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D102176-4
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- 1956-10-13 (Creation)
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Inaco and Tosca Lucchesi operated the Tacoma French Bakery located at 1201 Center Street, at the corner of Center and "L," from 1944 to 1982, a total of 38 years. They operated in volume, selling retail to the public and wholesale to local restaurants. In this photograph from October of 1956 a proud baker, believed to be Tacoma French Bakery owner Inaco Lucchesi, poses in front of one of the bakery's large commercial ovens with three perfectly formed and baked loaves of French bread on a wooden paddle. Behind him are racks of completed breads, both oblong and round loaves. Mr. Lucchesi was born in Perpoli-Lucca, Italy, in 1904 and immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 17, settling in Chicago and working two jobs in order to purchase his own business. He bought the Tacoma bakery in 1944 from his uncle Frank Giusti. He married Tosca Salotti in 1935 and they had one daughter, Adele. Inaco Lucchesi died February 2, 1989. Photograph for the Carolyn Sholdar Associates. (TNT 2-5-1989, pg. B-4-obituary) TPL-8578A
Tacoma French Bakery (Tacoma); Bakeries--Tacoma--1950-1960;