Famous for selling a flour sack over and over, Gridley owned a store not far from Ceres - Ceres Courier

Wrecking ball took out southern end of downtown Ceres for the freeway in the 60s - Ceres Courier

Boxoffice-May.26.1951

Mr. Gridley and His Sack of Flour – Civil War Monitor

saw this at the civic center farmer's market this morning : r/sanfrancisco

The most expensive sack of flour.

Flour Sack Exhibit The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum

The California Lumber Merchant - August 1966 by 526 Media Group - Issuu

209 Magazine Issue #41 by 209 Multimedia Publications - Issuu

During the Civil War, a sack of flour was repeatedly auctioned off to raise money for wounded soldiers.

Grocery Store from Mud Roads & Plank Sidewalks Part 11 – Leslieville Historical Society

The Story of My Life - Ieterna.org

Flour Sack Exhibit The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum