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'''Edmund Nutting Richmond''' ("Ed") was a San Jose dried fruit packer and businessman. | '''Edmund Nutting Richmond''' ("Ed") was a San Jose dried fruit packer and businessman. | ||
| − | Richmond started in the | + | Richmond started in the dried fruit business working for [[J. K. Armsby]] in 1902<ref>Edmund Nutting Richmond: in Eugene T. Sawyer, [http://www.santaclararesearch.net/SCBIOS/enrichmond.html http://www.santaclararesearch.net/SCBIOS/enrichmond.html History of Santa Clara County], Historical Record Co., 1922</ref> and managed the company's Santa Clara valley packing house. In 1916, Richmond decided to strike out on his own, leasing the former Hayes dried fruit packing house in Edenvale<ref>Popular San Jose Manager Leaves Armsby Company: [https://books.google.com/books?id=El9RAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA11&ots=a3x5HqCnbR&dq=%22e.%20n.%20richmond%22%20edenvale&pg=PA11#v=onepage&q=%22e.%20n.%20richmond%22%20edenvale&f=false April 22, 1916 California Fruit News].</ref>. Within three years, Richmond joined with [[Elmer Chase]] to form the new [[Richmond Chase]] company which grew into a large dried fruit packer and canner. Richmond also owned orchard and ranch land in the Santa Clara valley. |
Richmond lived at the corner of Asbury and Myrtle in San Jose. | Richmond lived at the corner of Asbury and Myrtle in San Jose. | ||
A strange poem suggests he once rescued Dorothy Gish, a movie star, from a car accident<ref>Moving Pictures: The Course of True Love: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7Ho1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=luMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1303%2C3124666 September 16, 1918 San Jose Evening News]. "Ed Richmond is // a quiet chap. He thinks // of naught but prunes, and sits. All day behind // a desk, and whistles merry tunes".</ref>. | A strange poem suggests he once rescued Dorothy Gish, a movie star, from a car accident<ref>Moving Pictures: The Course of True Love: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7Ho1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=luMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1303%2C3124666 September 16, 1918 San Jose Evening News]. "Ed Richmond is // a quiet chap. He thinks // of naught but prunes, and sits. All day behind // a desk, and whistles merry tunes".</ref>. | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:09, 31 January 2015
| Edmund Nutting Richmond | |
| Employer | Richmond Chase |
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| Occupation | Dried fruit packer |
Edmund Nutting Richmond ("Ed") was a San Jose dried fruit packer and businessman. Richmond started in the dried fruit business working for J. K. Armsby in 1902[1] and managed the company's Santa Clara valley packing house. In 1916, Richmond decided to strike out on his own, leasing the former Hayes dried fruit packing house in Edenvale[2]. Within three years, Richmond joined with Elmer Chase to form the new Richmond Chase company which grew into a large dried fruit packer and canner. Richmond also owned orchard and ranch land in the Santa Clara valley.
Richmond lived at the corner of Asbury and Myrtle in San Jose.
A strange poem suggests he once rescued Dorothy Gish, a movie star, from a car accident[3].
References
- ↑ Edmund Nutting Richmond: in Eugene T. Sawyer, http://www.santaclararesearch.net/SCBIOS/enrichmond.html History of Santa Clara County, Historical Record Co., 1922
- ↑ Popular San Jose Manager Leaves Armsby Company: April 22, 1916 California Fruit News.
- ↑ Moving Pictures: The Course of True Love: September 16, 1918 San Jose Evening News. "Ed Richmond is // a quiet chap. He thinks // of naught but prunes, and sits. All day behind // a desk, and whistles merry tunes".