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| Chico || Plant #64 || 1919 || || Packing prunes and apricots in 1919.
 
| Chico || Plant #64 || 1919 || || Packing prunes and apricots in 1919.
 
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| Emeryville || Plant #35 || 1926-1989 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1200%20Park%20Avenue,Emeryville 1200 Park Avenue] ||  . Now Pixar. Plant #7 was nearby according to "Baptista oral history":http://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/roho/ucb/text/baptista_stella_adoa.pdf  
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| Emeryville || Plant #35 || 1926-1989 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1200%20Park%20Avenue,Emeryville 1200 Park Avenue] ||  . Now Pixar. Plant #7 was nearby according to [[http://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/roho/ucb/text/baptista_stella_adoa.pdf Baptista oral history].
 
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| Emeryville || Plant #7 || 1916-1941 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40th%20and%20Halleck,Emeryville 40th and Halleck] || Packing peaches and pears in 1919.
 
| Emeryville || Plant #7 || 1916-1941 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40th%20and%20Halleck,Emeryville 40th and Halleck] || Packing peaches and pears in 1919.
 
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| Fairfield (Suisun)  || Plant #60 || 1919, 1926 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%3F%3F%3F,Fairfield ???] ||Dried fruit.  "Frank Butterfield bio":http://cagenweb.com/solano/biobutterfieldf.html  Packing pears and apricots in 1919.
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| Fairfield (Suisun)  || Plant #60 || 1919, 1926 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%3F%3F%3F,Fairfield ???] ||Dried fruit.  [http://cagenweb.com/solano/biobutterfieldf.html Frank Butterfield bio]. Packing pears and apricots in 1919.
 
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| Fresno || Plant #15 || 1916-  || || Packing peaches in 1919.
 
| Fresno || Plant #15 || 1916-  || || Packing peaches in 1919.
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| Fresno || Plant #67 || 1919 || || Packing apricots and peaches in 1919.  (Dried?)
 
| Fresno || Plant #67 || 1919 || || Packing apricots and peaches in 1919.  (Dried?)
 
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| Fruitvale||  || 1941 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=3000%20East%209th%20Street,Fruitvale 3000 East 9th Street] ||  (Now mall.)() Photo pg 394, Southern Pacific Freight Cars: Box Cars.  
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| Fruitvale||  || 1941 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=3000%20East%209th%20Street,Fruitvale 3000 East 9th Street] ||  Now mall. Former  [[H.G. Prince]]?  Photo pg 394, Southern Pacific Freight Cars: Box Cars.  
 
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| Hanford || Plant #18 || 1916, 1922 || || Packing peaches and grapes in 1919.
 
| Hanford || Plant #18 || 1916, 1922 || || Packing peaches and grapes in 1919.
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| Milpitas || Plant #21 || 1930's || ||  
 
| Milpitas || Plant #21 || 1930's || ||  
 
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| Modesto || || 1969 - ~2000 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=4000%20Yosemite%20Blvd,Modesto 4000 Yosemite Blvd] ||  "Catsup, tomato sauce, tomato juice":http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1948
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| Modesto || || 1969 - ~2000 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=4000%20Yosemite%20Blvd,Modesto 4000 Yosemite Blvd] ||  [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1948 "Catsup, tomato sauce, tomato juice"]
 
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| Monterey || || 1926-1962 || ||  Sardine cannery.  
 
| Monterey || || 1926-1962 || ||  Sardine cannery.  
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| Planada || || 1922 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Highway%20120,Planada Highway 120] ||  Mentioned as Merced.  
 
| Planada || || 1922 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Highway%20120,Planada Highway 120] ||  Mentioned as Merced.  
 
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| Rio Vista || ||  1921,1922,1953 || ||  . Was Rio Vista Canning and Packing Company. Article in "June 1921 Canning Age":http://books.google.com/books?id=va3mAAAAMAAJ
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| Rio Vista || ||  1921,1922,1953 || ||  . Was Rio Vista Canning and Packing Company. Article in [http://books.google.com/books?id=va3mAAAAMAAJ June 1921 Canning Age]
 
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| Roseberry || || 1921 || ||  
 
| Roseberry || || 1921 || ||  
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| Sacramento || ||  || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%2019th%20and%20R%20Street%20,Sacramento  19th and R Street ] ||  
 
| Sacramento || ||  || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%2019th%20and%20R%20Street%20,Sacramento  19th and R Street ] ||  
 
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| Sacramento ||Plant #12 || 1922, 1938 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1600%202nd%20Street,Sacramento 1600 2nd Street] ||  (Front and P Street?)  ()  "May 1922 Western Canner and Packer":http://books.google.com/books?id=2S0dAQAAMAAJ
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| Sacramento ||Plant #12 || 1922, 1938 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1600%202nd%20Street,Sacramento 1600 2nd Street] ||  (Front and P Street?)  ()  [http://books.google.com/books?id=2S0dAQAAMAAJ May 1922 Western Canner and Packer]
 
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| Sacramento || || 1925 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=17th%20and%20C%20Street,Sacramento 17th and C Street] || Now Blue Diamond)
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| Sacramento || || 1925 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=17th%20and%20C%20Street,Sacramento 17th and C Street] || Now Blue Diamond.
 
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| Sacramento || Plant #11 || 1916- || "G Street" || Packing peaches and pears in 1919.
 
| Sacramento || Plant #11 || 1916- || "G Street" || Packing peaches and pears in 1919.
 
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| Salem || Plant #26 || 1916- || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%3F%3F%3F,Salem ???] ||  . (Former Oregon Packing Company, merged into Del Monte in 1916.) In SP warehouse until [http://www.salemhistory.net/commerce/canneries.htm 1935]  1922 Western Canner and Packers mentions canned prunes being shipped from this plant.  Packing blackberries, string beans, and pears in 1919.
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| Salem || Plant #26 || 1916- || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%3F%3F%3F,Salem ???] ||  Former [[Oregon Packing Company]], merged into Del Monte in 1916. In SP warehouse until [http://www.salemhistory.net/commerce/canneries.htm 1935]  1922 Western Canner and Packers mentions canned prunes being shipped from this plant.  Packing blackberries, string beans, and pears in 1919.
 
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| San Francisco ||  Plant #1 || 1916, 1921 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=North%20Point%20Ave.,San%20Francisco North Point Ave.] ||  (now the Cannery). Started as [http://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Del_Monte_Foods peach cannery], merged into California Fruit Canners Association.  In 1919, was packing pears, port and beans, and tomatoes"rodhadeland.com":http://www.rodhandeland.com/SFWaterfront/FishermanPier39.htm suggests plant was originally set up by Fontana and Company in 1907.  
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| San Francisco ||  Plant #1 || 1916, 1921 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=North%20Point%20Ave.,San%20Francisco North Point Ave.] ||  (now the Cannery). Started as [http://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Del_Monte_Foods peach cannery], merged into California Fruit Canners Association.  In 1919, was packing pears, port and beans, and tomatoes"rodhadeland.com":http://www.rodhandeland.com/SFWaterfront/FishermanPier39.htm suggests plant was originally set up by [[M. J. Fontana and Company]] in 1907.  
 
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| San Francisco || Plant #2 || 1919 || || Listed in September 10, 1919 "Lug Box" newsletter as "Specialty", packing preserves, jelly, and catsup.
 
| San Francisco || Plant #2 || 1919 || || Listed in September 10, 1919 "Lug Box" newsletter as "Specialty", packing preserves, jelly, and catsup.
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| San Francisco || || 1920, 1921 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=101%20California%20Street,San%20Francisco 101 California Street] || Headquarters.  
 
| San Francisco || || 1920, 1921 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=101%20California%20Street,San%20Francisco 101 California Street] || Headquarters.  
 
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| San Jose || || 1919 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Cinnabar%20Street,San%20Jose Cinnabar Street] || Former Armsby plant, mentioned in want ads in "May 22, 1919 San Jose Evening News":http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GvwxAAAAIBAJ
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| San Jose || || 1919 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Cinnabar%20Street,San%20Jose Cinnabar Street] || Former Armsby plant, mentioned in want ads in [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GvwxAAAAIBAJ May 22, 1919 San Jose Evening News]
 
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| San Jose || Plant #3 || 1919 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=849%20Auzerais%20St.,San%20Jose 849 Auzerais St.] ||  West San Carlos Street  () / 849 Auzerais (1936, 1940, 1945)  cannery. Still referred to as "by the narrow gauge" in 1919. "May 22, 1919 San Jose Evening News":http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GvwxAAAAIBAJ
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| San Jose || Plant #3 || 1919 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=849%20Auzerais%20St.,San%20Jose 849 Auzerais St.] ||  West San Carlos Street  () / 849 Auzerais (1936, 1940, 1945)  cannery. Still referred to as "by the narrow gauge" in 1919. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GvwxAAAAIBAJ May 22, 1919 San Jose Evening News]
 
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| San Jose || Plant #51 || 1923, 1936, 1940, 1945, 1949 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=725%20W.%20San%20Fernando,San%20Jose 725 W. San Fernando] || Former [[Griffin and Skelley]]. Closed 1990, moved to Fresno) Grading and processing on 2nd floors along with bins, warehouse on first. Sulfur rooms in south end of building.  (Where was plant #50?)
 
| San Jose || Plant #51 || 1923, 1936, 1940, 1945, 1949 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=725%20W.%20San%20Fernando,San%20Jose 725 W. San Fernando] || Former [[Griffin and Skelley]]. Closed 1990, moved to Fresno) Grading and processing on 2nd floors along with bins, warehouse on first. Sulfur rooms in south end of building.  (Where was plant #50?)
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| San Jose || || 1964 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Hostetter%20Road,San%20Jose Hostetter Road] || Pit cracking department.  
 
| San Jose || || 1964 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Hostetter%20Road,San%20Jose Hostetter Road] || Pit cracking department.  
 
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| San Leandro || || 1928 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Thornton%20Avenue%20,San%20Leandro Thornton Avenue ] || "Formerly H.G. Prince" according to 1928 Sanborn map. .  
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| San Leandro || || 1928 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Thornton%20Avenue%20,San%20Leandro Thornton Avenue ] || Formerly [[H.G. Prince]] according to 1928 Sanborn map.
 
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| San Leandro || Plant #8  || 1931 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=752%20Saunders,San%20Leandro 752 Saunders] || West of BART station, vacant as of 2005. . 1899-1973. Cannery, dried fruit, agricultural research. Was a packing plant for dried fruit until moved to San Jose in...1960's?... according to [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr obituary for Marie Fernandes].  Packing peaches in 1919.
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| San Leandro || Plant #8  || 1931 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=752%20Saunders,San%20Leandro 752 Saunders] || West of BART station, vacant as of 2005. 1899-1973. Cannery, dried fruit, agricultural research. Was a packing plant for dried fruit until moved to San Jose in...1960's?... according to [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr obituary for Marie Fernandes].  Packing peaches in 1919.
 
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| San Lorenzo || Plant #9 || 1916- || ||  Opposite SP station. December 1922 Western Canner and Packer notes that the cannery will reopen early in 1923 to can spinach from 250 acres. Leonard Perillo superintendent.  Packing peaches, pears, and grapes in 1919.
 
| San Lorenzo || Plant #9 || 1916- || ||  Opposite SP station. December 1922 Western Canner and Packer notes that the cannery will reopen early in 1923 to can spinach from 250 acres. Leonard Perillo superintendent.  Packing peaches, pears, and grapes in 1919.
 
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| Sanger || || 1922 || || "July 1922 Western Canner and Packer":http://books.google.com/books?id=2S0dAQAAMAAJ
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| Sanger || || 1922 || || [http://books.google.com/books?id=2S0dAQAAMAAJ May 22, 1919 San Jose Evening News]
 
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| Santa Ana || Plant #20 || 1919, 1921 || || Packing chili peppers in 1919.
 
| Santa Ana || Plant #20 || 1919, 1921 || || Packing chili peppers in 1919.

Revision as of 06:01, 7 August 2013

Summary
Business

Cannery
Main Location

San Francisco
Aliases

Del Monte
Predecessors

Griffin and Skelley, Central California Canneries, J. K. Armsby, California Fruit Canners Association, Alaska Packers Association

Founded in 1916 as the merger of five major canners: Griffin and Skelley, Central California Canneries, J.K. Armsby, California Fruit Canners Association, and Alaska Packers Association. They canned fish from Alaska, pineapple from Hawaii, fruit from California.

Locations

Location Plant Number Years Address Details
Alameda 1925, 1941 Buena Vista at Sherman Former Alaska Packing Corporation salmon cannery. aka Encinal Terminal.
Alameda ? ??? Warehouse for consolidating output from different canneries for eastern shipment. (California's Finest, p.142)
Atwater 1922-1939 December 1922 Western Canner and Packer notes city helping buy lot along SP tracks for California Packing Corporation to expand the present cannery. "The cannery closed November 27 after packing 160,000 cases of peaches and 7,400 cases of sweet potatoes. Arcadia Publishing's Atwater book says Del Monte left in 1939. The plant had started as the Atwater Cannery, a cooperative, in 1905.
Berkeley 1941 2424 Fourth Street From Oakland City Directory, 1941.
Chico Plant #64 1919 Packing prunes and apricots in 1919.
Emeryville Plant #35 1926-1989 1200 Park Avenue . Now Pixar. Plant #7 was nearby according to [Baptista oral history.
Emeryville Plant #7 1916-1941 40th and Halleck Packing peaches and pears in 1919.
Fairfield (Suisun) Plant #60 1919, 1926 ??? Dried fruit. Frank Butterfield bio. Packing pears and apricots in 1919.
Fresno Plant #15 1916- Packing peaches in 1919.
Fresno Plant #66 1919 Packing apricots and peaches in 1919. (Dried?)
Fresno Plant #67 1919 Packing apricots and peaches in 1919. (Dried?)
Fruitvale 1941 3000 East 9th Street Now mall. Former H.G. Prince? Photo pg 394, Southern Pacific Freight Cars: Box Cars.
Hanford Plant #18 1916, 1922 Packing peaches and grapes in 1919.
Healdsburg Plant #56 1919 Packing prunes and pears in 1919.
Honolulu, Hawaii Plant #29 1919 Packing pineapple in 1919.
Kahului HI 1926-1934 120 Kane Street See HAER Survey
Kingsburg 1922-2012 1101 Marian Avenue Newspaper articles at time of closure said it had been open for 90 years.
Lewiston, Idaho Plant #28 1919 Packing tomatoes in 1919.
Los Angeles Plant #19 1916, 1921 Packing tomatoes, beets, and peaches in 1919.
Marysville 1921
Milpitas Plant #21 1930's
Modesto 1969 - ~2000 4000 Yosemite Blvd "Catsup, tomato sauce, tomato juice"
Monterey 1926-1962 Sardine cannery.
Mt. Eden 1931 Mentioned in 1931 Hayward Directory.
Oakland Plant #6 1921, 1941 First and Myrtle Still exists. according to signs on photo by James Bunger and 1941 Oakland City Directory. Packing peaches and pears in 1919.
Oakland 1941 First and Filbert Street
Oakland 1941 742 Saunders
Oakland 1941 85th Ave Foot of 85th Ave
Oakland 1941 (1941) 1100 29th Ave
Planada 1922 Highway 120 Mentioned as Merced.
Rio Vista 1921,1922,1953 . Was Rio Vista Canning and Packing Company. Article in June 1921 Canning Age
Roseberry 1921
Sacramento 3rd and X Street
Sacramento 19th and R Street
Sacramento Plant #12 1922, 1938 1600 2nd Street (Front and P Street?) () May 1922 Western Canner and Packer
Sacramento 1925 17th and C Street Now Blue Diamond.
Sacramento Plant #11 1916- "G Street" Packing peaches and pears in 1919.
Salem Plant #26 1916- ??? Former Oregon Packing Company, merged into Del Monte in 1916. In SP warehouse until 1935 1922 Western Canner and Packers mentions canned prunes being shipped from this plant. Packing blackberries, string beans, and pears in 1919.
San Francisco Plant #1 1916, 1921 North Point Ave. (now the Cannery). Started as peach cannery, merged into California Fruit Canners Association. In 1919, was packing pears, port and beans, and tomatoes"rodhadeland.com":http://www.rodhandeland.com/SFWaterfront/FishermanPier39.htm suggests plant was originally set up by M. J. Fontana and Company in 1907.
San Francisco Plant #2 1919 Listed in September 10, 1919 "Lug Box" newsletter as "Specialty", packing preserves, jelly, and catsup.
San Francisco 1920, 1921 101 California Street Headquarters.
San Jose 1919 Cinnabar Street Former Armsby plant, mentioned in want ads in May 22, 1919 San Jose Evening News
San Jose Plant #3 1919 849 Auzerais St. West San Carlos Street () / 849 Auzerais (1936, 1940, 1945) cannery. Still referred to as "by the narrow gauge" in 1919. May 22, 1919 San Jose Evening News
San Jose Plant #51 1923, 1936, 1940, 1945, 1949 725 W. San Fernando Former Griffin and Skelley. Closed 1990, moved to Fresno) Grading and processing on 2nd floors along with bins, warehouse on first. Sulfur rooms in south end of building. (Where was plant #50?)
San Jose 1930 Montgomery Street at Cinnabar. Former Richmond Chase plant.
San Jose 1931 Lincoln Ave. Seen on 1931 siding list.
San Jose 1936, 1940 Auzerais and Meridian Road (pit cracker)
San Jose Plant #39 1919, 1936, 1940, 1945 7th and Jackson Pickle Factory.
San Jose Plant #153 1936, 1940, 1945 Sunol and Auzerais St. By-products.
San Jose Plant #4/34 1940, 1945, 1964 7th and Jackson Vinegar works.
San Jose 1964 Monterey Road Seed farm.
San Jose 1964 734 The Alameda Sales office, fruit and vegetable purchasing office.
San Jose 1964 Hostetter Road Pit cracking department.
San Leandro 1928 Thornton Avenue Formerly H.G. Prince according to 1928 Sanborn map.
San Leandro Plant #8 1931 752 Saunders West of BART station, vacant as of 2005. 1899-1973. Cannery, dried fruit, agricultural research. Was a packing plant for dried fruit until moved to San Jose in...1960's?... according to obituary for Marie Fernandes. Packing peaches in 1919.
San Lorenzo Plant #9 1916- Opposite SP station. December 1922 Western Canner and Packer notes that the cannery will reopen early in 1923 to can spinach from 250 acres. Leonard Perillo superintendent. Packing peaches, pears, and grapes in 1919.
Sanger 1922 May 22, 1919 San Jose Evening News
Santa Ana Plant #20 1919, 1921 Packing chili peppers in 1919.
Santa Rosa Plant #5 1921 : Source for blackberries, according to a July 1922 price list in Western Canner and Packer. Packing peaches, blackberries, and pears in 1919.
Star Ray, Utah Plant #34 1919 Packing tomatoes in 1919.
Stockton Plant #10 1975 2716 East Minor Filbert Street north of SP's Oakdale branch. . Lawsuit in 1977 said that Del Monte had warehouses for canned goods out there, and they needed the space to hold the production from the Emeryville and San Jose canneries in the 1970's - there wasn't enough space locally. December 1922 Western Canner and Packer notes it'll reopen on March 1. In 1922, canned 125,000 cases of spinach, 200,000 cases of cling peaches, and 110,000 cases of tomatoes.
Sunnyvale Plant #184 1904-1926, 1930-? 185 Evelyn photo]
The Dalles 1921
Tulare 1922 ??? ("Not operating this season" in "1922 Western Canner and Packer.
Vancouver, WA Plant #27 1919 Packing preserves, pears, prunes, blackberries, and string beans in 1919.
Visalia Plant #17 -1922 Burned down in 1922
Visalia Plant #16 1922 ??? October 1922 Western Canner and Packer.
Visalia 1922
Wahiawa, Hawaii Plant #30 1919 Packing pineapple in 1919. On Oahu.
Wasach, Utah Plant #32 1919 Packing tomatoes and catsup in 1919.
West Weber, Utah Plant #35 1919 Packing tomatoes in 1919.
Woodland -2000
Yuba City Plant #14 1916-1921 Packing peaches in 1919.

Photos

Del Monte Plant #21, Milpitas John C. Gordon Collection, San Jose State

CalPak (California Packing Corp. aka Del Monte) Plant 51 John C. Gordon Collection / San Jose Library

California Packing Corporation Plant No. 184 Sunnyvale Library

Del Monte Plant #3 Preservation San Jose

Details

Bought Emeryville cannery from Virden Packing in 1927.

History comments that earnings in 1930 fell from $6/share to 9c, 1932 were worst losses ever.

San Leandro: See Arcadia book. Martinez and Saunders Street (1921 Western Canner and Packer Sacramento: See article on cannery Stella Adoa Baptista oral history on life in the canneries. Comment on Sunnyvale historical document suggests that some dried fruit receiving houses closed in 1926 as receiving was centralized at Plant 51 in San Jose. In 1920, had 61 plants, 53 in California, 4 in Oregon, 3 in Washington, and 1 in Idaho. Many 1920 references cited in March 1920 Canning Age in mention of customers of Main Belting Company, Philadelphia May 1921 Canning Age magazine summarizes the CalPak annual report. January 1923 Western Canner and Packer notes that pimientos are shipped from San Pedro or Santa Ana.

1963 corporate summary at University of Pennsylvania Dried fruit was 5% of their business in 1963, with three packing plants handling the fruit.

Alameda: Current buildings date from 1925. Designer: Philip Bush designed many other Calpak buildings. (See Alameda Magazine article.) Buena Vista at Sherman. Plans Listed as Benton and Buena Vista / in 1941 Oakland City Directory.

Kahului: Built 1926, sold to Maui Pineapple Company / Alexander and Baldwin in 1934.

Monterey plant was Monterey Fishing and Canning Company, started in 1902 by Harry Malpas and Otsaburo Noda. Became Pacific Fish Co in August 1908.

Merced: Largest cannery in the world being built to handle 1924 pack from company's great peach and apricot orchard" "Western Canner and Packer 1922 December 1922 Western Canner and Packer notes Del Monte is starting work on big cannery to handle pack of Planada-Tuttle orchard in 1924 season. Feb 1923 WC&P says it'll be largest cannery in world.

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