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| primary_business = Cannery
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| predecessors = [[Tamal Packing]], [[George N. Herbert Packing Company]]
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==Summary==
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'''Stokely Van Camp''' was an east coast based canner.  Van Camp moved into the California market by [https://books.google.com/books?id=cRAdAQAAMAAJ&lpg=RA10-PA51&dq=Tamal%20Packing&pg=RA11-PA51#v=onepage&q&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>. 
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East coast based canner.  Had plant on Campbell Ave. in San Jose (near Santa Clara border).  Van Camp [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] by starting negotiations to buy three canneries.
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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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| Gridley || 1922 || || Former [[George N. Herbert Packing Company]]
 
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| Lodi || None || ||  Formerly Foster and Woods cannery, then Pacific Coast Producers.  
 
| Lodi || None || ||  Formerly Foster and Woods cannery, then Pacific Coast Producers.  
 
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| San Jose || 1962, 1970s || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1180%20Campbell%20Avenue,San%20Jose 1180 Campbell Avenue] ||  
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| Oakland || 1937 || 5625 East 14th Street<ref>United States Senate, Membership list of the Northwest Canners and Freezers organization.  In [https://books.google.com/books?id=YddVxn-BT-YC&lpg=RA3-PA826&ots=0VMh-eQiod&dq=5625%20east%2014th%20stokely&pg=RA3-PA826#v=onepage&q=5625%20east%2014th%20stokely&f=false Unemployment Insurance Amendements of 1966], Hearings before the Committee on Fnance, United States Senate, Eighty-Ninth Congress, second session on H.R. 15119: An Act to Extend and Improve the Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program.</ref>
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| Oakland || 1937 || 5901 East 14th Street<ref>Fruit Buyers, Packers and Shippers: [http://www.mocavo.com/Oakland-California-City-Directory-1937-Volume-Xliv/186980/1014 1937 Oakland City Directory].  As "Stokely Bros."</ref>. || As Stokely Brothers.
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| San Francisco || 1922 || 2200 Folsom St. || Former [[Tamal Packing]] warehouse.
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| San Jose || 1962, 1970s || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1180%20Campbell%20Avenue,San%20Jose 1180 Campbell Avenue]<ref>U.S. Department of Agriculture, [https://downloads.usda.library.cornell.edu/usda-esmis/files/db78tc02w/ww72bf86p/9z903315x/DireRefrWa-04-00-1970.pdf Directory of Refrigerated Warehouses in the United States].  1970.</ref>  ||  
 
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==Details==
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==References==
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Had private refrigerated warehouse in San Jose in 1962.
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Eventually merged into Tri Valley Growers.
 
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Article in the [http://www.tracypress.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Who-+when-+where%20&id=2180004 Tracy Press] mentions one figure who was a field man for the "Stokely-Van Camp freezer plant in San Jose".[[Category:Lodi]]
 
 
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Latest revision as of 05:46, 9 November 2020

Summary
Business

Cannery
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
Gridley 1922 Former George N. Herbert Packing Company
Lodi None Formerly Foster and Woods cannery, then Pacific Coast Producers.
Oakland 1937 5625 East 14th Street[2]
Oakland 1937 5901 East 14th Street[3]. As Stokely Brothers.
San Francisco 1922 2200 Folsom St. Former Tamal Packing warehouse.
San Jose 1962, 1970s 1180 Campbell Avenue[4]

References

  1. ↑ March 1922 Western Canner and Packer
  2. ↑ United States Senate, Membership list of the Northwest Canners and Freezers organization. In Unemployment Insurance Amendements of 1966, Hearings before the Committee on Fnance, United States Senate, Eighty-Ninth Congress, second session on H.R. 15119: An Act to Extend and Improve the Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program.
  3. ↑ Fruit Buyers, Packers and Shippers: 1937 Oakland City Directory. As "Stokely Bros."
  4. ↑ U.S. Department of Agriculture, Directory of Refrigerated Warehouses in the United States. 1970.
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