Difference between revisions of "Western Canning"

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| primary_business = Cannery
 
| primary_business = Cannery
 
| primary_town = Emeryville
 
| primary_town = Emeryville
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| primary_dates=1918-1921
 
| successors=  [[Virden Packing]]
 
| successors=  [[Virden Packing]]
 
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Chinese-run Emeryville cannery founded by the Mee family in 1918.  The cannery was sold to [[Virden Packing]] in 1921, and became [[Del Monte]]'s plant #35 in 1927. 
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The plant was spotlighted in the [http://books.google.com/books?id=iq3mAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22anderson%20barngrover%22&pg=RA1-PA6#v=onepage&q=%22anderson%20barngrover%22&f=false October 1920 Canning Age] magazine
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with a large article on the cannery and its machinery.
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An article on the cannery's sale noted that a last worker had written "goodbye" in Chinese and English when he left.
 
==Locations==
 
==Locations==
 
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| Emeryville || 1918-192 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Park%20Avenue%20between%20Hollis%20and%20Watts.,Emeryville Park Avenue between Hollis and Watts.] ||  
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| Emeryville || 1918-1921 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Park%20Avenue%20between%20Hollis%20and%20Watts.,Emeryville Park Avenue between Hollis and Watts.] ||  
 
Now site of Pixar.
 
Now site of Pixar.
  
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==Details==
 
==Details==
  
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Established in 1918. Sold to [[Virden Packing]] in 1921. Became [[Del Monte]] Plant #35 in 1927.
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See also [http://books.google.com/books?id=kXQpAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA425&ots=o-gilMlfdW&dq=%22mee%20estate%22%20western%20canning&pg=PA424#v=onepage&q&f=false CRC decision] on trackage in street.
  
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Worker wrote "goodbye" in Chinese and English when he left.
 
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"Mee Estate" transferred the land to Western Canning in 1919, according to Pixar land survey details.
 
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Company probably sold out because of problems in the market of 1919 and 1920 - bad years for canners.
 
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See also [http://books.google.com/books?id=kXQpAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA425&ots=o-gilMlfdW&dq=%22mee%20estate%22%20western%20canning&pg=PA424#v=onepage&q&f=false CRC decision] on trackage in street.
 
  
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See
 
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[http://books.google.com/books?id=iq3mAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22anderson%20barngrover%22&pg=RA1-PA6#v=onepage&q=%22anderson%20barngrover%22&f=false October 1920 ]
 
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Canning Age magazine for large article on Western Canning and descriptions of its machinery.
 
 
[[Category:Emeryville]]
 
[[Category:Emeryville]]
 
[[Category:Cannery]]
 
[[Category:Cannery]]

Revision as of 00:38, 9 August 2013

Summary
Business

Cannery
Main Location

Emeryville
Active

1918-1921
Successors

Virden Packing

Chinese-run Emeryville cannery founded by the Mee family in 1918. The cannery was sold to Virden Packing in 1921, and became Del Monte's plant #35 in 1927.

The plant was spotlighted in the October 1920 Canning Age magazine with a large article on the cannery and its machinery.

An article on the cannery's sale noted that a last worker had written "goodbye" in Chinese and English when he left.

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Emeryville 1918-1921 Park Avenue between Hollis and Watts.

Now site of Pixar.

Details

See also CRC decision on trackage in street.