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Almanac: Sliced bread

Name: Almanac: Sliced bread
Uploaded: 2013-07-07T03:28:13-0400
Duration: 2 min 5 s
Description: On July 7, 1928, the Chillicothe Baking Company in Chillicothe, Mo., sold America's first pre-sliced bread, made possible by the slicing machine invented by Otto Rohwedder.

On July 7, 1928, the Chillicothe Baking Company in Chillicothe, Mo., sold America's first pre-sliced bread, made possible by the slicing machine invented by Otto Rohwedder.