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'''Stokely Van Camp''' was an east coast based canner. Van Camp moved into the California market by [http://books.google.com/books?id=b1VRAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA3&ots=noIk487Tcv&dq=george%20herbert%20packing%20company&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q=george%20herbert%20packing%20company&f=false opened operations in California in 1922] starting negotiations to buy three canneries. They purchased four plants: the [[Tamal Packing]] plant in San Francisco, [[George N. Herbert Packing Company]] canneries in Gridley and San Jose, and an olive cannery in Oroville<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=cRAdAQAAMAAJ&lpg=RA10-PA51&ots=16d0E8Uuzq&dq=Tamal%20Packing&pg=RA10-PA51#v=onepage&q=Tamal%20Packing&f=false March 1922 Western Canner and Packer]</ref>. | '''Stokely Van Camp''' was an east coast based canner. Van Camp moved into the California market by [http://books.google.com/books?id=b1VRAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA3&ots=noIk487Tcv&dq=george%20herbert%20packing%20company&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q=george%20herbert%20packing%20company&f=false opened operations in California in 1922] starting negotiations to buy three canneries. They purchased four plants: the [[Tamal Packing]] plant in San Francisco, [[George N. Herbert Packing Company]] canneries in Gridley and San Jose, and an olive cannery in Oroville<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=cRAdAQAAMAAJ&lpg=RA10-PA51&ots=16d0E8Uuzq&dq=Tamal%20Packing&pg=RA10-PA51#v=onepage&q=Tamal%20Packing&f=false March 1922 Western Canner and Packer]</ref>. | ||
| − | The company had a plant on Campbell Ave. in San Jose (near Santa Clara border). | + | The company had a plant on Campbell Ave. in San Jose (near Santa Clara border) with a private refrigerated warehouse. |
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| + | Stokely Van Camp eventually merged into [[Tri-Valley Growers]]. | ||
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Revision as of 16:39, 12 February 2015
| Business |
Cannery |
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| Predecessors |
Tamal Packing, George N. Herbert Packing Company |
Stokely Van Camp was an east coast based canner. Van Camp moved into the California market by opened operations in California in 1922 starting negotiations to buy three canneries. They purchased four plants: the Tamal Packing plant in San Francisco, George N. Herbert Packing Company canneries in Gridley and San Jose, and an olive cannery in Oroville[1].
The company had a plant on Campbell Ave. in San Jose (near Santa Clara border) with a private refrigerated warehouse.
Stokely Van Camp eventually merged into Tri-Valley Growers.
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
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| Lodi | None | Formerly Foster and Woods cannery, then Pacific Coast Producers. | |
| Oakland | 1937 | 5901 East 14th Street[2]. | As Stokely Brothers. |
| San Jose | 1962, 1970s | 1180 Campbell Avenue |
References
- ↑ March 1922 Western Canner and Packer
- ↑ Fruit Buyers, Packers and Shippers: 1937 Oakland City Directory. As "Stokely Bros."