Difference between revisions of "E. E. Thomas Fruit Company"
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==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
Revision as of 18:09, 14 July 2013
| Business |
Dried Fruit Packer |
|---|---|
| Main Location |
San Jose |
| Active |
-1899 |
Summary
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose | 1893, 1896 | Race Street near San Carlos Street |
Photos
E. E. Thomas Drying Yard, San Jose History San Jose / Silicon Valley History Online
Details
Pacific Rural Press, Aug 21 1897
- E. E. Thomas building new $5000 fruit dryer after last one burned. 500 tons of apricots dried this year.
Shipped 650 carloads of dried fruit in 1893-4 according to Sunsweet Story.
Killed himself in 1899, supposedly because of financial pressures from bank failure. San Francisco Call, Feb. 8 1899 . (Any relation to R.K. Thomas who was in business with Hyde?)
Patented fruit spreading machine, patent 482284.
Fruit packer