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'''LoBlue Packing''' (also LoBue Packing, and Lo Bue Farms<ref>Fictitious Business title: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1977&dat=19441104&id=fykiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MaQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6793%2C3251869 November 4, 1944 San Jose Evening News].</ref>) was a vegetable packer in San Jose started by Sam, Marco, and Victor Lo Bue.  The family later started the [[San Jose Canning Company]] with the Rancadores.
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The company also ran a cannery south of downtown<ref>[http://www.sanjoseca.gov/planning/hearings/2009/HLC/Reports/05-May/3a.pdf Washington neighborhood] </ref>.
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The family moved their farm to Lindsay, CA in 1934; the family still farms citrus there<ref>History of Lo Bue Citrus: [http://www.lobuecitrus.com/history.php www.lobuecitrus.com].</ref>.
  
 
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LoBlue famous for vegetable packing according to Vincent Nola.
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Correct family name is LoBue,
 
[http://www.lobuecitrus.com/history.php LoBue] Later opened [[San Jose Canning Company]] with Rancadore.
 
  
Also had a cannery operation somewhere south of downtown in
 
[http://www.sanjoseca.gov/planning/hearings/2009/HLC/Reports/05-May/3a.pdf Washington neighborhood]
 
Family farm went to Lindsay in 1934.
 
 
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[[Category:Cannery]]
 
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Latest revision as of 04:19, 6 March 2014

Summary
Business

Cannery
Active

San Jose, CA

LoBlue Packing (also LoBue Packing, and Lo Bue Farms[1]) was a vegetable packer in San Jose started by Sam, Marco, and Victor Lo Bue. The family later started the San Jose Canning Company with the Rancadores.

The company also ran a cannery south of downtown[2].

The family moved their farm to Lindsay, CA in 1934; the family still farms citrus there[3].

Locations

Location Years Address Details
San Jose

Washington neighborhood

San Jose 1945, 1949 390 San Pedro Street

References

  1. Fictitious Business title: November 4, 1944 San Jose Evening News.
  2. Washington neighborhood
  3. History of Lo Bue Citrus: www.lobuecitrus.com.