Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Stein, Carl C. May 18, 1868 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Page 417
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     CARL C. STEIN, who conducts one of the leading bakeries in Portland, has 
attained success through the high quality of his products, his close 
application, and his progressive and enterprising business methods. He was 
born in Germany on the 18th of May, 1868, and is a son of Gotlieb and Matilda 
(Pfefferkorn) Stein. His father was a cabinetmaker by trade, became an 
unusually skilled workman and followed that line in Germany until 1892, when 
he and his wife came to Portland and thereafter made their home with their 
son, Carl C., until their deaths.

     Carl Stein received a public school education in his native land and in 
1885, when seventeen years of age, emigrated to the United States, coming 
direct to Portland, of which city he has been a resident continuously since. 
He learned the baking business with Fisher of the California Bakery, after 
which he was employed in various bakeries in this city. On September 17, 1888, 
he entered into a partnership with Max Ruble and established the Vienna bakery 
at Sixteenth and Overton streets. Six months later Mr. Stein became the sole 
owner of the business, which he carried on alone until 1901, when his brother 
Hartman became a partner and the business was operated under the name of Stein 
Brothers until Hartman's death, in 1923, since which time it has been known as 
Stein's bakery. Recently Mr. Stein took into the business his two nephews, 
Ernest and William Stein. In 1912 he built a new plant, to which he has made 
additions from time to time, and in 1927 erected a brick building, fifty by 
fifty feet, so that the plant now covers a space one hundred by one hundred 
feet. He employs nineteen people and has seven delivery wagons. The public was 
not slow in recognizing the superior quality of the Stein products and through 
the years the business has steadily grown, being now regarded as one of the 
most prosperous concerns in its line in Portland.

     Mr. Stein was united in marriage to Miss Ida Wehner, who is a native of 
Germany, but has been a resident of Portland since girlhood. To them have been 
born five children, namely: Mary, Helen, Louise, Paul and Dorris. Mr. Stein 
gives his political support to the republican party and is a member of the 
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Sons of Herman, the Turnverein and 
the Chamber of Commerce. Though he has been closely devoted to his business, 
he has not neglected his obligations as a citizen and has given his support to 
all measures for the betterment of the community and the advancement of the 
public welfare. For these reasons, as well as for his excellent personal 
qualities, he commands the respect and good will of all who know him and is 
deservedly popular among his associates and friends.

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