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 '''Bisceglia Brothers''' was a cannery in San Jose.
-The extended Bisceglia family ran the cannery: Joseph, Alfonse, Bruno, and Pasquale Bisceglia, and Philippina De Rose.   The family came to the United States in 1885<ref>Frederick W. Marrazzo, "Italians in the Santa Clara Valley", 20xx, Arcadia Publishing</ref>, and initially farmed<ref>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/47871268@N02/12886809143 Southern Pacific shipping order]: boxes of tomatoes from Morgan Hill to [[California Canneries]] Co. in San Francisco.</a>  Receipt for 30 boxes on Sept. 13, 1898, and 11 boxes on September 14, 1898.  Robert Bowdidge collection.</ref>.  They set up their first cannery in Morgan Hill in 1903, then moved to Gilroy.  In 1913, they moved the cannery to Monterey Road in San Jose<ref>Frederick W. Marrazzo, <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=I7xarYW9BGcC&lpg=PA39&ots=t1K9z97cUo&dq=%22bisceglia%20brothers%22%20%22san%20jose%22&pg=PA39#v=onepage&q=%22bisceglia%20brothers%22%20%22san%20jose%22&f=false">"Italians in the Santa Clara Valley"</a>, 20xx, Arcadia Publishing.</ref>.  Soon after, they relocated the cannery to San Jose.   By 1919, the Bisceglia Brothers Canning Company was the largest cannery in the world and employed 1,000 workers."<ref> from History San Jose blurb with fruit labels.</ref>.  The company also made and sold wines before and after prohibition.
+The extended Bisceglia family ran the cannery: Joseph, Alfonse, Bruno, and Pasquale Bisceglia, and Philippina De Rose.   The family came to the United States in 1885<ref>Frederick W. Marrazzo, "Italians in the Santa Clara Valley", 20xx, Arcadia Publishing</ref>, and initially farmed<ref>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/47871268@N02/12886809143 Southern Pacific shipping order]: boxes of tomatoes from Morgan Hill to [[California Canneries]] Co. in San Francisco.</a>  Receipt for 30 boxes on Sept. 13, 1898, and 11 boxes on September 14, 1898.  Robert Bowdidge collection.</ref>.  They set up their first cannery in Morgan Hill in 1903, then moved to Gilroy.  In 1913, they moved the cannery to Monterey Road in San Jose<ref>Frederick W. Marrazzo, [http://books.google.com/books?id=I7xarYW9BGcC&lpg=PA39&ots=t1K9z97cUo&dq=%22bisceglia%20brothers%22%20%22san%20jose%22&pg=PA39#v=onepage&q=%22bisceglia%20brothers%22%20%22san%20jose%22&f=false Italians in the Santa Clara Valley], 20xx, Arcadia Publishing.</ref>.  Soon after, they relocated the cannery to San Jose.   By 1919, the Bisceglia Brothers Canning Company was the largest cannery in the world and employed 1,000 workers."<ref> from History San Jose blurb with fruit labels.</ref>.  The company also made and sold wines before and after prohibition.
 Clara Bisceglia Cribari, sister of the Bisceglia brothers, started running the cannery in 1919. Cribari had come to the U.S. in 1900 as a two year old.  She later married Dr. Henry Zanger.  She inherited land in Pacheco Pass from the brothers in 1938; in 1943, three of her sons started running fruit stands in Pacheco Pass and started the [http://www.casadefruta.com/about-history.php Casa de Fruta] property along Highway 152.

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 | primary_town = San Jose, CA
 | primary_dates = 1908 - 1948
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-'''Bisceglia Brothers''' was a cannery in San Jose run by the extended Bisceglia family: Joseph, Alfonse, Bruno, and Pasquale Bisceglia.   The brothers came to the United States in 1885<ref>Frederick W. Marrazzo, "Italians in the Santa Clara Valley", 20xx, Arcadia Publishing</ref>, and initially farmed<ref>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/47871268@N02/12886809143 Southern Pacific shipping order]: boxes of tomatoes from Morgan Hill to [[California Canneries]] Co. in San Francisco.</a>  Receipt for 30 boxes on Sept. 13, 1898, and 11 boxes on September 14, 1898.  Robert Bowdidge collection.</ref>.  They set up their first cannery in Morgan Hill in 1903, then moved to Gilroy.  In 1913, they moved the cannery to Monterey Road in San Jose<ref>Frederick W. Marrazzo, <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=I7xarYW9BGcC&lpg=PA39&ots=t1K9z97cUo&dq=%22bisceglia%20brothers%22%20%22san%20jose%22&pg=PA39#v=onepage&q=%22bisceglia%20brothers%22%20%22san%20jose%22&f=false">"Italians in the Santa Clara Valley"</a>, 20xx, Arcadia Publishing.</ref>.  Soon after, they relocated the cannery to San Jose.   By 1919, the Bisceglia Brothers Canning Company was the largest cannery in the world and employed 1,000 workers."<ref> from History San Jose blurb with fruit labels.</ref>.  The company also made and sold wines before and after prohibition.
+'''Bisceglia Brothers''' was a cannery in San Jose.
 Clara Bisceglia Cribari, sister of the Bisceglia brothers, started running the cannery in 1919. Cribari had come to the U.S. in 1900 as a two year old.  She later married Dr. Henry Zanger.  She inherited land in Pacheco Pass from the brothers in 1938; in 1943, three of her sons started running fruit stands in Pacheco Pass and started the [http://www.casadefruta.com/about-history.php Casa de Fruta] property along Highway 152.

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 | San Jose || 1910-1913 || South Tenth Street ||
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-| San Jose || 1913-1936 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1440%20South%20First%20Street,San%20Jose 1440 South First Street] ||
+| San Jose || 1913-1936 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1440%20South%20First%20Street,San%20Jose 1440 South First Street] || Became [[Mayfair Packing]] / Sun Garden.
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 In 1922, Bisceglia Brothers funded the [[San Jose Warehouse Company]] to act as a public warehouse for themselves and others<ref>In the Matter of the Application of San Jose Warehouse Company for an Order Authorizing Issuance of Capital Stock: [http://books.google.com/books?id=HRs4AAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA911&ots=EPAK9ySpsS&dq=bisceglia%20cannery&pg=PA912#v=onepage&q=bisceglia%20cannery&f=false California Railroad Commission]. Decision #10634, June 29, 1922.</ref>.  The California Railroad Commission case for the warehouse company explicitly notes that there were no existing public warehouses near the Bisceglia Brothers cannery, and that the warehouse would likely be used only by the cannery.  The Commission reminded the warehouse owners that public warehouses needed to serve the public - they couldn't deny access to non-Bisceglia customers.
-The company was acquired by Mayfair in 1948.
+The Bisceglia cannery was acquired by [[Mayfair Packing]] in 1948.
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 Clara Bisceglia Cribari, sister of the Bisceglia brothers, started running the cannery in 1919. Cribari had come to the U.S. in 1900 as a two year old.  She later married Dr. Henry Zanger.  She inherited land in Pacheco Pass from the brothers in 1938; in 1943, three of her sons started running fruit stands in Pacheco Pass and started the [http://www.casadefruta.com/about-history.php Casa de Fruta] property along Highway 152.
-Edith Daley visited Bisceglia Brothers in the summer of 1919 and reported on the workplace.
+Edith Daley visited Bisceglia Brothers in the summer of 1919 and reported on the workplace<ref>Big European Contracts Held by Bisceglias: [July 21, 1919 San Jose Evening News].One of [[Edith Daley]]'s summer-of-canneries articles</ref>.
 In 1922, Bisceglia Brothers funded the [[San Jose Warehouse Company]] to act as a public warehouse for themselves and others<ref>In the Matter of the Application of San Jose Warehouse Company for an Order Authorizing Issuance of Capital Stock: [http://books.google.com/books?id=HRs4AAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA911&ots=EPAK9ySpsS&dq=bisceglia%20cannery&pg=PA912#v=onepage&q=bisceglia%20cannery&f=false California Railroad Commission]. Decision #10634, June 29, 1922.</ref>.  The California Railroad Commission case for the warehouse company explicitly notes that there were no existing public warehouses near the Bisceglia Brothers cannery, and that the warehouse would likely be used only by the cannery.  The Commission reminded the warehouse owners that public warehouses needed to serve the public - they couldn't deny access to non-Bisceglia customers.

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 '''Bisceglia Brothers''' was a cannery in San Jose run by the extended Bisceglia family: Joseph, Alfonse, Bruno, and Pasquale Bisceglia.   The brothers came to the United States in 1885<ref>Frederick W. Marrazzo, "Italians in the Santa Clara Valley", 20xx, Arcadia Publishing</ref>, and initially farmed<ref>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/47871268@N02/12886809143 Southern Pacific shipping order]: boxes of tomatoes from Morgan Hill to [[California Canneries]] Co. in San Francisco.</a>  Receipt for 30 boxes on Sept. 13, 1898, and 11 boxes on September 14, 1898.  Robert Bowdidge collection.</ref>.  They set up their first cannery in Morgan Hill in 1903, then moved to Gilroy.  In 1913, they moved the cannery to Monterey Road in San Jose<ref>Frederick W. Marrazzo, <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=I7xarYW9BGcC&lpg=PA39&ots=t1K9z97cUo&dq=%22bisceglia%20brothers%22%20%22san%20jose%22&pg=PA39#v=onepage&q=%22bisceglia%20brothers%22%20%22san%20jose%22&f=false">"Italians in the Santa Clara Valley"</a>, 20xx, Arcadia Publishing.</ref>.  Soon after, they relocated the cannery to San Jose.   By 1919, the Bisceglia Brothers Canning Company was the largest cannery in the world and employed 1,000 workers."<ref> from History San Jose blurb with fruit labels.</ref>.
-Clara Cribari started running the cannery in 1919. (Three of her sons started running fruit stands in Pacheco Pass and started [http://www.casadefruta.com/about-history.php Casa de Fruta].  The company also made and sold wines before and after prohibition.
+Clara Cribari started running the cannery in 1919. The company also made and sold wines before and after prohibition.  Three of her sons started running fruit stands in Pacheco Pass and started the [http://www.casadefruta.com/about-history.php Casa de Fruta] property along Highway 152.
 Edith Daley visited Bisceglia Brothers in the summer of 1919 and reported on the workplace.