Our german bakery was Kahl's at 8th Street & Indiana Ave..around 1945-1960....they had BUTTERCAKE!!!!!! On 5/10/06, Tom Clarke <ocl-tom@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > > > I was wondering if anyone had a photo of Schillings---a bakery, > > I believe? My dad speaks very fondly of their cheesecake in his > > reminiscences. I have both the Philadelphia photo volumes and was > > disappointed that neither had a picture of the building! > > ========================= > > My dad used to regularly stop Friday nights on the way home from work in > Frankford and other places to our suburban home in Rockledge with > decadently rich German butter cake, raisin cinnamon buns and other > 'luxuries'. That Schillings was in Cheltenham, down the road from the > Fox Chase area. The street names I don't know, but it was as I recall a > one story addition(?) to the normal stone home there. It was on a > residential corner but by maybe 1985 on a trip back home the building > was vacant. What an era ended. Everybody in our family and > neighborhood knew of the place. I would bet the building with its large > glass window(s) is still there. > > Tom Clarke ocl-tom@ix.netcom.com 5-10-06 > > > ==== PAPHILAD Mailing List ==== > FREE: unlimited webspace! > http://freepages.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > -- Joe Brady researching..Brady,Walsh,Ryan,McDevitt, Pierse, O'Connor, Iaquinto, D'Alfonso, Ricci, Siravo, Carlino, and more

Butterkuchen....there is a bakery in Sea Isle City across from the Catholic church that makes it.. I think we shall find it in Heaven! Mary McCanney Finley ----- Original Message ----- From: "joseph brady" <joe60brady@gmail.com> To: <PAPHILAD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 10:21 PM Subject: Re: [PAPHL] Re: Schillings Bakery -- where? > Our german bakery was Kahl's at 8th Street & Indiana Ave..around > 1945-1960....they had BUTTERCAKE!!!!!! > > On 5/10/06, Tom Clarke <ocl-tom@ix.netcom.com> wrote: >> >> > I was wondering if anyone had a photo of Schillings---a bakery, >> > I believe? My dad speaks very fondly of their cheesecake in his >> > reminiscences. I have both the Philadelphia photo volumes and was >> > disappointed that neither had a picture of the building! >> >> ========================= >> >> My dad used to regularly stop Friday nights on the way home from work in >> Frankford and other places to our suburban home in Rockledge with >> decadently rich German butter cake, raisin cinnamon buns and other >> 'luxuries'. That Schillings was in Cheltenham, down the road from the >> Fox Chase area. The street names I don't know, but it was as I recall a >> one story addition(?) to the normal stone home there. It was on a >> residential corner but by maybe 1985 on a trip back home the building >> was vacant. What an era ended. Everybody in our family and >> neighborhood knew of the place. I would bet the building with its large >> glass window(s) is still there. >> >> Tom Clarke ocl-tom@ix.netcom.com 5-10-06 >> >> >> ==== PAPHILAD Mailing List ==== >> FREE: unlimited webspace! >> http://freepages.rootsweb.com/ >> >> ============================== >> Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >> ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >> >> > > > -- > Joe Brady researching..Brady,Walsh,Ryan,McDevitt, Pierse, O'Connor, > Iaquinto, D'Alfonso, Ricci, Siravo, Carlino, and more > > > ==== PAPHILAD Mailing List ==== > Helpful abbreviations: (APS)American Philosophical Society, [ARI]Annenberg > Research Institute,(BI)Balch Institute,[DU] Drexel University Library, > FLP)Free Library of Philadelphia, [GHS] Germantown Historical Society, > GSP)Genealogical Society of PA, (HSP)Historical Society of PA, LC)Library > Company, [NARS] National Archives Regional Branch-Philadelphia, > PCA)Philadelphia City Archives,(PCH)Philadelphia City Hall, > (PJAC)Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center, (RWA)Register of Wills > Archives,(TU)Temple University, (UP)University of Pennsylvania Libraries > and Archives > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >