The story of sliced bread illustrates the freedom Americans have to act on preferences, whether those are for convenience, taste, or tradition.

In this intriguing video, a curious individual decides to test the capabilities of a bread slicer machine by placing a watermelon inside it. The result is surprisingly fascinating as the machine ...

Bread slicing machines were common in Europe for decades, but they eventually went out of production in the 1980s as more and more people started buying bread instead of baking it themselves.

This commercial bread-slicing machine was designed and manufactured in 1928 by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (1880-1960). It was used to slice loaves of fresh bakery bread at Korn's Bakery, in Rohwedder's ...

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This bread slicer is split into two parts: a wooden box topped with slats to catch bread crumbs, and acrylic sliding guides drilled into the wood to ease your experience while cutting bread.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This commercial bread-slicing machine ...