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'''Sacramento Packing Company''' was a Sacramento-based cannery run by [[Charles Harvey Bentley]] and R.I. Bentley.  The company was merged into the [[California Fruit Canners Association]] in 1900, then into the [[California Packing Corporation]] at its creation in 1916.  The Bentley brothers became Del Monte executives<ref>Biography of C. H. Bentley.  In [http://books.google.com/books?id=2S0dAQAAMAAJ&dq=western%20canner%20and%20packer&pg=RA8-PA28#v=onepage&q=western%20canner%20and%20packer&f=false January 1923 Western Canner and Packer]. </ref>.
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'''Sacramento Packing Company''' was a Sacramento-based cannery run by [[Charles Harvey Bentley]] and R.I. Bentley.  Robert Irving Bentley took over the cannery in 1890, with Charles joining him upon graduation<ref>Reverend Dr. Robert Irving Bentley House: [http://berkeleyheritage.com/berkeley_landmarks/bentley_house.html Berkeley Area Historical Association (BAHA): Berkeley Landmarks].</ref>. The company was merged into the [[California Fruit Canners Association]] in 1900, then into the [[California Packing Corporation]] at its creation in 1916.  The Bentley brothers became Del Monte executives<ref>Biography of C. H. Bentley.  In [http://books.google.com/books?id=2S0dAQAAMAAJ&dq=western%20canner%20and%20packer&pg=RA8-PA28#v=onepage&q=western%20canner%20and%20packer&f=false January 1923 Western Canner and Packer]. </ref>.
  
  

Latest revision as of 04:58, 19 December 2014

Summary
Business

Cannery
Active

-1899
Aliases

Sacramento Packing and Drying Company[1]
Successors

California Fruit Canners Association

Sacramento Packing Company was a Sacramento-based cannery run by Charles Harvey Bentley and R.I. Bentley. Robert Irving Bentley took over the cannery in 1890, with Charles joining him upon graduation[2]. The company was merged into the California Fruit Canners Association in 1900, then into the California Packing Corporation at its creation in 1916. The Bentley brothers became Del Monte executives[3].


Locations

Location Years Address Details

References

  1. Will Decide Limits on Brands: Canning Age.
  2. Reverend Dr. Robert Irving Bentley House: Berkeley Area Historical Association (BAHA): Berkeley Landmarks.
  3. Biography of C. H. Bentley. In January 1923 Western Canner and Packer.