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Dried fruit packer listed in city directories run by Stillman A. Moulton, either as the corporate name for his  [[Stillman A. Moulton drying yard | drying yard]], or as a separate business operating in the same location.  The location and dates imply the company's plant was later used by the [[San Tomas Drying Company]] from 1900 through at least 1907.  According to comments in Moulton's biography, the packing house itself probably had a spur on the South Pacific Coast railroad.
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[http://books.google.com/books?id=zaoaAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA30&ots=ZDvIt9o0KZ&dq=%22san%20jose%20dried%20fruit%20company%22&pg=PA30#v=onepage&q=%22san%20jose%20dried%20fruit%20company%22&f=false Directory of Tufts graduates from 1905] lists [[Philo Hersey]] as the president.
  
 
==Locations==
 
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| San Jose || 1896, 1898 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Bascom%20Avenue%20at%20Hamilton,San%20Jose Bascom Avenue at Hamilton] || [http://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/directories/id/18/rec/5 1896 San Jose City Directory]
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| San Jose || 1891, 1896, 1898 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Bascom%20Avenue%20at%20Hamilton,San%20Jose Bascom Avenue at Hamilton] || [http://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/directories/id/18/rec/5 1896 San Jose City Directory]
 
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The [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015104/1891-01-13/ed-1/seq-3.pdf January 13, 1891 Sacramento Record Union] reported on the company's incorporation.  The company was formed with $200,000 in capital stock.  Directors were W.H. Wrights, Stillman A. Moulton, Silas N. Johnson, Henry Ward Wrights, and Bernard D. Murphy.
  
 
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[http://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/utils/getfile/collection/directories/id/20/filename/26.pdf city directory] [[Category:San Jose]]
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[[Category:Dried Fruit Packer]]

Revision as of 16:07, 23 August 2013

Summary
Business

Dried Fruit Packer
Main Location

San Jose

Dried fruit packer listed in city directories run by Stillman A. Moulton, either as the corporate name for his drying yard, or as a separate business operating in the same location. The location and dates imply the company's plant was later used by the San Tomas Drying Company from 1900 through at least 1907. According to comments in Moulton's biography, the packing house itself probably had a spur on the South Pacific Coast railroad.

Directory of Tufts graduates from 1905 lists Philo Hersey as the president.

Locations

Location Years Address Details
San Jose 1891, 1896, 1898 Bascom Avenue at Hamilton 1896 San Jose City Directory

Details

The January 13, 1891 Sacramento Record Union reported on the company's incorporation. The company was formed with $200,000 in capital stock. Directors were W.H. Wrights, Stillman A. Moulton, Silas N. Johnson, Henry Ward Wrights, and Bernard D. Murphy.

Location according to city directory