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'''Monta Vista Packing Company''' was a Cupertino-based canner and dried fruit packer in the early 1920's.
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The company's plant was put out to bid in April 1922, with engineer W. W. Breite of the Clunie Building of San Francisco specifying a one story cannery made of frame and corrugated iron with an estimated budget of $45,000<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=ofZZAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA189&lpg=RA1-PA189&dq=%22monte+vista+packing%22+-crating+-citrus&source=bl&ots=tLjpAaHJz9&sig=B6_WARp6PlJ2zOYBsZw7EhMsing&hl=en&sa=X&ei=d-OOT-C0COqQiQL1-9yDAw&ved=0CFMQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=%22monte%20vista%20packing%22%20-crating%20-citrus&f=false 1922 Engineering News Record ]</ref>.
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The company started packing that year, with the intention of packing cherries and apricots but also willing to pack other fruits and jam as well, and planned to employ 250 people<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=2S0dAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=%22herbert+packing%22+cannery&source=bl&ots=9QEXgABBGE&sig=ijrSdmU3m5pppIipQ2FZjDsoc1g&hl=en&sa=X&ei=M-GOT7mUK7LaiQKZuZ2FAw&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22herbert%20packing%22%20cannery&f=false Western Canner and Packer]</ref><ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_xZLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IiENAAAAIBAJ&pg=2543%2C6081728 San Jose Evening News May 3, 1922]</ref>.
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Fruit was distributed by Warmington Duff of Chicago, Toledo, and San Francisco<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=2S0dAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA83&dq=cannery+work+campbell&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NI-qT8eiF-zciAL0ocCzAg&ved=0CEgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=cannery%20work%20campbell&f=false November 1922 Western Canner and Packer].</ref>.
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The company also appears as a possible asbestos exposure site in asbestos lawsuit solicitations.
 
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[There's also a Monte Vista Citrus in Riverside that packed oranges.]
 
 
 
Located in
 
[http://books.google.com/books?id=2S0dAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=%22herbert+packing%22+cannery&source=bl&ots=9QEXgABBGE&sig=ijrSdmU3m5pppIipQ2FZjDsoc1g&hl=en&sa=X&ei=M-GOT7mUK7LaiQKZuZ2FAw&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22herbert%20packing%22%20cannery&f=false Monte Vista in 1922 ]
 
acc. to Western Canner and Packer, packing cherries.  Will can all kinds of fruits and make jam as well.  Already sold entire season's product.  Will pay growers as much as $100/ton for apricots.  "The Monte Vista Packing Company will open the first unit of its plant at Monte Vista June 1, on cherries, with a force of 250 persons.  The company has already contracted and sold its entire output for the season.  It will can all kinds of fruits and will manufacture jam besides.  It has paid the growers as high as $100 a ton for apricots."
 
 
 
[http://books.google.com/books?id=ofZZAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA189&lpg=RA1-PA189&dq=%22monte+vista+packing%22+-crating+-citrus&source=bl&ots=tLjpAaHJz9&sig=B6_WARp6PlJ2zOYBsZw7EhMsing&hl=en&sa=X&ei=d-OOT-C0COqQiQL1-9yDAw&ved=0CFMQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=%22monte%20vista%20packing%22%20-crating%20-citrus&f=false 1922 Engineering News Record ]
 
(April 20, 1922) shows building being bid.  "Monte Vista: Monte Vista Packing Company had plans prepared by W. W. Breite, engr., Clunie Building, San Francisco.  1 story cannery, frame, and corrugated iron.  $45,000."
 
 
 
Also listed as potential asbestos-filled work site by asbestos law firm.
 
  
Warmington Duff of Chicago, Toledo, and San Francisco claims they're distributing Monta Vista's dried and canned fruit. (November 1922
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Opened by June 1, according to
 
[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_xZLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IiENAAAAIBAJ&pg=2543%2C6081728 San Jose Evening News May 3, 1922] [[Category:Monte Vista]]
 
 
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Summary
Business

Cannery

Monta Vista Packing Company was a Cupertino-based canner and dried fruit packer in the early 1920's.


The company's plant was put out to bid in April 1922, with engineer W. W. Breite of the Clunie Building of San Francisco specifying a one story cannery made of frame and corrugated iron with an estimated budget of $45,000[1]. The company started packing that year, with the intention of packing cherries and apricots but also willing to pack other fruits and jam as well, and planned to employ 250 people[2][3].

Fruit was distributed by Warmington Duff of Chicago, Toledo, and San Francisco[4].


The company also appears as a possible asbestos exposure site in asbestos lawsuit solicitations.

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Monte Vista 1922 Western Canner and Packer.
San Francisco 1921 519 California Street 601 Thomas Clunie Building (as Monta Vista Dehydrating Company)

References