Difference between revisions of "Mountain View Canning Company"
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| Mountain View || 1919, 1921 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Evelyn%20Street%20east%20of%20Castro%20Street,Mountain%20View Evelyn Street east of Castro Street] || | | Mountain View || 1919, 1921 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Evelyn%20Street%20east%20of%20Castro%20Street,Mountain%20View Evelyn Street east of Castro Street] || | ||
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Revision as of 15:25, 14 July 2013
| Business Details | |
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| Primary Town | Mountain View |
| Primary Business | Cannery |
Summary
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
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| Mountain View | 1919, 1921 | Evelyn Street east of Castro Street |
Listed as "Front St" on Sanborn map. |
Details
Site was Mountain View Winery on 1904 Sanborn map.
According to "Garden of the World" by Cecilia M. Tsu, equipment purchased and building leased by Yasutano Oku and Masa and Naosuke Tsumura in fall of 1918, as well as James Center ranch. Canned tomatoes and berries purchased from Japanese farmers in Mountain View and Sunnyvale. The group couldn't lease the land in 1921 because of new anti-immigrant laws. Merged with Sutow's Foothill Canning Company of San Mateo County. Idle in 1923 and 1924, bought by R.G. Fontana in 1925 who held the mortgage.