Sliced bread -- that is, loaves of bread sold pre-sliced to make our favorite sandwiches or freshly buttered toast extra convenient -- is a relatively recent invention. The bread-slicing machine was ...

If Davenport ever has a slogan for sweatshirts, it should say: “Davenport, The Home Of Sliced Bread.” It was here that machine-sliced bread was invented. It ranks as one of the most resourceful ...

The sliced bread machine on loan to the Grand River Historical Society and Museum will remain in Chillicothe for at least another three years, Pam Clingerman, curator of the Grand River Historical ...

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 ...

“The greatest thing since sliced bread” has been a proverbial expression for 70 years. By now it has a quaint, even faintly ironic ring--was sliced bread really greater than computers, space travel ...

Why it made our list: LeMatic is one of less than a dozen companies worldwide that manufacture specialized, automated equipment for the baking industry. It's as easy as sliced bread. That old saying ...