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Major cannery specializing in asparagus.  Run by Thomas Foon Chew, taken over from Precita Canning Company (San Francisco) run by his father until the 1906 Earthquake and Fire.   The cannery closed in 1936.
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'''Bayside Canning Company''' was a large cannery in Alviso, California, starting as a tomato cannery, but eventually specializing in asparagus.  The company was founded by Thomas Foon Chew, who had taken over his father's San Francisco-based [[Precita Canning Company]].  (A separate story, mentioned in a history essay, claims that Thomas's father, Sai Yin Chew, rebuilt the cannery but that Thomas joined soon after and helped it expand<ref>Rosalinda Oneto, [http://www.californiapioneers.com/essay_contests/june_2010/PDFs/RosalindaOneto.pdf A. P. Giannini: The San Jose and Alviso Years and the Oneto Family]</ref>.)  Bayside hired exclusively Chinese and Chinese-American workers through the 1920's<ref>[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=24345 Alviso History].  Society of California Pioneers essay contest, June 2010.</ref>
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The company also had a cannery in Mayfield<ref>Bayside Canning: [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3071898?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 California Food Products directory].  1920, A. Marks, San Francisco.</ref>.  That cannery, founded in 1918, packed tomatoes.  In 1921, the Mayfield cannery packed 50,000 cases of tomatoes - the largest tomato pack that year for the valley<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=cRAdAQAAMAAJ&lpg=RA8-PA49&ots=17d4CcUvDq&dq=%22reedley%20canning%22&pg=RA8-PA49#v=onepage&q&f=false California Canneries].  January 1922 Western Canner and Packer.</ref>.
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Thomas Foon was vice president and manager in 1920<ref>Bayside Canning: [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3071898?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 California Food Products directory].  1920, A. Marks, San Francisco.</ref>; Walter M. Field & Company was the distributor for the company in 1922.
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Thomas died in 1931 at the age of 42.  The Mayfield cannery was sold to [[Sutter Packing]] in 1933<ref>The Story of Our Local Bayside: Sutter Cannery.  In [http://www2.bpaonline.org/bp-news/pdfs/2010-summer/BPASummer10.pdf Summer 2010 Barron Park Association Newsletter].</ref>; the Alviso cannery closed in 1936.
  
 
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| Alviso || 1906-1936 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1200%20Hope%20Street%20at%20Elizabeth.,Alviso 1200 Hope Street at Elizabeth.] ||  
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| Alviso || 1906-1936 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1200%20Hope%20Street%20at%20Elizabeth.,Alviso 1200 Hope Street at Elizabeth.] || Canned tomatoes<ref>Gennady Sheyner, "History of Fry's Site Complicates city's redevelopment plans".  In [https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2019/07/31/history-of-frys-site-complicates-citys-redevelopment-plans Wed July 31, 2019 Palo Alto Online].  "Another proponent of preserving the legacy of Thomas Foon Chew is Gloria Hom, Chew's granddaughter. Hom, a Palo Alto resident, called the cannery an "important contribution to the area." The local cannery, she said, focused on peaches, pears and other fruit, while the Alviso plant canned primarily tomatoes."</ref>.
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| Mayfield || 1918-1931 || Portage Ave. || Became [[Sutter Packing]]  Canned peaches, pears, and other fruit<ref>Gennady Sheyner, "History of Fry's Site Complicates city's redevelopment plans".  In [https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2019/07/31/history-of-frys-site-complicates-citys-redevelopment-plans Wed July 31, 2019 Palo Alto Online].</ref>.
 
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[http://www.sanjose.com/underbelly/unbelly/Alviso/alviso12.html Bayside Canning, recent photo of abandoned building]
 
[http://www.sanjose.com/underbelly/unbelly/Alviso/alviso12.html Bayside Canning, recent photo of abandoned building]
  
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3rd largest cannery. Closed in 1936 after Thomas died in 1931.
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Started in tomatoes, eventually became famous because of asparagus.
 
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[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=24345 Union Warehouse and Docks] 1922 distributor Walter M. Field & Company
 
 
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Latest revision as of 17:10, 4 November 2019

Summary
Business

Cannery
Main Location

Alviso
Active

1906 - 1936
Brands

Bohemian, Calfruit, Calico, Gondolier, Precita, Snow Peak
Predecessors

Precita Canning Company
Successors

Sutter Packing.

Bayside Canning Company was a large cannery in Alviso, California, starting as a tomato cannery, but eventually specializing in asparagus. The company was founded by Thomas Foon Chew, who had taken over his father's San Francisco-based Precita Canning Company. (A separate story, mentioned in a history essay, claims that Thomas's father, Sai Yin Chew, rebuilt the cannery but that Thomas joined soon after and helped it expand[1].) Bayside hired exclusively Chinese and Chinese-American workers through the 1920's[2]

The company also had a cannery in Mayfield[3]. That cannery, founded in 1918, packed tomatoes. In 1921, the Mayfield cannery packed 50,000 cases of tomatoes - the largest tomato pack that year for the valley[4].

Thomas Foon was vice president and manager in 1920[5]; Walter M. Field & Company was the distributor for the company in 1922.

Thomas died in 1931 at the age of 42. The Mayfield cannery was sold to Sutter Packing in 1933[6]; the Alviso cannery closed in 1936.

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Alviso 1906-1936 1200 Hope Street at Elizabeth. Canned tomatoes[7].
Mayfield 1918-1931 Portage Ave. Became Sutter Packing Canned peaches, pears, and other fruit[8].

Photos

Bayside Canning, recent photo of abandoned building

References

  1. ↑ Rosalinda Oneto, A. P. Giannini: The San Jose and Alviso Years and the Oneto Family
  2. ↑ Alviso History. Society of California Pioneers essay contest, June 2010.
  3. ↑ Bayside Canning: California Food Products directory. 1920, A. Marks, San Francisco.
  4. ↑ California Canneries. January 1922 Western Canner and Packer.
  5. ↑ Bayside Canning: California Food Products directory. 1920, A. Marks, San Francisco.
  6. ↑ The Story of Our Local Bayside: Sutter Cannery. In Summer 2010 Barron Park Association Newsletter.
  7. ↑ Gennady Sheyner, "History of Fry's Site Complicates city's redevelopment plans". In Wed July 31, 2019 Palo Alto Online. "Another proponent of preserving the legacy of Thomas Foon Chew is Gloria Hom, Chew's granddaughter. Hom, a Palo Alto resident, called the cannery an "important contribution to the area." The local cannery, she said, focused on peaches, pears and other fruit, while the Alviso plant canned primarily tomatoes."
  8. ↑ Gennady Sheyner, "History of Fry's Site Complicates city's redevelopment plans". In Wed July 31, 2019 Palo Alto Online.
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