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| primary_business = Fruit drying. | | primary_business = Fruit drying. | ||
| primary_town = San Jose | | primary_town = San Jose | ||
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[[File:Cozzens_dryer.jpg|240px|thumb|right|W. W. Cozzens Dryer pen sketch]] | [[File:Cozzens_dryer.jpg|240px|thumb|right|W. W. Cozzens Dryer pen sketch]] | ||
| − | Willow Glen orchardist and fruit dryer. "Pen Pictures from the Garden of the World" says that he'd been drying fruit since 1879 near Minnesota and Lincoln. | + | Willow Glen orchardist and fruit dryer. Cozzens had a drying yard behind his home near Minnesota and Lincoln Avenues; the packing house and shipping point for the company was on Ryland Street throughout the 1890's, and appeared to move to Santa Clara in 1900. "Pen Pictures from the Garden of the World"<ref>Horace S. Foote, [http://archive.org/details/penpicturesfromg00foot Pen Pictures from the Garden of the World], ~1895, Lewis Publishing, Chicago</ref> says that he'd been drying fruit since 1879 near Minnesota and Lincoln. |
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| + | The business's San Jose location shows up on an 1891 Sanborn map as a grain warehouse on Ryland Street at Santa Teresa Street, listed as "hay warehouse". An 1898 city directory gives the address as Ryland Street at River Street. | ||
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| − | | San Jose || 1890, 1898 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Ryland%20Street%20at%20River%20Street,San%20Jose Ryland Street at River Street] || | + | | San Jose || 1890, 1898 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Ryland%20Street%20at%20River%20Street,San%20Jose Ryland Street at River Street] || Perhaps future [[Rosenberg Brothers]] plant which burned in 1906? |
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| Santa Clara || 1900 || || San Francisco Call list of California Cured Fruit Growers dropoff site. | | Santa Clara || 1900 || || San Francisco Call list of California Cured Fruit Growers dropoff site. | ||
Revision as of 04:42, 20 October 2013
| Business |
Fruit drying. |
|---|---|
| Main Location |
San Jose |
Willow Glen orchardist and fruit dryer. Cozzens had a drying yard behind his home near Minnesota and Lincoln Avenues; the packing house and shipping point for the company was on Ryland Street throughout the 1890's, and appeared to move to Santa Clara in 1900. "Pen Pictures from the Garden of the World"[1] says that he'd been drying fruit since 1879 near Minnesota and Lincoln.
The business's San Jose location shows up on an 1891 Sanborn map as a grain warehouse on Ryland Street at Santa Teresa Street, listed as "hay warehouse". An 1898 city directory gives the address as Ryland Street at River Street.
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose | 1890, 1898 | Ryland Street at River Street | Perhaps future Rosenberg Brothers plant which burned in 1906? |
| Santa Clara | 1900 | San Francisco Call list of California Cured Fruit Growers dropoff site. |
Details
- ↑ Horace S. Foote, Pen Pictures from the Garden of the World, ~1895, Lewis Publishing, Chicago