View source for J.F. Pyle Cannery

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| primary_dates = < 1901 - 1922
}}
==Summary==

==Locations==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Location !! Years !! Address !! Details
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| San Jose || 1901, 1902, 1904 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=King%20Road%20at%20Mabury%20Road,San%20Jose King Road at Mabury Road] || 
|-
| San Jose || 1906, 1923, 1924 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Martha%20and%20Fifth%20St,San%20Jose Martha and Fifth St] || 
Sold to Barron Gray

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| San Jose || 1907, 1922 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Fourth%20and%20Martha,San%20Jose Fourth and Martha] || 
Northeast corner.

|-
|}
==Details==

Successor: [[Barron-Gray Packing Company]]

[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iysiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OKQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6214%2C1048278 January 29, 1902 Evening News] 
mentions that Pyle was growing tomatoes on land near Story and McLaughlin.

Cannery was on their ranch at King and Mabury; in 1907, J. F. Pyle moved cannery to Martha and Fifth.  In 1922, 300 people worked there during the season.  
[http://www.mariposaresearch.net/santaclararesearch/berry.html Manager in 1922 was Harry Pyle, superintendent was E. G. Pyle] 
[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1982&dat=19190212&id=8fsxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PeQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6428,1669593 New building ] 
at "Fourth and Margaret" being built in 1922, 170x108 feet, thanks to large tomato pack the previous year.  (Site is now under 280.)

Western Canner and Packer described a large addition to their cannery planned in 1918.

Sold to Barron Gray in early 1923 according to 
[http://books.google.com/books?id=2S0dAQAAMAAJ&dq=western%20canner%20and%20packer&pg=PA83#v=onepage&q=western%20canner%20and%20packer&f=false Western Canner and Packer] 
.  The Pyle family retained the labels and brands.
[[Category:San Jose]]