ANDERSON BAKERY MEMORIES By Marilyn Menges While attending Coronado High School for my Junior and Senior years (1957-1959), I had the wonderful privilege of developing friendships with many classmates whose parents owned a variety of shops and restaurants here in Coronado, such as Kippy’s, The Mexican Village, Anderson’s Bakery, Shell Gas Station, etc. Many of my favorite memories, however, came from knowing the grandchildren of Carl T. Anderson. He was the owner of the well-known bakery at 956 Orange Avenue: The Coronado Home Bakery, later to be known as Anderson’s Bakery. Can you imagine being born in,
Coronado Home Bakery c.1911. Photo courtesy of the Coronado Historical Association Collection.
Sweden in 1871 and at about the age of 22 moving to another country without
his new establishment the Coronado
born and in 1909 a second son, Elwin
knowing a trade or having enough
Home Bakery. He built a home-made
(Bud) T. Anderson was born at 723 F.
money in your pocket on which to live
brick oven at the rear of his residence.
Avenue.
when you get there? Carl T. Anderson
It was fueled by wooden logs and used
did just that. Sailing aboard the ship
to bake bread, which in turn he sold to
Coronado trolley cars rolled down
‘Virginia’ from Gothenburg, Sweden
customers in his horse drawn buggy.
the center or meridian of Orange
and arriving on the shores of America,
Two years later on April 11, 1911,
During their childhood, the
Avenue transporting tourists from the
walking through Ellis Island on Dec.
Carl Anderson opened his new store,
ferry landing facing San Diego Bay
17, 1894. Upon his arrival in the
the Coronado Home Bakery at 956
to the Hotel del Coronado. It was the
United States, Carl worked his way
Orange Ave. The building as it appears
responsibility of the boys to observe
across the country to Coronado, where
today, was set back 25’ from the
how many fingers the motorman
he was able to obtain a job at the Hotel
sidewalk in 1926. Opening the bakery
operating the trolley held up that day
del Coronado as a baker’s assistant,
was the first of four remodels.
as he passed the store. This indicated
later to become Head Baker and Pastry Chef.
Carl was married to Carolina
to them how many loaves of bread the
Thoren Hedeen, better known as
motorman wanted to purchase that day.
Carrie and also from Sweden, in 1906
Upon leaving the passengers off at the
the Hotel del Coronado, Carl left his
at Christ Church, Coronado by the
hotel and on his way back to the ferry
position to start his own business from
Reverend Spalding. In 1907, their first
landing, the motorman then exchanged
his home at 723 F Avenue. He called
son Clarence (Clare) T. Anderson was
money (5 cents a loaf ) for the bread
In 1909, after working 11 years at
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