Difference between revisions of "H.E. Losse and Company"
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| − | Successor to [http://san-jose-packing-houses.appspot.com/view?industry=a_c_kuhn_and_co A.C. Kuhn and Company] . The company started operating under this name around 1900, and was sold to [Rosenberg Brothers] in 1917. | + | Successor to [http://san-jose-packing-houses.appspot.com/view?industry=a_c_kuhn_and_co A.C. Kuhn and Company] . The company started operating under this name around 1900, and was sold to [[Rosenberg Brothers]] in 1917. |
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| San Jose || 1902, 1904, 1906, 1907 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=San%20Pedro%20near%20Ryland,San%20Jose San Pedro near Ryland] || | | San Jose || 1902, 1904, 1906, 1907 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=San%20Pedro%20near%20Ryland,San%20Jose San Pedro near Ryland] || | ||
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[http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cdnc/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&cl=search&d=PRP19020823.2.28.1&srpos=19&e=-------en--20--1--txt-IN-%22a+%26+C+ham%22----# August 23, 1902 San Francisco Call] noted that they added third floor to building and office in 1902. | [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cdnc/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&cl=search&d=PRP19020823.2.28.1&srpos=19&e=-------en--20--1--txt-IN-%22a+%26+C+ham%22----# August 23, 1902 San Francisco Call] noted that they added third floor to building and office in 1902. | ||
| − | H.E. Losse was Henry E. Losse was part of a wholesale grocer in the midwest (Losse, Kuhn, and Longer), and came out to the Valley in the 1890's and stayed. He opened a dried fruit packing house near the San Jose depot. He also started with a 1100 acre ranch at Visalia which he sold to the [California Packing Corporation]. The Ryland Street packing house burned in 1911, and he opened another packing house in Santa Clara which he sold (in 1917?) to [Rosenberg Brothers]. H.E. Losse died in 1918. | + | H.E. Losse was Henry E. Losse was part of a wholesale grocer in the midwest (Losse, Kuhn, and Longer), and came out to the Valley in the 1890's and stayed. He opened a dried fruit packing house near the San Jose depot. He also started with a 1100 acre ranch at Visalia which he sold to the [[California Packing Corporation]]. The Ryland Street packing house burned in 1911, and he opened another packing house in Santa Clara which he sold (in 1917?) to [[Rosenberg Brothers]]. H.E. Losse died in 1918. |
[http://www.mariposaresearch.net/santaclararesearch/SCBIOS/alosse.html Weir C. Losse biography] [[Category:San Jose]] | [http://www.mariposaresearch.net/santaclararesearch/SCBIOS/alosse.html Weir C. Losse biography] [[Category:San Jose]] | ||
[[Category:Dried Fruit Packer]] | [[Category:Dried Fruit Packer]] | ||
Revision as of 15:22, 14 July 2013
| Business Details | |
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| Primary Town | San Jose |
| Primary Business | Dried Fruit Packer |
| Dates | 1900-1917 |
Summary
Successor to A.C. Kuhn and Company . The company started operating under this name around 1900, and was sold to Rosenberg Brothers in 1917.
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
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| San Jose | 1902, 1904, 1906, 1907 | San Pedro near Ryland |
Details
Predecessor: A.C. Kuhn and Company
Founded by early dried fruit pioneer after 1887; their plant handled 25 million pounds of dried fruit a year. Sold to Roseberg Brothers in 1917.
August 23, 1902 San Francisco Call noted that they added third floor to building and office in 1902.
H.E. Losse was Henry E. Losse was part of a wholesale grocer in the midwest (Losse, Kuhn, and Longer), and came out to the Valley in the 1890's and stayed. He opened a dried fruit packing house near the San Jose depot. He also started with a 1100 acre ranch at Visalia which he sold to the California Packing Corporation. The Ryland Street packing house burned in 1911, and he opened another packing house in Santa Clara which he sold (in 1917?) to Rosenberg Brothers. H.E. Losse died in 1918.