Van de Kamp's Holland Dutch Bakeries was a bakery founded in 1915 and headquartered in the Van de Kamp Bakery Building] in Los Angeles. The company's trademark blue windmills featured on their grocery store signs and atop their chain of famous restaurants that were known throughout the region.
The bakery was sold by the Van de Kamp family and acquired by General Baking Co. in 1956[1]. The company was sold to private investors in 1979, and closed in bankruptcy in 1990 [2][3]. Former Los Angeles County District Attorney John Van de Kamp (D) is a grandson of the baker's founder. The family also founded Lawry's Restaurants and the Tam O'Shanter Inn.