O. A. Harlan & Company - Revision history

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 The company was relatively small.  Harlan sold 180,000 pounds of "evaporated" prunes to war board in 1919 at 10.75 cents/pound to the War Department's director of purchase and storage<ref>List of Government Contracts and Purchase Orders: [http://books.google.com/books?id=rkbmAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA12&dq=%22o.a.+harlan%22&hl=en&ei=duTgTs2GLMiQiALb06WcDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CFsQ6AEwBzgK#v=onepage&q=%22o.a.%20harlan%22&f=false Official U. S. Bulletin  By United States. Committee on Public Information], March 31, 1919.</ref>.
-That same year, CalPak sold 2.5 million pounds of fruit,, Richmond sold 2,000,000 pounds, Sunsweet sold 3.8 million pounds, Garcia and Maggini sold a million pounds. Even more sales from same and different vendors.
+That same year, CalPak sold 2.5 million pounds of fruit,, Richmond sold 2,000,000 pounds, Sunsweet sold 3.8 million pounds, [[Garcia and Maggini]] sold a million pounds. Even more sales from same and different vendors.
 Harlan had previous experience in the dried fruit business, and had been the manager for [[Rosenberg Brothers]] in 1907 when they occupied the former [[Santa Clara County Fruit Exchange]] plant on Sunol Street in San Jose.

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-'''O. A. Harlan & Company''' was a San Jose-based dried fruit packer in existence before 1917.
+'''O. A. Harlan & Company''' was a San Jose-based dried fruit packer in existence before 1917.  The company was operated by [[Orrin A. Harlan]], a San Jose businessman.
 Harlan's first incarnation of O. A. Harlan and Company packed for the [[California Prune and Apricot Growers]] in at least their first season of 1917. That company  was sold to the [[California Prune and Apricot Growers in 1918<ref>Coast News In Brief: [http://books.google.com/books?id=72tRAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA4&ots=ydDNqTxCdt&dq=%22salsina%20canning%22%20%22san%20jose%22&pg=PA4#v=onepage&q=%22salsina%20canning%22%20%22san%20jose%22&f=false August 3, 1918 California Fruit News] </ref>, but he went back into business, started another incarnation of O. A. Harlan, and sold that business to the [[California Prune and Apricot Growers]] in 1928 when he became general manager of that organization.
 Harlan sold out to [[California Prune and Apricot Growers]]  (Sunsweet) in 1928 when he was also made general manager of the organization.

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 That same year, CalPak sold 2.5 million pounds of fruit,, Richmond sold 2,000,000 pounds, Sunsweet sold 3.8 million pounds, Garcia and Maggini sold a million pounds. Even more sales from same and different vendors.
-Harlan had previous experience in the dried fruit business, and had been the manager for the [[Santa Clara County Fruit Exchange]] in 1907.
+Harlan had previous experience in the dried fruit business, and had been the manager for [[Rosenberg Brothers]] in 1907 when they occupied the former [[Santa Clara County Fruit Exchange]] plant on Sunol Street in San Jose.
 ==Locations==

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 Harlan's San Jose plant at 4th and Margaret, south of downtown, was built in 1918 of reinforced concrete.  The building was 60 feet by 180 feet, and cost $20,000 to construct<ref>
-[http://books.google.com/books?id=-PM_AAAAYAAJ&pg=RA3-PA111&dq=%22o.a.+harlan%22&hl=en&ei=duTgTs2GLMiQiALb06WcDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDoQ6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=%22o.a.%20harlan%22&f=false July 1918 Architect and Engineer] </ref>
+San Jose Cannery: [http://books.google.com/books?id=-PM_AAAAYAAJ&pg=RA3-PA111&dq=%22o.a.+harlan%22&hl=en&ei=duTgTs2GLMiQiALb06WcDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDoQ6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=%22o.a.%20harlan%22&f=false July 1918 Architect and Engineer] </ref>
 The company was relatively small.  Harlan sold 180,000 pounds of "evaporated" prunes to war board in 1919 at 10.75 cents/pound to the War Department's director of purchase and storage<ref>List of Government Contracts and Purchase Orders: [http://books.google.com/books?id=rkbmAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA12&dq=%22o.a.+harlan%22&hl=en&ei=duTgTs2GLMiQiALb06WcDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CFsQ6AEwBzgK#v=onepage&q=%22o.a.%20harlan%22&f=false Official U. S. Bulletin  By United States. Committee on Public Information], March 31, 1919.</ref>.

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 [http://books.google.com/books?id=-PM_AAAAYAAJ&pg=RA3-PA111&dq=%22o.a.+harlan%22&hl=en&ei=duTgTs2GLMiQiALb06WcDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDoQ6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=%22o.a.%20harlan%22&f=false Architect and Engineer] </ref>
-The company was relatively small.  Harlan sold 180,000 pounds of "evaporated" prunes to war board in 1919 at 10.75 cents/pound to the War Department's director of purchase and storage<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=rkbmAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA12&dq=%22o.a.+harlan%22&hl=en&ei=duTgTs2GLMiQiALb06WcDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CFsQ6AEwBzgK#v=onepage&q=%22o.a.%20harlan%22&f=false source here]</ref>.
+The company was relatively small.  Harlan sold 180,000 pounds of "evaporated" prunes to war board in 1919 at 10.75 cents/pound to the War Department's director of purchase and storage<ref>List of Government Contracts and Purchase Orders: [http://books.google.com/books?id=rkbmAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA12&dq=%22o.a.+harlan%22&hl=en&ei=duTgTs2GLMiQiALb06WcDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CFsQ6AEwBzgK#v=onepage&q=%22o.a.%20harlan%22&f=false Official U. S. Bulletin  By United States. Committee on Public Information], March 31, 1919.</ref>.
 That same year, CalPak sold 2.5 million pounds of fruit,, Richmond sold 2,000,000 pounds, Sunsweet sold 3.8 million pounds, Garcia and Maggini sold a million pounds. Even more sales from same and different vendors.