Liibs Bakery and
Confectionery
The Petersburg Steam
Bakery also known as Libb’s Bakery was a steam bakery plant and an ice-cream
factory. Started in 1886 William Libbs and his wife and daughter operated the
business which included not only a soda and ice-cream shoppe but a restaurant which
served plate lunches as well. The bakery items included "breadstuff daily,
Charlotte, Russe, Captain, fancy, decorated and wedding cakes, rolls, buns,
jellies and numerous delicacies, and a specialty is made of
pastries." (Printed in the Pike County Dispatch in 1911).
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