Sewall Brown and Company - Revision history

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 | Vasona || 1920's - 1950's || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Winchester%20Ave,Vasona Winchester Ave] ||  Just south of the current Netflix offices
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 '''Sewall Brown and Company''' was an apricot and prune pit processor, run for many years by Sewall Brown.  The facility had been a the [[Gem City Packing Company]] originally, but was sold to [[Sunsweet]] and spent most of its life breaking up apricot pits.
 A great article from the San Jose Evening News describes the business and includes a choice interview with Mr. Brown himself<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wggvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HaQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1211,1841413&dq=cannery+los+gatos&hl=en July 23, 1928 San Jose Evening News] </ref>.
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 ! Location !! Years !! Address !! Details
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-| Vasona || 1934 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Winchester%20Ave,Vasona Winchester Ave] ||  Just south of the current Netflix offices
+| Vasona || 1920's - 1950's || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Winchester%20Ave,Vasona Winchester Ave] ||  Just south of the current Netflix offices
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 A great article from the San Jose Evening News describes the business and includes a choice interview with Mr. Brown himself<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wggvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HaQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1211,1841413&dq=cannery+los+gatos&hl=en July 23, 1928 San Jose Evening News] </ref>.
-See also [http://vasonabranch.blogspot.com/2011/11/gem-city-packing-becomes-sunsweet.html Places I Won't Model: Sewall Brown And Co":http://vasonabranch.blogspot.com/2011/05/places-i-wont-model-sewall-brown-co.html and the "history of the Gem City Packing house]
+See also [http://vasonabranch.blogspot.com/2011/11/gem-city-packing-becomes-sunsweet.html Places I Won't Model: Sewall Brown And Co], and the "history of the Gem City Packing house".
 ==Locations==

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-'''Sewall Brown and Company''' was an apricot and prune pit processor, run for many years by Sewall Brown.  The facility had been a "dried fruit packing plant":/view/gem_city_packing_company originally, but was sold to Sunsweet and spent most of its life breaking up apricot pits.
+'''Sewall Brown and Company''' was an apricot and prune pit processor, run for many years by Sewall Brown.  The facility had been a the [[Gem City Packing Company]] originally, but was sold to [[Sunsweet]] and spent most of its life breaking up apricot pits.
 A great article from the San Jose Evening News describes the business and includes a choice interview with Mr. Brown himself<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wggvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HaQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1211,1841413&dq=cannery+los+gatos&hl=en July 23, 1928 San Jose Evening News] </ref>.

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-Apricot and prune pit processor, run for many years by Sewall Brown.  The facility had been a "dried fruit packing plant":/view/gem_city_packing_company originally, but was sold to Sunsweet and spent most of its life breaking up apricot pits.
+'''Sewall Brown and Company''' was an apricot and prune pit processor, run for many years by Sewall Brown.  The facility had been a "dried fruit packing plant":/view/gem_city_packing_company originally, but was sold to Sunsweet and spent most of its life breaking up apricot pits.
-A great article from the [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wggvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HaQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1211,1841413&dq=cannery+los+gatos&hl=en July 23, 1928 San Jose Evening News] describes the business and includes a choice interview with Mr. Brown himself.
+A great article from the San Jose Evening News describes the business and includes a choice interview with Mr. Brown himself<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wggvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HaQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1211,1841413&dq=cannery+los+gatos&hl=en July 23, 1928 San Jose Evening News] </ref>.
 See also [http://vasonabranch.blogspot.com/2011/11/gem-city-packing-becomes-sunsweet.html Places I Won't Model: Sewall Brown And Co":http://vasonabranch.blogspot.com/2011/05/places-i-wont-model-sewall-brown-co.html and the "history of the Gem City Packing house]
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-| Vasona || 1934 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Winchester%20Ave,Vasona Winchester Ave] ||
+| Vasona || 1934 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Winchester%20Ave,Vasona Winchester Ave] ||  Just south of the current Netflix offices
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 ==Details==
+==References==
-Ad in Jan 1 1934 San Jose News: Apricot Shells: Summer rate 50 cents per ton in pile - bring your sacks - or 25c per yard in bulk.
+<references/>
 [[Category:Vasona]]

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 Apricot and prune pit processor, run for many years by Sewall Brown.  The facility had been a "dried fruit packing plant":/view/gem_city_packing_company originally, but was sold to Sunsweet and spent most of its life breaking up apricot pits.