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| primary_business = Cannery
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| primary_dates = 1886 - 1920's
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| data3 = Cannery
 
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| data5 = 1886 - 1920's
 
 
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==Summary==
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The '''Flickinger Cannery''' was an early San Jose cannery founded in 1886 by noted orchardist [[J. H. Flickinger]].  Flickinger's cannery was also located well away from central San Jose where most other canneries were located.  "When he bought the land in 1880 for his orchard and cannery it was in pasture, grain and mustard, and honeycombed by squirrels and gophers."
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Flickinger died in 1898.  The cannery still existed as late as 1922 according to the Canner's Directory<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=9SUyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA33&lpg=PA33&dq=%22Northern+California+Packing+Co.%22+%22mountain+View%22&source=bl&ots=puuN5X0_1J&sig=VdGZn0ktknurompycU3i_o0HkMw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5ZwaUI-3BaLIiwL4uoGwAw&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Northern%20California%20Packing%20Co.%22%20%22mountain%20View%22&f=false Canner's directory] </ref>, but there is no sign of the company in city directories of the same era.
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==Locations==
 
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| San Jose || 1893, 1907 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Berryessa%20Road,San%20Jose Berryessa Road] ||  
 
| San Jose || 1893, 1907 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Berryessa%20Road,San%20Jose Berryessa Road] ||  
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Berryessa Road  "n s Berryessa Road 2 e of Lundy"
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==Details==
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Berryessa. Started in 1886 by J. H. Flickinger. "When he bought the land in 1880 for his orchard and cannery it was in pasture, grain and mustard, and honeycombed by squirrels and gophers."
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[[Category:San Jose]]
 
 
[http://www.mariposaresearch.net/santaclararesearch/berry.html When he bought the land in 1880] for his orchard and cannery it was in pasture, grain and mustard, and honeycombed by squirrels and gophers.) Flickinger died in 1898. Cannery still in business in 1922, though no signs in city directory, does appear in
 
[http://books.google.com/books?id=9SUyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA33&lpg=PA33&dq=%22Northern+California+Packing+Co.%22+%22mountain+View%22&source=bl&ots=puuN5X0_1J&sig=VdGZn0ktknurompycU3i_o0HkMw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5ZwaUI-3BaLIiwL4uoGwAw&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Northern%20California%20Packing%20Co.%22%20%22mountain%20View%22&f=false Canner's directory] [[Category:San Jose]]
 
 
[[Category:Cannery]]
 
[[Category:Cannery]]

Latest revision as of 15:57, 24 July 2014

Summary
Business

Cannery
Active

1886 - 1920's

The Flickinger Cannery was an early San Jose cannery founded in 1886 by noted orchardist J. H. Flickinger. Flickinger's cannery was also located well away from central San Jose where most other canneries were located. "When he bought the land in 1880 for his orchard and cannery it was in pasture, grain and mustard, and honeycombed by squirrels and gophers."

Flickinger died in 1898. The cannery still existed as late as 1922 according to the Canner's Directory[1], but there is no sign of the company in city directories of the same era.


Locations

Location Years Address Details
San Jose 1886, 1896, 1922
San Jose 1893, 1907 Berryessa Road

Berryessa Road "n s Berryessa Road 2 e of Lundy"

References