From the 1897 Lain's directory: PROBST & Schumacher bakers 87 Heyward (http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Directory/1897/p.html) _____ Ward Dennis Brooklyn, USA On Jun 1, 2008, at 9:18 PM, Lauren M. Petit wrote: > I am having trouble reading a WWI draft registration card and can't > figure > out the name of a wholesale German bakery where a gentleman named > Joseph > Mauser/Mausser worked as a "fireman" or oven operator. The bakery > name looks > something like "Profit & Schomacker," and it was located on Haywood > Street > in Brooklyn (possibly #87). If anyone has access to business > directories > for Brooklyn in the early 1900s, any help locating the name of this > business > would be much appreciated. Thanks. > > > > Lauren > > ______________________________________ > > Lauren MacKenzie Petit >