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Pan, Bread

Object number2019.40.2 a,b

Manufacturer Chicago Metallic (founded 1898)

Possible OriginChicago, IL

MediumMetal; Food residue

Credit LineGiven in honor of the McGinnis Family

DescriptionTwo-sided rectangular cinnamon bread baking pan comprised of two half pans (a-b) that lock together through sliding latches on the short ends. Each rectangular half is comprised of four semi-circular recesses each with twenty (20) semi-circular channels. Each pan has a stationary latch at the center of one short side and a sliding latch at the center of the other short side.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (a-b together): 3.875 × 18.125 × 10.625 in. (9.8 × 46 × 27 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (a): 2.188 × 18.125 × 10.563 in. (5.6 × 46 × 26.8 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (b): 2.25 × 18 × 10.625 in. (5.7 × 45.7 × 27 cm)
Inscriptions

Front of right side unit has blue sticker in top right corner with white printed "N.S.F. TESTING LABORATORY / NSF / ANN ARBOR, MICH." and raised text at bottom "365".

Front of right side unit has black temperature dial above center with faint white text temperature levels around perimeter starting with "OFF" and running from "100" to "450" in 50 degree increments.

Right side unit has silver sticker at center with black printed text including "ATTENTION / FOR BEST OPERATING RESULTS / ... / IMPORTANT / OIL MOTOR..."

Right side unit has black power dial near bottom with faint white text around perimeter "ON / OFF / ON / OFF".
Marks(a-b)
Engraved text on both short sides of each pan "CHICAGO METALLIC" and "B8514-1".
Historical NotesCinnamon bread baking pan. The mold was used by James Elwood McGinnis' wife Rosella Gardilla McGinnis to make cinnamon bread that was originally sold in the early McGinnis markets before they became the McGinnis Sisters stores. Most of the original store’s prepared foods, such as German potato salad, coleslaw, macaroni salad, etc., were made by Rosella in the family’s kitchen; she had previous experience working in her family’s tavern and beer parlor, Gardill’s, in Baldwin. Rosella continued to serve as the family’s recipe creator and quality control specialist. It was said that she could replicate recipes by taste and experimentation for nearly any dish that she encountered. Part of the McGinnis Family Food Stores collection that encompasses materials related to the operation of a chain of family-run food markets that started in Pittsburgh’s South Hills Baldwin neighborhood in 1946. The first McGinnis market (variously referred to as “McGinnis Supermarket” or “McGinnis Food Market”) was started by family patriarch James Elwood McGinnis when he could not find a job after WWII. Beginning with a fruit cart, he eventually opened a grocery and deli at 2872 Custer Avenue in Baldwin that proved so successful it expanded to multiple stores, including one in Carrick/Castle Shannon and later Monroeville. The stores were operated by different family members. In 1985, three McGinnis sisters – Sharon McGinnis Young, Bonnie McGinnis Vello, and Noreen McGinnis Campbell – assumed operation of the main set of McGinnis Stores, rebranding them “McGinnis Sisters” markets. (Two brothers split off and started other stores not considered part of the chain.) With the three women serving as active spokespersons, the stores garnered more media attention during this period. For most of its operation, the chain was largely connected with stores that operated in the South Hills and Monroeville. Between 2008 and 2017, a McGinnis Sisters market also operated north of Pittsburgh in a shopping center in Adams Township/Mars, Pennsylvania. A series of events between 2017 and 2019 eventually brought about the closure of the chain. Objects in the collection were gathered from throughout the stores and consolidated at the final property, the McGinnis Sisters Special Food Store at 3825 Saw Mill Run Boulevard.

Previous owner McGinnis Family Food Stores (1946 - 2019)

Related person James Elwood McGinnis

Related person Rosella Gardill McGinnis

Related person Sharon McGinnis Young

Related person Bonnie McGinnis Vello

Related person Noreen McGinnis Campbell

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