs prevailed throughout mid-20th century Los Angeles. The building was designed by New York architect J. Edward Hopkins in 1930 in the Dutch Renaissance Revival style, reflecting the company's Dutch corporate image. Theodore J. Van de Kamp and Lawrence L. Frank were the owners and originators of the Van de Kamp Bakeries. Fondly known as the "Taj Mahal of all bakeries", the Van de Kamp's headquarters was declared city of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 569 in 1992. Photograph caption reads: "The Van de Kamp's Bakery Cookie People, personified by Cherry nut shortbread bar Wency Becker, left, were introduced yesterday at festivities inaugurating the renaming of the area of the longstanding sweets factory headquarters--Fletcher Drive west of San Fernando Road, out in the Atwater end of town--as Van de Kamp Square". Photograph dated: May 27, 1983.
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Van de Kamp's Bakery Publicity--California--Los Angeles Bakeries--California--Los Angeles Costumes Glassell Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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