Difference between revisions of "LoBlue Packing Company"

From Packing Houses of Santa Clara County
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(initial import)
 
(3 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Infobox
+
{{Infobox_Industry
| title = Summary
+
| primary_business = Cannery
| header1 = Business Details
+
| primary_dates = San Jose, CA
| label3 = Primary Business
 
| data3 = Cannery
 
| label5 = Dates
 
| data5 = San Jose, CA
 
 
}}
 
}}
==Summary==
+
 
None
+
'''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.
 +
 
 +
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>.
 +
 
 +
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>.
 +
 
 
==Locations==
 
==Locations==
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
Line 15: Line 16:
 
|-
 
|-
 
| San Jose ||  || ||  
 
| San Jose ||  || ||  
 +
Washington neighborhood
 +
 
|-
 
|-
 
| San Jose || 1945, 1949 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=390%20San%20Pedro%20Street,San%20Jose 390 San Pedro Street] ||  
 
| San Jose || 1945, 1949 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=390%20San%20Pedro%20Street,San%20Jose 390 San Pedro Street] ||  
 +
 
|-
 
|-
 
|}
 
|}
==Details==
+
==References==
LoBlue famous for vegetable packing according to Vincent Nola.
+
<references/>
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.
 
 
[[Category:San Jose]]
 
[[Category:San Jose]]
 
[[Category:Cannery]]
 
[[Category:Cannery]]

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.