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 {{Infobox_Industry
 | primary_business = Cannery
-| primary_town = Centerville, CA
+| primary_town = San Francisco
-| primary_years = 1917 - 1959
+| primary_years = 1895 - 1959
 | brands = Comet, Crescent.
 }}
 [[File:fe-booth-centerville-1926.jpg|240px|thumb|right|F. E. Booth, Centerville, 1926.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/pacificservicema1627paci/pacificservicema1627paci#page/322/mode/1up Pacific Service Magazine, October 1926].</ref>]]
-'''F. E. Booth''' was a cannery in Centerville, California, primarily canning tomatoes and fruit juices<ref>Canning News: [http://books.google.com/books?id=va3mAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22berger%20and%20carter%22&pg=RA9-PA28#v=onepage&q=%22berger%20and%20carter%22&f=false November 1921 Canning Age] Company starting canning juices and pulps on November 10.</ref>.  The company was founded by [[Frank E. Booth]], who had been an early sardine canner in Monterey.  The cannery was started in 1917<ref>1917:  [http://www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2011-08-02&file=1917+++TCV.txt Fremont History].  Ground broken in April, 1917. </ref>, with its plant about two miles northeast of Newark on the Western Pacific Railroad<ref>U.S.G.S. benchmark for smokestack of F. E. Booth cannery: [http://www.geocaching.com/mark/details.aspx?PID=HT2589 geocaching.com] Smokestack was 80 feet high; plant burned in November 1959.</ref>.  The company also had a plant at Pittsburg, California<ref>Many Canneries Receive Licenses: [http://books.google.com/books?id=pQRNAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA197&lpg=RA1-PA197&dq=f.e.booth+centerville&source=bl&ots=wltlQyVou-&sig=nNlG28H0EonN1DI94ImMzin1R1g&hl=en&sa=X&ei=u0q3Udj0FKq6igLqzoGYAQ&ved=0CFkQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=f.e.booth%20centerville&f=false California Department of Public Health Weekly Bulletin, January 23, 1926] </ref>
+'''F. E. Booth''' was a canning company started by Frank E. Booth in 1895.  The company had fish, fruit, and vegetable canneries in California.  The company initially canned sardines in Monterey<ref>[https://calisphere.org/item/91ad3ce45ad5341fb4674bfb8e6962bd F. E. Booth Cannery]. California State Library, California History Section Picture catalog.  "Frank E. Booth built cannery in 1895, canning salmon and sardines.  Founded company, F.E. Booth Co., based in San Francisco.</ref>.  Booth was the first to mechanize the canning project, and first to hire Sicilian fishermen<ref>[https://www.santacruztrains.com/2016/10/cannery-row-hovden-food-products.html Cannery Row: Hovden Food Products Corporation].   In [https://www.santacruztrains.com].</ref>.  Frank was the son of Robert Booth, "president of the Sacramento River Packers"<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=PlH_8K8Ucr4C&lpg=PA51&ots=9fhiqfBP34&dq=frank%20e.%20booth%20canning&pg=PA51#v=onepage&q=frank%20e.%20booth%20canning&f=false Canneries]. In Marti Aiello: Pittsburg.  Arcadia Publishing.</ref>.
 In 1920, F. E. Booth was president and general manager, M. S. Eisner, vice president, J. G. Jessie, secretary<ref>F. E. Booth Co.  [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3071898?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 California Food Products directory].  1920, A. Marks, San Francisco.</ref>

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 | primary_town = Centerville, CA
 | primary_years = 1917 - 1959
 }}
 [[File:fe-booth-centerville-1926.jpg|240px|thumb|right|F. E. Booth, Centerville, 1926.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/pacificservicema1627paci/pacificservicema1627paci#page/322/mode/1up Pacific Service Magazine, October 1926].</ref>]]
 '''F. E. Booth''' was a cannery in Centerville, California, primarily canning tomatoes and fruit juices<ref>Canning News: [http://books.google.com/books?id=va3mAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22berger%20and%20carter%22&pg=RA9-PA28#v=onepage&q=%22berger%20and%20carter%22&f=false November 1921 Canning Age] Company starting canning juices and pulps on November 10.</ref>.  The company was founded by [[Frank E. Booth]], who had been an early sardine canner in Monterey.  The cannery was started in 1917<ref>1917:  [http://www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2011-08-02&file=1917+++TCV.txt Fremont History].  Ground broken in April, 1917. </ref>, with its plant about two miles northeast of Newark on the Western Pacific Railroad<ref>U.S.G.S. benchmark for smokestack of F. E. Booth cannery: [http://www.geocaching.com/mark/details.aspx?PID=HT2589 geocaching.com] Smokestack was 80 feet high; plant burned in November 1959.</ref>.  The company also had a plant at Pittsburg, California<ref>Many Canneries Receive Licenses: [http://books.google.com/books?id=pQRNAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA197&lpg=RA1-PA197&dq=f.e.booth+centerville&source=bl&ots=wltlQyVou-&sig=nNlG28H0EonN1DI94ImMzin1R1g&hl=en&sa=X&ei=u0q3Udj0FKq6igLqzoGYAQ&ved=0CFkQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=f.e.booth%20centerville&f=false California Department of Public Health Weekly Bulletin, January 23, 1926] </ref>
 The company lasted into the 1930's as a tomato canner<Ref> History: Early Farmers of Union City: [http://www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2008-08-27&file=EarlyFarm+UC+History.txt August 27, 2008 Tri-City Voice]</ref>.  The cannery building itself burned in November 1959.
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 '''F. E. Booth''' was a cannery in Centerville, California, primarily canning tomatoes and fruit juices<ref>Canning News: [http://books.google.com/books?id=va3mAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22berger%20and%20carter%22&pg=RA9-PA28#v=onepage&q=%22berger%20and%20carter%22&f=false November 1921 Canning Age] Company starting canning juices and pulps on November 10.</ref>.  The company was founded by [[Frank E. Booth]], who had been an early sardine canner in Monterey.  The cannery was started in 1917<ref>1917:  [http://www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2011-08-02&file=1917+++TCV.txt Fremont History].  Ground broken in April, 1917. </ref>, with its plant about two miles northeast of Newark on the Western Pacific Railroad<ref>U.S.G.S. benchmark for smokestack of F. E. Booth cannery: [http://www.geocaching.com/mark/details.aspx?PID=HT2589 geocaching.com] Smokestack was 80 feet high; plant burned in November 1959.</ref>.  The company also had a plant at Pittsburg, California<ref>Many Canneries Receive Licenses: [http://books.google.com/books?id=pQRNAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA197&lpg=RA1-PA197&dq=f.e.booth+centerville&source=bl&ots=wltlQyVou-&sig=nNlG28H0EonN1DI94ImMzin1R1g&hl=en&sa=X&ei=u0q3Udj0FKq6igLqzoGYAQ&ved=0CFkQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=f.e.booth%20centerville&f=false California Department of Public Health Weekly Bulletin, January 23, 1926] </ref>
 The company lasted into the 1930's as a tomato canner<Ref> History: Early Farmers of Union City: [http://www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2008-08-27&file=EarlyFarm+UC+History.txt August 27, 2008 Tri-City Voice]</ref>.  The cannery building itself burned in November 1959.

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 | primary_business = Cannery
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 '''F. E. Booth''' was a cannery in Centerville, California, primarily canning tomatoes and fruit juices<ref>Canning News: [http://books.google.com/books?id=va3mAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22berger%20and%20carter%22&pg=RA9-PA28#v=onepage&q=%22berger%20and%20carter%22&f=false November 1921 Canning Age] Company starting canning juices and pulps on November 10.</ref>.  The company was founded by [[Frank E. Booth]], who had been an early sardine canner in Monterey.  The cannery was started in 1917<ref>1917:  [http://www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2011-08-02&file=1917+++TCV.txt Fremont History].  Ground broken in April, 1917. </ref>, with its plant about two miles northeast of Newark on the Western Pacific Railroad<ref>U.S.G.S. benchmark for smokestack of F. E. Booth cannery: [http://www.geocaching.com/mark/details.aspx?PID=HT2589 geocaching.com] Smokestack was 80 feet high; plant burned in November 1959.</ref>.  The company also had a plant at Pittsburg, California<ref>Many Canneries Receive Licenses: [http://books.google.com/books?id=pQRNAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA197&lpg=RA1-PA197&dq=f.e.booth+centerville&source=bl&ots=wltlQyVou-&sig=nNlG28H0EonN1DI94ImMzin1R1g&hl=en&sa=X&ei=u0q3Udj0FKq6igLqzoGYAQ&ved=0CFkQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=f.e.booth%20centerville&f=false California Department of Public Health Weekly Bulletin, January 23, 1926] </ref>

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-'''F. E. Booth''' was a cannery in Centerville, California, primarily canning tomatoes and fruit juices<ref>Canning News: [http://books.google.com/books?id=va3mAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22berger%20and%20carter%22&pg=RA9-PA28#v=onepage&q=%22berger%20and%20carter%22&f=false November 1921 Canning Age] Company starting canning juices and pulps on November 10.</ref>.  The company was founded by [[Frank E. Booth]], who had been an early sardine canner in Monterey.  The cannery was started in 1917<ref>1917:  [http://www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2011-08-02&file=1917+++TCV.txt Fremont History].  Ground broken in April, 1917. </ref>, with its plant about two miles northeast of Newark on the Western Pacific Railroad<ref>U.S.G.S. benchmark for smokestack of F. E. Booth cannery: [http://www.geocaching.com/mark/details.aspx?PID=HT2589 geocaching.com] Smokestack was 80 feet high; plant burned in November 1959.</ref>.  The company also had a plant at Pittsburg, California<refMany Canneries Receive Licenses>[http://books.google.com/books?id=pQRNAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA197&lpg=RA1-PA197&dq=f.e.booth+centerville&source=bl&ots=wltlQyVou-&sig=nNlG28H0EonN1DI94ImMzin1R1g&hl=en&sa=X&ei=u0q3Udj0FKq6igLqzoGYAQ&ved=0CFkQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=f.e.booth%20centerville&f=false California Department of Public Health Weekly Bulletin, January 23, 1926] </ref>
+'''F. E. Booth''' was a cannery in Centerville, California, primarily canning tomatoes and fruit juices<ref>Canning News: [http://books.google.com/books?id=va3mAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22berger%20and%20carter%22&pg=RA9-PA28#v=onepage&q=%22berger%20and%20carter%22&f=false November 1921 Canning Age] Company starting canning juices and pulps on November 10.</ref>.  The company was founded by [[Frank E. Booth]], who had been an early sardine canner in Monterey.  The cannery was started in 1917<ref>1917:  [http://www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2011-08-02&file=1917+++TCV.txt Fremont History].  Ground broken in April, 1917. </ref>, with its plant about two miles northeast of Newark on the Western Pacific Railroad<ref>U.S.G.S. benchmark for smokestack of F. E. Booth cannery: [http://www.geocaching.com/mark/details.aspx?PID=HT2589 geocaching.com] Smokestack was 80 feet high; plant burned in November 1959.</ref>.  The company also had a plant at Pittsburg, California<ref>Many Canneries Receive Licenses: [http://books.google.com/books?id=pQRNAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA197&lpg=RA1-PA197&dq=f.e.booth+centerville&source=bl&ots=wltlQyVou-&sig=nNlG28H0EonN1DI94ImMzin1R1g&hl=en&sa=X&ei=u0q3Udj0FKq6igLqzoGYAQ&ved=0CFkQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=f.e.booth%20centerville&f=false California Department of Public Health Weekly Bulletin, January 23, 1926] </ref>
 The company lasted into the 1930's as a tomato canner<Ref> History: Early Farmers of Union City: [http://www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2008-08-27&file=EarlyFarm+UC+History.txt August 27, 2008 Tri-City Voice]</ref>.  The cannery building itself burned in November 1959.

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 '''F. E. Booth''' was a cannery in Centerville, California, primarily canning tomatoes and fruit juices<ref>Canning News: [http://books.google.com/books?id=va3mAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22berger%20and%20carter%22&pg=RA9-PA28#v=onepage&q=%22berger%20and%20carter%22&f=false November 1921 Canning Age] Company starting canning juices and pulps on November 10.</ref>.  The company was founded by [[Frank E. Booth]], who had been an early sardine canner in Monterey.  The cannery was started in 1917<ref>1917:  [http://www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2011-08-02&file=1917+++TCV.txt Fremont History].  Ground broken in April, 1917. </ref>, with its plant about two miles northeast of Newark on the Western Pacific Railroad<ref>U.S.G.S. benchmark for smokestack of F. E. Booth cannery: [http://www.geocaching.com/mark/details.aspx?PID=HT2589 geocaching.com] Smokestack was 80 feet high; plant burned in November 1959.</ref>.  The company also had a plant at Pittsburg, California<refMany Canneries Receive Licenses>[http://books.google.com/books?id=pQRNAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA197&lpg=RA1-PA197&dq=f.e.booth+centerville&source=bl&ots=wltlQyVou-&sig=nNlG28H0EonN1DI94ImMzin1R1g&hl=en&sa=X&ei=u0q3Udj0FKq6igLqzoGYAQ&ved=0CFkQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=f.e.booth%20centerville&f=false California Department of Public Health Weekly Bulletin, January 23, 1926] </ref>
 The company lasted into the 1930's as a tomato canner<Ref>[http://www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2008-08-27&file=EarlyFarm+UC+History.txt Fremont history story]</ref>.  The cannery building itself burned in November 1959.
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-'''F. E. Booth''' was a cannery in Centerville, California, primarily canning tomatoes and fruit juices<ref>Canning News: [http://books.google.com/books?id=va3mAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22berger%20and%20carter%22&pg=RA9-PA28#v=onepage&q=%22berger%20and%20carter%22&f=false November 1921 Canning Age] Company starting canning juices and pulps on November 10.</ref>.  The cannery was started in 1917<ref>1917:  [http://www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2011-08-02&file=1917+++TCV.txt Fremont History].  Ground broken in April, 1917. </ref>, with its plant about two miles northeast of Newark on the Western Pacific Railroad<ref>[http://www.geocaching.com/mark/details.aspx?PID=HT2589 Two miles northeast of Newark on Western Pacific Railroad] </ref>.  The company also had a plant at Pittsburg, California<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=pQRNAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA197&lpg=RA1-PA197&dq=f.e.booth+centerville&source=bl&ots=wltlQyVou-&sig=nNlG28H0EonN1DI94ImMzin1R1g&hl=en&sa=X&ei=u0q3Udj0FKq6igLqzoGYAQ&ved=0CFkQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=f.e.booth%20centerville&f=false plant at Pittsburg] </ref>
+'''F. E. Booth''' was a cannery in Centerville, California, primarily canning tomatoes and fruit juices<ref>Canning News: [http://books.google.com/books?id=va3mAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22berger%20and%20carter%22&pg=RA9-PA28#v=onepage&q=%22berger%20and%20carter%22&f=false November 1921 Canning Age] Company starting canning juices and pulps on November 10.</ref>.  The company was founded by [[Frank E. Booth]], who had been an early sardine canner in Monterey.  The cannery was started in 1917<ref>1917:  [http://www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2011-08-02&file=1917+++TCV.txt Fremont History].  Ground broken in April, 1917. </ref>, with its plant about two miles northeast of Newark on the Western Pacific Railroad<ref>U.S.G.S. benchmark for smokestack of F. E. Booth cannery: [http://www.geocaching.com/mark/details.aspx?PID=HT2589 geocaching.com] Smokestack was 80 feet high; plant burned in November 1959.</ref>.  The company also had a plant at Pittsburg, California<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=pQRNAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA197&lpg=RA1-PA197&dq=f.e.booth+centerville&source=bl&ots=wltlQyVou-&sig=nNlG28H0EonN1DI94ImMzin1R1g&hl=en&sa=X&ei=u0q3Udj0FKq6igLqzoGYAQ&ved=0CFkQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=f.e.booth%20centerville&f=false plant at Pittsburg] </ref>
-The company lasted into the 1930's as a tomato canner<Ref>[http://www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2008-08-27&file=EarlyFarm+UC+History.txt Fremont history story]</ref>.  The cannery building itself burned in November 1959 according to the USGS.
+The company lasted into the 1930's as a tomato canner<Ref>[http://www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2008-08-27&file=EarlyFarm+UC+History.txt Fremont history story]</ref>.  The cannery building itself burned in November 1959.
 Initially built in 1917 according to