A. Block - Revision history

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 [[File:abram_block.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Postcard view of Abram Block Fruit Packing House with lug boxes and wagons visible.]]
-'''Abram Block''' was a fresh fruit packer in the Santa Clara Valley.  The company was founded by Abram Block, an early California pioneer, and former banker.  Block moved to California after
+'''Abram Block''' was a fresh fruit packer in the Santa Clara Valley.  The company was founded by Abram Block, an early California pioneer, and former banker.  The company was located on the northwest side of Santa Clara, and shipped 500 to 900 carloads of fruit a year.  His plant was billed as the "largest deciduous packing house in the world."<ref>Abram Block Fruit Company.  In  Eugene T. Sawyer, [http://www.mariposaresearch.net/santaclararesearch/SCBIOS/ablockfruit.html History of Santa Clara County,California], Historic Record Co. , 1922.  page 278.</ref>, and shipped quality fruit to many continents.  The company employed 75 people during the summer of 1932<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IhciAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LaQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1504%2C4482656 August 25, 1932 San Jose Evening News]</ref>.
 The company was incorporated in 1896.  Directors were Abram Block, Wm. F. Pickstone and Max Koher of Santa Clara, and James N. Block and John M. Fagg of San Francisco<ref>Articles of Incorporation: [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SDU18980325.2.24# March 25, 1898 Sacramento Daily Union].</ref><ref>A. Block Fruit Company.  In [http://www.bizapedia.com/ca/THE-A-BLOCK-FRUIT-COMPANY.html California Secretary of State registrations via bizapedia.com].  Filed March 22, 1898, disbanded.</ref>.
 The company had been represented by [[California Fruit Distributors]] but no longer appeared on their list of represented companies by 1921.
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 ! Location !! Years !! Address !! Details
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-| Santa Clara || 1896, 1900 || || [http://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/directories/id/18/rec/5 1896 San Jose City Directory]
+| Santa Clara || 1896, 1900 || El Camino Real and Scott Blvd<ref>Bea Lichtenstein, [https://books.google.com/books?id=WDHS4xmNB5wC&lpg=PT90&ots=AmIL-aFdCE&dq=abram%20block%20fruit%20packing%20santa%20clara&pg=PT90#v=onepage&q=abram%20block%20fruit%20packing%20santa%20clara&f=false Santa Clara]. Arcadia Publishing.</ref> || [http://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/directories/id/18/rec/5 1896 San Jose City Directory]
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+[[File:abram_block.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Postcard view of Abram Block Fruit Packing House with lug boxes and wagons visible.]]
 '''Abram Block''' was a fresh fruit packer in the Santa Clara Valley.  The company was founded by Abram Block, an early California pioneer, and former banker.  Block moved to California after
 reversals in mining stocks<ref>Abram Block biography.  In [http://www.mariposaresearch.net/santaclararesearch/SCBIOS/ablockfruit.html Pen Pictures From The Garden of the World or Santa Clara County, California],  Lewis Publishing Company, 1888.</ref>.   The company was located on the northwest side of Santa Clara, and shipped 500 to 900 carloads of fruit a year.  His plant was billed as the "largest deciduous packing house in the world."<ref>Abram Block Fruit Company.  In  Eugene T. Sawyer, [http://www.mariposaresearch.net/santaclararesearch/SCBIOS/ablockfruit.html History of Santa Clara County,California], Historic Record Co. , 1922.  page 278.</ref>  The company employed 75 people during the summer of 1932<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IhciAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LaQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1504%2C4482656 August 25, 1932 San Jose Evening News]</ref>.
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 The company had been represented by [[California Fruit Distributors]] but no longer appeared on their list of represented companies by 1921.
-Alice Iola Hare photographed women packing cherries during the summer of 1904<ref>Women packing fruit.  From [http://www.sourisseauacademy.org/LADSPDF/March2014LADS.pdf March 2014 Les Amis des Sourisseau] newsletter, for San Jose State's Sourisseau Academy.</ref>.
+Alice Iola Hare photographed women packing cherries at the plant during the summer of 1904<ref>Women packing fruit.  From [http://www.sourisseauacademy.org/LADSPDF/March2014LADS.pdf March 2014 Les Amis des Sourisseau] newsletter, for San Jose State's Sourisseau Academy.</ref>.
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 The company had been represented by [[California Fruit Distributors]] but no longer appeared on their list of represented companies by 1921.
-Alice Iola Hare photographed women packing cherries during the summer of 1904<ref>Women packing fruit.  From [March 2014 Les Amis des Sourisseauhttp://www.sourisseauacademy.org/LADSPDF/March2014LADS.pdf ] newsletter, for San Jose State's Sourisseau Academy.</ref>.
+Alice Iola Hare photographed women packing cherries during the summer of 1904<ref>Women packing fruit.  From [http://www.sourisseauacademy.org/LADSPDF/March2014LADS.pdf March 2014 Les Amis des Sourisseau] newsletter, for San Jose State's Sourisseau Academy.</ref>.
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 The company had been represented by [[California Fruit Distributors]] but no longer appeared on their list of represented companies by 1921.
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 The company was incorporated in 1896.  Directors were Abram Block, Wm. F. Pickstone and Max Koher of Santa Clara, and James N. Block and John M. Fagg of San Francisco<ref>Articles of Incorporation: [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SDU18980325.2.24# March 25, 1898 Sacramento Daily Union].</ref><ref>A. Block Fruit Company.  In [http://www.bizapedia.com/ca/THE-A-BLOCK-FRUIT-COMPANY.html California Secretary of State registrations via bizapedia.com].  Filed March 22, 1898, disbanded.</ref>.
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-Fresh fruit packer, founded by Abram Block, an early California pioneer, and former banker.  Block moved to California after [http://www.mariposaresearch.net/santaclararesearch/SCBIOS/ablockfruit.html business reversals] from speculating in mining stocks.  The company was located on [http://www.mariposaresearch.net/santaclararesearch/SCBIOS/ablockfruit.html the northwest side of Santa Clara] according to a 1922 history, and shipped 500 to 900 carloads of fruit a year.  The 1922 Santa Clara County history billed it as the "largest deciduous packing house in the world."
+'''Abram Block''' was a fresh fruit packer in the Santa Clara Valley.  The company was founded by Abram Block, an early California pioneer, and former banker.  Block moved to California after
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-==Details==
+==References==
-Also mentioned in [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IhciAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LaQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1504%2C4482656 August 25, 1932 San Jose Evening News] story on employment in the Valley; supposedly, A.Block had 75 employees that summer.
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 [[Category:Santa Clara]]
 [[Category:Dried Fruit Packer]]

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 | primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer
 | primary_town = Santa Clara
-| primary_dates = 1896-1900
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-Fruit packer.
+Fresh fruit packer, founded by Abram Block, an early California pioneer, and former banker.  Block moved to California after [http://www.mariposaresearch.net/santaclararesearch/SCBIOS/ablockfruit.html business reversals] from speculating in mining stocks.  The company was located on [http://www.mariposaresearch.net/santaclararesearch/SCBIOS/ablockfruit.html the northwest side of Santa Clara] according to a 1922 history, and shipped 500 to 900 carloads of fruit a year.  The 1922 Santa Clara County history billed it as the "largest deciduous packing house in the world."
 ==Locations==