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Walnut Creek-based canner.  Probably owned by Kirsten and Company because of reference to their broker decision in [http://books.google.com/books?id=va3mAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA51&lpg=RA2-PA51&dq=%22walnut+creek+canning+company%22&source=bl&ots=n2YbhDLIMN&sig=I0MsWIm714XyhInuGI5DZE_1Okg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XSABUqGJEYesjALYrYGwDg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22walnut%20creek%20canning%20company%22&f=false 1921 Canning Age magazine].
 
Walnut Creek-based canner.  Probably owned by Kirsten and Company because of reference to their broker decision in [http://books.google.com/books?id=va3mAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA51&lpg=RA2-PA51&dq=%22walnut+creek+canning+company%22&source=bl&ots=n2YbhDLIMN&sig=I0MsWIm714XyhInuGI5DZE_1Okg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XSABUqGJEYesjALYrYGwDg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22walnut%20creek%20canning%20company%22&f=false 1921 Canning Age magazine].
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They canned a variety of crops; a [http://books.google.com/books?id=JE1PAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA39&lpg=PA39&dq=%22walnut+creek+canning+company%22&source=bl&ots=Y0XwoQZOfL&sig=lTu_ptobK4_-E_xbQwjDxW5sELk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XSABUqGJEYesjALYrYGwDg&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22walnut%20creek%20canning%20company%22&f=false July 3, 1920 "The Canner"] included a report that they had canned 150 tons of cherries that season, and would be continuing with other fruits and vegetables.
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The company must have existed into the 1950's; a 1959 Central Contra Costa Sanitary District meeting [http://weblink.centralsan.dst.ca.us/WebLink8/DocView.aspx?id=11398&page=3&dbid=0 included questions] from "Mr. Davis of the Walnut Creek Canning Company".
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Owned by the Davis Canning Company according to a [http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/26389359/ December 13, 1955 article in the Modesto Bee], noting that Hamilton C. Davis owned both Davis Canning in Atwater and the Walnut Creek Canning Company in Walnut Creek, and was in the process of buying the Patterson Products cannery in Patterson.  A [http://newspaperarchive.com/oakland-tribune/1953-01-11/page-41  January 11, 1953 Oakland Tribune article] noted that Mr. Davis lived in Piedmont.
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Revision as of 16:45, 6 August 2013

Summary
Business

Cannery
Main Location

Walnut Creek

Walnut Creek-based canner. Probably owned by Kirsten and Company because of reference to their broker decision in 1921 Canning Age magazine.

They canned a variety of crops; a July 3, 1920 "The Canner" included a report that they had canned 150 tons of cherries that season, and would be continuing with other fruits and vegetables.

The company must have existed into the 1950's; a 1959 Central Contra Costa Sanitary District meeting included questions from "Mr. Davis of the Walnut Creek Canning Company".

Owned by the Davis Canning Company according to a December 13, 1955 article in the Modesto Bee, noting that Hamilton C. Davis owned both Davis Canning in Atwater and the Walnut Creek Canning Company in Walnut Creek, and was in the process of buying the Patterson Products cannery in Patterson. A January 11, 1953 Oakland Tribune article noted that Mr. Davis lived in Piedmont.

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Walnut Creek 1920 Probably along Sacramento Northern railway because of catenary wires visible in plant photo.

Details

Photos

Contra Costa Historical Society has several photos online: interior, office, loading dock, and railroad tracks in 1920, and plant photo.