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| brands = Cuckoo, Cruiser<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=wx0xAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA15&ots=CRPhI51r9G&dq=%22code-portwood%22%20canning&pg=PA15#v=onepage&q=%22code-portwood%22%20canning&f=false Mida's Trade-Mark Register of Canned Goods], 1906, Criterion Publishing Company, Chicago</ref>.
 
| brands = Cuckoo, Cruiser<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=wx0xAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA15&ots=CRPhI51r9G&dq=%22code-portwood%22%20canning&pg=PA15#v=onepage&q=%22code-portwood%22%20canning&f=false Mida's Trade-Mark Register of Canned Goods], 1906, Criterion Publishing Company, Chicago</ref>.
 
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'''Cole-Portwood Canning Company''' was a San Francisco and Oakland-based canner, supposedly started in 1868 as a jam maker.  The company opened a plant in Oakland after the 1906 San Francisco Great Earthquake and Fire.  It later became the [[H.G. Prince]] company.
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'''Cole-Portwood Canning Company''' was a San Francisco and Oakland-based canner, supposedly started in 1868 as a jam maker.  In 1902, Philip D. Code was the president of the company, with offices at 101 Front St. in San Francisco and the factory at the corner of 10th and Bryant in San Francisco<ref>Code-Portwood Canning Co.: [http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sanfranciscodirectory/1902/1902_360.pdf 1902 Crocker-Langley San Francisco City Directory</ref>.
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The company opened a plant in Oakland after the 1906 San Francisco Great Earthquake and Fire.  It later became the [[H.G. Prince]] company.
  
 
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Revision as of 18:27, 20 January 2014

Summary
Business

Cannery
Main Location

Oakland
Active

1868-1930
Brands

Cuckoo, Cruiser[1].
Aliases

Cole-Portwood Canning Company
Successors

H.G. Prince

Cole-Portwood Canning Company was a San Francisco and Oakland-based canner, supposedly started in 1868 as a jam maker. In 1902, Philip D. Code was the president of the company, with offices at 101 Front St. in San Francisco and the factory at the corner of 10th and Bryant in San Francisco[2].

The company opened a plant in Oakland after the 1906 San Francisco Great Earthquake and Fire. It later became the H.G. Prince company.

References

  1. Mida's Trade-Mark Register of Canned Goods, 1906, Criterion Publishing Company, Chicago
  2. Code-Portwood Canning Co.: [http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sanfranciscodirectory/1902/1902_360.pdf 1902 Crocker-Langley San Francisco City Directory