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| − | + | '''C. M. Webber and Company''' was a Chicago-based wholesaler, with a dried fruit packing plant in San Jose. The company appears in [http://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/directories/id/18/rec/5 1896 San Jose City Directory]. "Webber, Frost, and Small" appears in [http://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/utils/getfile/collection/directories/id/19/filename/25.pdf 1897 San Jose City Directory] on Ryland near San Pedro. | |
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| + | The Webber warehouse was leased to the [[Santa Clara County Fruit Union]] in 1900, and was in use by Rosenberg Brothers in 1906. | ||
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| + | [http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/dm-bishop--co/langleys-san-francisco-directory-for-the-year-commencing--volume-1892-fna/page-360-langleys-san-francisco-directory-for-the-year-commencing--volume-1892-fna.shtml Langley's 1892 San Francisco City Directory] shows an office at 116 California Street. | ||
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| + | The company had disappeared by around 1906; Walter A. Frost and Company billed themselves as "successors to C. M. Webber and Co." in 1916<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=-FVRAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA2&ots=VpU7P0TkfS&dq=c.m.%20webber%20san%20jose%20dried%20fruit&pg=PA2#v=onepage&q=c.m.%20webber%20san%20jose%20dried%20fruit&f=false May 27, 1916 California Fruit News] lists Walter A. Frost & Co, Commision Merchants" as "successors to C.M. Webber & Co".</ref>. | ||
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| − | | San Jose || 1896 || Ryland St. at Santa Teresa || [http://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/directories/id/18/rec/5 1896 San Jose City Directory] | + | | Chicago || 1896, 1916 || || |
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| + | | San Francisco || 1893 || 116 California Street || | ||
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| + | | San Jose || 1896 || Ryland St. at Santa Teresa || [http://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/directories/id/18/rec/5 1896 San Jose City Directory] Became [[Rosenberg Brothers]], burned in November 1906<ref>San Jose Visited by the Most Damaging Fire In Its History: [http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:EANX-NB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=114027A619C43100&svc_dat=HistArchive:ahnpdoc&req_dat=1633CF8ECE5A48E5B7974C9CF0EE2D33 November 11, 1906 Sunday Mercury and Herald].</ref>. | ||
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Latest revision as of 04:44, 8 November 2013
Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 126. C. M. Webber and Company was a Chicago-based wholesaler, with a dried fruit packing plant in San Jose. The company appears in 1896 San Jose City Directory. "Webber, Frost, and Small" appears in 1897 San Jose City Directory on Ryland near San Pedro.
The Webber warehouse was leased to the Santa Clara County Fruit Union in 1900, and was in use by Rosenberg Brothers in 1906.
Langley's 1892 San Francisco City Directory shows an office at 116 California Street.
The company had disappeared by around 1906; Walter A. Frost and Company billed themselves as "successors to C. M. Webber and Co." in 1916[1].
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
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| Chicago | 1896, 1916 | ||
| San Francisco | 1893 | 116 California Street | |
| San Jose | 1896 | Ryland St. at Santa Teresa | 1896 San Jose City Directory Became Rosenberg Brothers, burned in November 1906[2]. |
References
- ↑ May 27, 1916 California Fruit News lists Walter A. Frost & Co, Commision Merchants" as "successors to C.M. Webber & Co".
- ↑ San Jose Visited by the Most Damaging Fire In Its History: November 11, 1906 Sunday Mercury and Herald.