ca. 1870-1900, [cabinet card, portrait of a woman identified as Marie Stover of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, holding a cake and wearing a loaf of bread as a hat and a dress adorned with donuts and cookies, and pretzels. Presumably, she is advertising a bakery], Roshon via Be-Hold Fine Photographs In the early 19th century, the Pennsylvania Dutch introduced soft pretzels and pretzel bakery businesses to Southern Pennsylvania. By 1861, the Sturgis Pretzel House in Lititz, PA became the first commercial hard pretzel bakery in the U.S., and by 1889, the Anderson Pretzel Factory was founded in Lancaster.

ca. 1870-1900, [cabinet card, portrait of a woman identified as Marie Stover of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, holding a cake and wearing a loaf of bread as a hat and a dress adorned with donuts and cookies, and pretzels. Presumably, she is advertising a bakery], Roshon

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In the early 19th century, the Pennsylvania Dutch introduced soft pretzels and pretzel bakery businesses to Southern Pennsylvania. By 1861, the Sturgis Pretzel House in Lititz, PA became the first commercial hard pretzel bakery in the U.S., and by 1889, the Anderson Pretzel Factory was founded in Lancaster.