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'''H. G. Prince''' was a jelly maker and later canner in the San Francisco Bay Area, formed as a successor to the [[Code-Portwood Canning Company]] around 1914<ref>Canned Foods: [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZnpRAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA13&ots=BpoIZoN7MK&dq=%22code-portwood%22%20%22h.g.%20prince%22&pg=PA13#v=onepage&q=%22code-portwood%22%20%22h.g.%20prince%22&f=false January 24, 1914]: "A contrivance has been invented by Arthur Duncan, manager of H. G. Prince & Co., successor to Code Portwood Canning Co....</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=2S0dAQAAMAAJ&dq=western%20canner%20and%20packer&pg=PA48#v=onepage&q=western%20canner%20and%20packer&f=false May June 1917 Western Canner and Packer]</ref>.  The company's origins began in San Francisco as a jelly maker in 1868, moving to Fruitvale after the Great San Francisco Earthquake in 1906<ref>[http://oaklandwiki.org/H._G._Prince_%26_Company H. G. Prince].  OaklandWiki.</ref>.  Cole Portwood was still listed as a separate company in 1912<ref>Canned Goods: [http://books.google.com/books?id=9AU9AAAAYAAJ&pg=RA4-PA21&lpg=RA4-PA21&dq=cole-portwood+canning+company&source=bl&ots=m6qIhEZ3RB&sig=qbUzEtMhSTIXPlzWz1jYuZxF8ew&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QWjdUpjKPOm0sQS11YGoDw&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=cole-portwood%20canning%20company&f=false Chamber of Commerce Journal], July 1912]</ref>. The company later expanded with a the purchase of the [[San Leandro Canning Company]] in May 1922<ref>[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]</ref>  
 
'''H. G. Prince''' was a jelly maker and later canner in the San Francisco Bay Area, formed as a successor to the [[Code-Portwood Canning Company]] around 1914<ref>Canned Foods: [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZnpRAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA13&ots=BpoIZoN7MK&dq=%22code-portwood%22%20%22h.g.%20prince%22&pg=PA13#v=onepage&q=%22code-portwood%22%20%22h.g.%20prince%22&f=false January 24, 1914]: "A contrivance has been invented by Arthur Duncan, manager of H. G. Prince & Co., successor to Code Portwood Canning Co....</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=2S0dAQAAMAAJ&dq=western%20canner%20and%20packer&pg=PA48#v=onepage&q=western%20canner%20and%20packer&f=false May June 1917 Western Canner and Packer]</ref>.  The company's origins began in San Francisco as a jelly maker in 1868, moving to Fruitvale after the Great San Francisco Earthquake in 1906<ref>[http://oaklandwiki.org/H._G._Prince_%26_Company H. G. Prince].  OaklandWiki.</ref>.  Cole Portwood was still listed as a separate company in 1912<ref>Canned Goods: [http://books.google.com/books?id=9AU9AAAAYAAJ&pg=RA4-PA21&lpg=RA4-PA21&dq=cole-portwood+canning+company&source=bl&ots=m6qIhEZ3RB&sig=qbUzEtMhSTIXPlzWz1jYuZxF8ew&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QWjdUpjKPOm0sQS11YGoDw&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=cole-portwood%20canning%20company&f=false Chamber of Commerce Journal], July 1912]</ref>. The company later expanded with a the purchase of the [[San Leandro Canning Company]] in May 1922<ref>[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]</ref>  
  
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Henry G. Prince, the principal, had been a fruit salesman<ref>1900 United States Census</ref> and supposedly had learned the trade working for Crosse and Blackwell<ref>[http://collections.museumca.org/?q=collection-item/h726118q Panorama of employees caption], Oakland Museum.</ref>.  Henry Prince died around 1922<ref>Obituary: [http://books.google.com/books?id=CS0dAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA37&lpg=RA1-PA37&dq=henry+g.+prince+cannery+san+francisco&source=bl&ots=D1CrZKZ14h&sig=4eHF6VRdgRo1fz2MF-t2WMa2dpU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pmHdUuiAEaeusATD2IHIDg&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=henry%20g.%20prince%20cannery%20san%20francisco&f=false Henry G. Prince], western Canner and Packer.  The obituary lists his company as the successor to the Cole-Portwood Canning Company.</ref>.  (Another story claims H.G. Prince died in 1917<ref>Among the Trade: [http://books.google.com/books?id=6vU9AQAAMAAJ&lpg=RA4-PA12&ots=LemoRhFZcn&dq=%22code-portwood%22%20%22h.g.%20prince%22&pg=RA4-PA12#v=onepage&q=%22code-portwood%22%20%22h.g.%20prince%22&f=false May 25, 1917 California Retail The May 25, 1917 California Grocer's Advocate]: "Henry G. Prince, head of the H. G. Prince Packing Co. of San Francisco, passed away at his home this week."</ref>.
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Henry G. Prince, the principal, had been a fruit salesman<ref>1900 United States Census</ref> and supposedly had learned the trade working for Crosse and Blackwell<ref>[http://collections.museumca.org/?q=collection-item/h726118q Panorama of employees caption], Oakland Museum.</ref>.  Henry Prince died in 1917<ref>Obituary: [http://books.google.com/books?id=CS0dAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA37&lpg=RA1-PA37&dq=henry+g.+prince+cannery+san+francisco&source=bl&ots=D1CrZKZ14h&sig=4eHF6VRdgRo1fz2MF-t2WMa2dpU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pmHdUuiAEaeusATD2IHIDg&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=henry%20g.%20prince%20cannery%20san%20francisco&f=false Henry G. Prince], western Canner and Packer.  The obituary lists his company as the successor to the Cole-Portwood Canning Company.</ref><ref>Among the Trade: [http://books.google.com/books?id=6vU9AQAAMAAJ&lpg=RA4-PA12&ots=LemoRhFZcn&dq=%22code-portwood%22%20%22h.g.%20prince%22&pg=RA4-PA12#v=onepage&q=%22code-portwood%22%20%22h.g.%20prince%22&f=false May 25, 1917 California Retail The May 25, 1917 California Grocer's Advocate]: "Henry G. Prince, head of the H. G. Prince Packing Co. of San Francisco, passed away at his home this week."</ref>.
  
 
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<ref>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</ref>.
 
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<ref>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</ref>.

Revision as of 03:27, 22 January 2014

Summary
Business

Cannery
Main Location

Oakland
Active

1914-1930
Predecessors

Code-Portwood Canning Company, San Leandro Canning Company
Successors

California Packing Corporation

H. G. Prince was a jelly maker and later canner in the San Francisco Bay Area, formed as a successor to the Code-Portwood Canning Company around 1914[1][2]. The company's origins began in San Francisco as a jelly maker in 1868, moving to Fruitvale after the Great San Francisco Earthquake in 1906[3]. Cole Portwood was still listed as a separate company in 1912[4]. The company later expanded with a the purchase of the San Leandro Canning Company in May 1922[5]

Henry G. Prince, the principal, had been a fruit salesman[6] and supposedly had learned the trade working for Crosse and Blackwell[7]. Henry Prince died in 1917[8][9].

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[10].

H. G. Prince was an early adopter of trucks rather than the railroad to bring the crops to the cannery[11]. 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

Cannery Buildings

Photos of employees from Oakland Museum.

References

  1. ↑ Canned Foods: January 24, 1914: "A contrivance has been invented by Arthur Duncan, manager of H. G. Prince & Co., successor to Code Portwood Canning Co....
  2. ↑ May June 1917 Western Canner and Packer
  3. ↑ H. G. Prince. OaklandWiki.
  4. ↑ Canned Goods: Chamber of Commerce Journal, July 1912]
  5. ↑ May 1922 Western Canner and Packer
  6. ↑ 1900 United States Census
  7. ↑ Panorama of employees caption, Oakland Museum.
  8. ↑ Obituary: Henry G. Prince, western Canner and Packer. The obituary lists his company as the successor to the Cole-Portwood Canning Company.
  9. ↑ Among the Trade: May 25, 1917 California Retail The May 25, 1917 California Grocer's Advocate: "Henry G. Prince, head of the H. G. Prince Packing Co. of San Francisco, passed away at his home this week."
  10. ↑ 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
  11. ↑ June 1921 Canning Age
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