Perkins Home Bakery, Shrewsbury (Mass.)

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Title

Perkins Home Bakery, Shrewsbury (Mass.)

Subject

Perkins home bakery and groceries -- Shrewsbury (Mass.) ; Historic buildings -- Shrewsbury (Mass.) ; Medicine -- History -- Shrewsbury (Mass.) ; Bakers and bakeries -- Shrewsbury (Mass.).

Description

Perkins Home Bakery and Groceries, Shrewsbury (Mass.),





opened in 1897 near what is now 40 Maple Avenue. Perkins sold his own





headache medicine in his store. His dog Trilby (pictured) was used to





promote the remedy. “My head never aches. If yours does, take my master’s





Headache Powders.” Color copy of antique postcard.

Publisher

Contributor

Harlow family, Shrewsbury (Mass.)

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Citation

“Perkins Home Bakery, Shrewsbury (Mass.),” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 22, 2013, http://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/1072.

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