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Baker Chocolate

Baker Chocolate and James Baker, 1739-1825.

Baker Chocolate and James Baker, 1739-1825.

  Good Old Dorchester: A Narrative History of the Town, 1630-1893. By William Dana Orcutt. ...
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Baker Chocolate logo – La Belle Chocolatiere or Das Schokoladenmadchen

Baker Chocolate logo – La Belle Chocolatiere or Das Schokoladenmadchen

Walter Baker Chocolate & Co. began at Lower Mills in 1780.  By the mid-19th century they began to advertise ...
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Baker Chocolate Silos

Baker Chocolate Silos

No. 7361 Baker Chocolate silos.   Eighteen large silos and a grain elevator were built in ...
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German Sweet Chocolate

German Sweet Chocolate

No. 1580 German's Sweet Chocolate label     In 1852 Sam German developed a dark sweet ...
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