Thornton Canning - Revision history

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Robert Bowdidge: Created page with "{{Infobox_Industry | primary_business = Cannery | primary_dates = 1938-1959 | predecessors = [[Sacramento Valley Canning Co.] | successors = California Canners and Growers..."

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Created page with "{{Infobox_Industry | primary_business = Cannery | primary_dates = 1938-1959 | predecessors = [[Sacramento Valley Canning Co.] | successors = California Canners and Growers..."

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{{Infobox_Industry
| primary_business = Cannery
| primary_dates = 1938-1959
| predecessors = [[Sacramento Valley Canning Co.]
| successors = [[California Canners and Growers]]
}}
The '''Thornton Canning Company''' was a cannery in Thornton, in the Sacramento Delta region. Dale Hollenbeck, Nelson T. Nowell, and Frederic D. Clarke founded the company in 1938, and bought the [[Sacramento Valley Canning Company]] cannery and warehouse. The site was along the Western Pacific tracks in Thornton.

By 1958, the company was canning two million cases a year with $10,000,000 in sales.

The company was bought by [[California Canners and Growers]] in 1959. "Dale Hollenbeck, president of Thornton Canning Co., said that the sale is in line with the great integration movement currently going on in agriculture, especially in California<ref>Cal-Can Buys Thornton Canning. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=R6IzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kO4HAAAAIBAJ&pg=6022%2C5561116 June 12, 1959 Lodi News-Sentinel].</ref>.

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 The company was bought by [[California Canners and Growers]] in 1959.   "Dale Hollenbeck, president of Thornton Canning Co., said that the sale is in line with the great integration movement currently going on in agriculture, especially in California<ref>Cal-Can Buys Thornton Canning. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=R6IzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kO4HAAAAIBAJ&pg=6022%2C5561116 June 12, 1959 Lodi News-Sentinel].</ref>.
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 The '''Thornton Canning Company''' was a cannery in Thornton, in the Sacramento Delta region.  Dale Hollenbeck, Nelson T. Nowell, and Frederic D. Clarke founded the company in 1938, and bought the [[Sacramento Valley Canning Company]] cannery and warehouse.  The site was along the Western Pacific tracks in Thornton.
-The company primarily canned tomatoes, though it also handled apricots<ref>U.S. vs Thornton Canning.  Adulteration of tomato puree and misbranding of tomato paste and apricots.  [http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/fdanj/handle/123456789/82191 FDA Notice 950], September 14, 1944. </ref>.  By 1958, the company was canning two million cases a year with $10,000,000 in sales.
+The company primarily canned tomatoes, though it also handled apricots<ref>U.S. vs Thornton Canning.  Adulteration of tomato puree and misbranding of tomato paste and apricots.  [http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/fdanj/handle/123456789/82191 FDA Notice 950], September 14, 1944. </ref>.  Thornton also did early experiments with canning tomato paste in 55 gallon drums in 1956<ref>E. L. Mitchell, [http://books.google.com/books?id=LyjGt7VDmZsC&lpg=PA10&ots=RuombS_ObY&dq=%22thornton%20canning%22&pg=PA10#v=onepage&q=%22thornton%20canning%22&f=false A Review of Aseptic Packaging].  In Advances in Food Research,v. 32.</ref>.   By 1958, the company was canning two million cases a year with $10,000,000 in sales.
 The company was bought by [[California Canners and Growers]] in 1959.   "Dale Hollenbeck, president of Thornton Canning Co., said that the sale is in line with the great integration movement currently going on in agriculture, especially in California<ref>Cal-Can Buys Thornton Canning. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=R6IzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kO4HAAAAIBAJ&pg=6022%2C5561116 June 12, 1959 Lodi News-Sentinel].</ref>.

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−	The company was bought by [[California Canners and Growers]] in 1959. "Dale Hollenbeck, president of Thornton Canning Co., said that the sale is in line with the great integration movement currently going on in agriculture, especially in California<ref>Cal-Can Buys Thornton Canning. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=R6IzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kO4HAAAAIBAJ&pg=6022%2C5561116 June 12, 1959 Lodi News-Sentinel].</ref>.	+	The company was bought by [[California Canners and Growers]] in 1959. "Dale Hollenbeck, president of Thornton Canning Co., said that the sale is in line with the great integration movement currently going on in agriculture, especially in California<ref>Cal-Can Buys Thornton Canning. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=R6IzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kO4HAAAAIBAJ&pg=6022%2C5561116 June 12, 1959 Lodi News-Sentinel].</ref>.
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 | primary_business = Cannery
 | primary_dates = 1938-1959
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 | successors = [[California Canners and Growers]]
 }}