Difference between revisions of "H.G. Prince"
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Revision as of 19:06, 2 December 2013
| Business |
Cannery |
|---|---|
| Main Location |
Oakland |
| Active |
1868-1930 |
| Predecessors |
San Leandro Canning Company |
| Successors |
California Packing Corporation |
H. G. Prince was a jelly maker and later canner in the San Francisco Bay Area. Originally a jelly maker in San Francisco, the company expanded to build canneries in Fruitvale and San Leandro. Their San Leandro plant had formerly been the San Leandro Canning Company, and was bought in May 1922[1] Prince was sold to California Packing Corporation between 1925 and 1930; product canned in their plants continued to have the H. G. Prince name on the labels through at least the 1940's[2].
H. G. Prince was an early user of trucks rather than the railroad to bring the crops to the cannery[3]. The cannery found that sending fruit by rail from meant stopping picking by 2:30 to get the crop to the railhead. With the trucks, crews could be picking til almost 5:00.
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruitvale | 1921 | ||
| San Leandro | 1922 |
Photos
Photos of employees from Oakland Museum.
References
- ↑ http://books.google.com/books?id=2S0dAQAAMAAJ&dq=western%20canner%20and%20packer&pg=PA48#v=onepage&q=western%20canner%20and%20packer&f=false May 1922 Western Canner and Packer]
- ↑ My father remembers that the Del Monte San Leandro was still canning some grades of fruit with H.G. Prince labels in the 1940's when he held summer jobs there
- ↑ June 1921 Canning Age