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{{Infobox
| title = Summary
| header1 = Business Details
| label2 = Primary Town
| data2 = Los Gatos
| label3 = Primary Business
| data3 = Dried Fruit Packer
| label5 = Dates
| data5 = -1901
}}
==Summary==
None
==Locations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Location !! Years !! Address !! Details
|-
| Los Gatos || -1901 || Cypress at University Avenue ||
|-
| Los Gatos || 1900 || ??? ||
|-
| Los Gatos || 1906, 1907 || Santa Cruz Avenue ||
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| Los Gatos || 1917 || ??? ||
|-
|}
==Details==
H.D. Curtis described in detail in Bruntz's History of Los Gatos. Located at north end of town with private spur to railroad. Sold primarily to Europe where they were in competition with french fruit. Sold as "Curtis's Los Gatos Foothill brand". Storage shed at corner of Cypress (now Roberts Rd) and University burned in 1901, and the business never recovered.
[[Category:Los Gatos]]
[[Category:Dried Fruit Packer]]

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-'''H. D. Curtis''' was a Los Gatos-based drying yard and dried fruit packer<ref>George Bruntz, History of Los Gatos.  Described in detail.</ref>.  The company sold primarily to Europe where they were in competition with french fruit.
+'''H. D. Curtis''' was a Los Gatos-based drying yard and dried fruit packer<ref>George Bruntz, History of Los Gatos.  Described in detail.</ref>.  The company sold primarily to Europe where they were in competition with french fruit.  The proprietor was Harold D. Curtis, who lived on Santa Cruz Ave.
-Curtis's plant was located at north end of town with private spur to railroad.  Bruntz's History of Los Gatos shows an ad for the Curtis Dryer<ref>July 27, 1899 Los Gatos Mail</ref>:  "University Ave. near [[Grape Food Works]], cash price on delivery for all kinds of fruit, bring in your apples!  I want them."  The storage shed at corner of Cypress (now Roberts Rd) and University Ave. burned in 1901.  Supposedly the business supposedly never recovered from the fire<ref>George Bruntz, History of Los Gatos</ref>, but Curtis is mentioned as a delivery point for Sunsweet in 1917 suggesting the company did survive.
+Curtis's plant was located at north end of town with private spur to railroad.  Bruntz's History of Los Gatos shows an ad for the Curtis Dryer<ref>July 27, 1899 Los Gatos Mail</ref>:  "University Ave. near [[Grape Food Works]], cash price on delivery for all kinds of fruit, bring in your apples!  I want them."  The storage shed at corner of Cypress (now Roberts Rd) and University Ave. burned in 1901.  Supposedly the business supposedly never recovered from the fire<ref>George Bruntz, History of Los Gatos</ref>, but Curtis and his plant show up on a 1904 Sanborn map, and Curtis is mentioned as a delivery point for Sunsweet in 1917 suggesting the company did survive.
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 | Los Gatos || -1902 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Cypress%20at%20University%20Avenue,Los%20Gatos Cypress at University Avenue]<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=MK9KAQAAIAAJ&lpg=PA555&ots=Lxu4c6ZWOS&dq=H.D.%20Curtis%20Los%20Gatos&pg=PA555#v=onepage&q=H.D.%20Curtis%20Los%20Gatos&f=false 1902 Polk's San Jose City Directory]</ref><ref>Robert Couchman, The Sunsweet Story.  Includes list of packing houses in 1900.</ref>  ||
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 | Los Gatos || 1906, 1907 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Santa%20Cruz%20Avenue,Los%20Gatos Santa Cruz Avenue] || City directory.

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-Los Gatos-based drying yard and packer. H.D. Curtis's business is described in detail in Bruntz's History of Los Gatos. Curtis's plant was located at north end of town with private spur to railroad, and sold primarily to Europe where they were in competition with french fruit.
+'''H. D. Curtis''' was a Los Gatos-based drying yard and dried fruit packer<ref>George Bruntz, History of Los Gatos.  Described in detail.</ref>.  The company sold primarily to Europe where they were in competition with french fruit.
-Storage shed at corner of Cypress (now Roberts Rd) and University burned in 1901; Bruntz said the business supposedly never recovered, but Curtis is mentioned as a delivery point for Sunsweet in 1917.
 ==Locations==
 {| class="wikitable"
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 ! Location !! Years !! Address !! Details
 |-
-| Los Gatos || -1902 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Cypress%20at%20University%20Avenue,Los%20Gatos Cypress at University Avenue] || [http://books.google.com/books?id=MK9KAQAAIAAJ&lpg=PA555&ots=Lxu4c6ZWOS&dq=H.D.%20Curtis%20Los%20Gatos&pg=PA555#v=onepage&q=H.D.%20Curtis%20Los%20Gatos&f=false 1902 San Jose City Directory]
+| Los Gatos || -1902 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Cypress%20at%20University%20Avenue,Los%20Gatos Cypress at University Avenue]<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=MK9KAQAAIAAJ&lpg=PA555&ots=Lxu4c6ZWOS&dq=H.D.%20Curtis%20Los%20Gatos&pg=PA555#v=onepage&q=H.D.%20Curtis%20Los%20Gatos&f=false 1902 Polk's San Jose City Directory]</ref><ref>Robert Couchman, The Sunsweet Story.  Includes list of packing houses in 1900.</ref>  ||
 |-
-| Los Gatos || 1900 || ||
+| Los Gatos || 1906, 1907 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Santa%20Cruz%20Avenue,Los%20Gatos Santa Cruz Avenue] || City directory.
 |-
-| Los Gatos || 1906, 1907 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Santa%20Cruz%20Avenue,Los%20Gatos Santa Cruz Avenue] ||
+| Los Gatos<ref> [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LykiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KqQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2025%2C814783 July 21, 1917 San Jose Evening News] list of Sunsweet collection stations.</ref>  || 1917 || ||
 |-
-| Los Gatos || 1917 || ||
+|}
-accortding to [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LykiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KqQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2025%2C814783 July 21, 1917 San Jose Evening News] list of Sunsweet collection stations.
+==References==
 [[Category:Los Gatos]]
 [[Category:Dried Fruit Packer]]

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 | primary_town = Los Gatos
 | primary_dates = -1901
-| aliases = Curtis Fruit Company
+| aliases = Curtis Fruit Company, Los Gatos Drying Works (1902)
-| brands = Foothill
+| brands = Foothill, "Curtis's Los Gatos Foothill brand"
 }}
 ==Locations==
 {| class="wikitable"
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 ! Location !! Years !! Address !! Details
 |-
-| Los Gatos || -1901 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Cypress%20at%20University%20Avenue,Los%20Gatos Cypress at University Avenue] ||
+| Los Gatos || -1902 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Cypress%20at%20University%20Avenue,Los%20Gatos Cypress at University Avenue] || [http://books.google.com/books?id=MK9KAQAAIAAJ&lpg=PA555&ots=Lxu4c6ZWOS&dq=H.D.%20Curtis%20Los%20Gatos&pg=PA555#v=onepage&q=H.D.%20Curtis%20Los%20Gatos&f=false 1902 San Jose City Directory]
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 | Los Gatos || 1900 || ||
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 | Los Gatos || 1917 || ||
-acc. to "July 21, 1917 San Jose Evening News":http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LykiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KqQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2025%2C814783 list of Sunsweet collection stations.
+accortding to [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LykiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KqQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2025%2C814783 July 21, 1917 San Jose Evening News] list of Sunsweet collection stations.
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 |}
 ==Details==
-H.D. Curtis described in detail in Bruntz's History of Los Gatos. Located at north end of town with private spur to railroad. Sold primarily to Europe where they were in competition with french fruit. Sold as "Curtis's Los Gatos Foothill brand". Storage shed at corner of Cypress (now Roberts Rd) and University burned in 1901, and the business never recovered.
 [[Category:Los Gatos]]
 [[Category:Dried Fruit Packer]]

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 | brands = Foothill
 }}
 ==Locations==

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 | primary_dates = -1901
 | aliases = Curtis Fruit Company
 }}
 ==Summary==

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-{{Infobox
+{{Infobox_Industry
-| title = Summary
+| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer
-| header1 = Business Details
+| primary_town = Los Gatos
-| label2 = Primary Town
+| primary_dates = -1901
-| data2 = Los Gatos
+| aliases = Curtis Fruit Company
 }}
 ==Summary==

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 | label5 = Dates
 | data5 = -1901
 }}
 ==Summary==
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 ! Location !! Years !! Address !! Details
 |-
-| Los Gatos || -1901 || Cypress at University Avenue ||
+| Los Gatos || -1901 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Cypress%20at%20University%20Avenue,Los%20Gatos Cypress at University Avenue] ||
 |-
-| Los Gatos || 1900 || ??? ||
+| Los Gatos || 1900 || ||
 |-
-| Los Gatos || 1906, 1907 || Santa Cruz Avenue ||
+| Los Gatos || 1906, 1907 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Santa%20Cruz%20Avenue,Los%20Gatos Santa Cruz Avenue] ||
 |-
-| Los Gatos || 1917 || ??? ||
+| Los Gatos || 1917 || ||
 |-
 |}