Difference between revisions of "Libby, McNeil, and Libby"
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| San Francisco || 1912 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=112%20Market%20Street,San%20Francisco 112 Market Street] || Santa Marina Building | | San Francisco || 1912 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=112%20Market%20Street,San%20Francisco 112 Market Street] || Santa Marina Building | ||
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| − | | San Francisco || 1922 || 465 California Street<ref>These Shippers have Signed On With Peach and Fig Growers: [http://books.google.com/books?id=vp1KAAAAYAAJ&lpg=RA5-PA47&ots=SiEPU5hZI6&dq=libby%20franklin%20street%20santa%20clara&pg=RA5-PA47#v=onepage&q=libby%20franklin%20street%20santa%20clara&f=false July 1921 Associated Grower magazine]</ref>. | + | | San Francisco || 1922 || 465 California Street<ref>These Shippers have Signed On With Peach and Fig Growers: [http://books.google.com/books?id=vp1KAAAAYAAJ&lpg=RA5-PA47&ots=SiEPU5hZI6&dq=libby%20franklin%20street%20santa%20clara&pg=RA5-PA47#v=onepage&q=libby%20franklin%20street%20santa%20clara&f=false July 1921 Associated Grower magazine]</ref>. || |
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| − | | San Francisco || 1960 || North Point near Taylor<ref>William Kaufman and Michelle Kaufman: "The State Belt: San Francisco's Waterfront Railroad".</ref>. | + | | San Francisco || 1960 || North Point near Taylor<ref>William Kaufman and Michelle Kaufman: "The State Belt: San Francisco's Waterfront Railroad".</ref>. || |
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| San Jose || 1926-1927 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%204th%20and%20Lewis,San%20Jose 4th and Lewis] || Leased from California Prune and Apricot Growers. | | San Jose || 1926-1927 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%204th%20and%20Lewis,San%20Jose 4th and Lewis] || Leased from California Prune and Apricot Growers. | ||
Revision as of 20:46, 8 February 2015
| Business |
Cannery |
|---|---|
| Predecessors |
Sunnyvale Canneries |
Libby, McNeil, and Libby was a Chicago-based canner, organized in 1875.
Their Sunnyvale cannery, opened in 1907, was large and long-lived; the water tank from the cannery still sits in the industrial park off Mathilda, painted as one of Libby's cans. Libby's opened the Sunnyvale cannery as their first west-coast plant due to the encouragement of local real estate agents and proximity to San Francisco[1] Sunnyvale had primarily been a meat-packing company; the Sunnyvale plant was an attempt to broaden their product line[2] The cannery's first product was canned apricots[3]. The cannery closed in the early 1980's, and the plant was torn down by 1985.
Newspaper articles in 1916 suggest that Libby's was connected with the Swift meat-packing business[4].
Libby, McNeil, and Libby in Sacramento
Libby's expanded into Sacramento in 1913. The plant employed 1,400 people in 1921, and was nicknamed "Old Reliable" because of its ability to fulfill production contracts[5]. The plant had sidings served by the Southern Pacific and Northern Electric (Sacramento Northern).
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacramento | 1913-1982 | 1724 Stockton Ave. | History |
| Sacramento | 1914 | Folsom Blvd. and Hazel Ave | Olive pickling. |
| San Francisco | 1912 | 112 Market Street | Santa Marina Building |
| San Francisco | 1922 | 465 California Street[6]. | |
| San Francisco | 1960 | North Point near Taylor[7]. | |
| San Jose | 1926-1927 | 4th and Lewis | Leased from California Prune and Apricot Growers. |
| Santa Clara | 1927- | Franklin Street | |
| Sunnyvale | 1907-1981 | Mathilda and Evelyn Avenue | water tank still exists. |
References
- ↑ Kent L. Seavey, Yolanda Wuth, and James C. Williams, Images: Sunnyvale's Heritage Resources, 1988, City of Sunnyvale. Chapter 4.
- ↑ Canneries hold important place in Sunnyvale's history: August 9, 2012 San Jose Mercury Views
- ↑ C.W. Geiger, "Libby, McNeil, and Libby's Sacramento Cannery". In January 1921 Canning Age.
- ↑ $25,000,000 Merger of California Canneries: August 23, 1916 San Jose Evening News.
- ↑ C.W. Geiger, "Libby, McNeil, and Libby's Sacramento Cannery". In January 1921 Canning Age. Article includes plan of factory site and location of different buildings and railroad sidings.
- ↑ These Shippers have Signed On With Peach and Fig Growers: July 1921 Associated Grower magazine
- ↑ William Kaufman and Michelle Kaufman: "The State Belt: San Francisco's Waterfront Railroad".