Peschell’s Bakery
The Campbell Avenue bakery and its community role. Modern news photographs and video are linked at their publishers because no reusable bakery image was verified in this bounded search. The absence of a local image is a researched rights gap.

id: WHPB-001
title: 2013 closing interview and bakery photograph
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 2013-01-31
summary: Owner interview and Peter Casolino photograph of Harry and Donna.
url: https://www.nhregister.com/connecticut/article/Party-s-over-for-West-Haven-s-Peschell-s-bakery-11386638.php
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notes: Best contemporary evidence for foundation and closure. Copyrighted Register photograph; link only. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: WHPB-002
title: NBC Connecticut closing video
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 2013-01-30
summary: Contemporary broadcast report from the closing week.
url: https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/video/on-air/as-seen-on/west-haven-bakery-closes-its-doors-after-67-years_hartford/1935353/
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notes: Copyrighted television footage; link only. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: WHPB-003
title: Harold M. Peschell obituary
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 2018-04-06
summary: Family account of civic recognition and sports sponsorship.
url: https://patch.com/connecticut/westhaven/obituary-harold-m-peschell-84-west-haven
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notes: The obituary gives 1950 and 2014, conflicting with 2013 reports. Copyrighted portrait, if displayed, is linked only. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: WHPB-004
title: Wolfe’s and Peschell’s as friendly competitors
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 2020-05-20
summary: Retrospective recounts mutual assistance between two local bakeries.
url: https://westhavenvoice.com/historians-corner-140/
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notes: Gives 1941 as Peschell’s opening year; unresolved conflict. No photograph is verified here as Peschell’s storefront. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: WHPB-005
title: The Baker’s Nine
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 2000-07-15
summary: Contemporary coverage of the bakery-named baseball team.
url: https://www.nhregister.com/sports/article/The-Baker-s-Nine-14523852.php
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notes: Do not mistake a sports-team photograph for a bakery storefront photograph. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: WHPB-006
title: Supporting source: www.nhregister.com
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Source consulted September 2026
summary: Supporting source for the collection history and chronology.
url: https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Straight-A-s-Plumbers-still-dominate-WHTL-with-11641360.php
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id: WHPB-007
title: Supporting source: www.nhregister.com
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Source consulted September 2026
summary: Supporting source for the collection history and chronology.
url: https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/gusto-bakery-west-haven-ct-21083372.php
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