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Vacuum jar makers.  
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The '''Brelle Fruit Jar Company''' was a jar manufacturer in San Jose around the time of World War I.  The company started in Ferndale, California, but moved to San Jose by 1913.  The company was gone by 1917 according to city directories, with bottle collectors believing the company disappeared in 1916<ref>[http://www.bottlepickers.com/trademarks.htm Bottlepickers.com says they only lasted til 1916].</ref>.
  
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Brelle made a patented vacuum jar with glass lid.<ref>U.S. Patent 1142231: [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=brelle%20fruit%20jar%20&source=web&cd=9&ved=0CFoQFjAI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fpatents%2FUS1142231.pdf&ei=W6OYULv6PIPxygHpwYGADg&usg=AFQjCNHSHoXSviVlVcChOwyg5CaAMP69rQ&sig2=xqhiyaKBhCOZ81lMxwX8Eg Fruit Jar], patented June 8, 1915.</ref>
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! Location !! Years !! Address !! Details
 
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| Ferndale || 1913 || ||
 
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| San Jose || 1915, 1916 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Moorpark%20at%20Race%2C%20next%20to%20tracks.,San%20Jose Moorpark at Race, next to tracks.] ||
 
Later became Contadina. Shows on 1915 Sanborn map.
 
 
 
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==Details==
 
[http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=brelle%20fruit%20jar%20&source=web&cd=9&ved=0CFoQFjAI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fpatents%2FUS1142231.pdf&ei=W6OYULv6PIPxygHpwYGADg&usg=AFQjCNHSHoXSviVlVcChOwyg5CaAMP69rQ&sig2=xqhiyaKBhCOZ81lMxwX8Eg Patent]  
 
Started in Ferndale, Humboldt County, moved to San Jose 1913.
 
 
 
Gone by 1917 according to city directories.
 
  
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The following quotes come from unknown sources:
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"BRELLE FRUIT":
 
"BRELLE FRUIT":
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The Brelle Automatic Sealer Company, whose articles of incorporation were
 
The Brelle Automatic Sealer Company, whose articles of incorporation were
 
filed Monday, has established headquarters in the Brelle Building at the
 
filed Monday, has established headquarters in the Brelle Building at the
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Ferndale's prominent ladies and gentlemen who unanimously declare that it
 
Ferndale's prominent ladies and gentlemen who unanimously declare that it
 
will revolutionize the process of closing fruit jars... (August 16, 1912)
 
will revolutionize the process of closing fruit jars... (August 16, 1912)
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The Brelle Automatic Sealer Company of Ferndale has received an order for one
 
The Brelle Automatic Sealer Company of Ferndale has received an order for one
 
thousand gross of the glass jar tops and rubber gaskets manufactured under
 
thousand gross of the glass jar tops and rubber gaskets manufactured under
 
Mr. Brelle's patent... (January 21, 1913)
 
Mr. Brelle's patent... (January 21, 1913)
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The new plant to be erected by the Brelle Automatic Sealer Co of Ferndale
 
The new plant to be erected by the Brelle Automatic Sealer Co of Ferndale
 
will be located at San Jose, instead of at Monterey, as was at first
 
will be located at San Jose, instead of at Monterey, as was at first
 
intended... (April 18, 1913)
 
intended... (April 18, 1913)
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The Brelle Fruit Jar Manufacturing Co of San Jose, CA succeeds the Brelle
 
The Brelle Fruit Jar Manufacturing Co of San Jose, CA succeeds the Brelle
 
Automatic Sealer Co of Ferndale, CA... (December 9, 1913)
 
Automatic Sealer Co of Ferndale, CA... (December 9, 1913)
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Brelle himself was living at 510 S. Second Street, San Jose in 1919.
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| San Jose || 1916 || Moorpark and Southern Pacific Railway<ref>1916 Polk's San Jose City Directory</ref> ||
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==Details==
  
[http://www.bottlepickers.com/trademarks.htm Bottlepickers.com says they only lasted til 1916]
 
1916: Brelle, Frank [appears]
 
1916: Brelle Fruit Jar, J.R. Lane Manager, Moorpark and Southern Pacific railway.
 
1917: Brelle, Frank [appears]
 
1917: [No Brelle fruit jar]
 
1918: frank brelle listed, no brelle glass jar
 
1919: brelle glass jar not listed (But frank brelle listed 510 s 2nd)
 
1920:frank brelle, still at 501 south second
 
1920: no brelle glass jar
 
 
[[Category:Ferndale]]
 
[[Category:Ferndale]]
 
[[Category:San Jose]]
 
[[Category:San Jose]]
 
[[Category:Jar Maker]]
 
[[Category:Jar Maker]]

Revision as of 01:52, 2 November 2013

Summary
Business

Jar Maker
Main Location

San Jose, CA
Active

1913-1917

The Brelle Fruit Jar Company was a jar manufacturer in San Jose around the time of World War I. The company started in Ferndale, California, but moved to San Jose by 1913. The company was gone by 1917 according to city directories, with bottle collectors believing the company disappeared in 1916[1].

Brelle made a patented vacuum jar with glass lid.[2]

The following quotes come from unknown sources:

"BRELLE FRUIT":
The Brelle Automatic Sealer Company, whose articles of incorporation were filed Monday, has established headquarters in the Brelle Building at the corner of Main Street and Shaw Avenue, where the inventor and others interested are demonstrating their new Automatic Sealer to many of Ferndale's prominent ladies and gentlemen who unanimously declare that it will revolutionize the process of closing fruit jars... (August 16, 1912)
The Brelle Automatic Sealer Company of Ferndale has received an order for one thousand gross of the glass jar tops and rubber gaskets manufactured under Mr. Brelle's patent... (January 21, 1913)
The new plant to be erected by the Brelle Automatic Sealer Co of Ferndale will be located at San Jose, instead of at Monterey, as was at first intended... (April 18, 1913)
The Brelle Fruit Jar Manufacturing Co of San Jose, CA succeeds the Brelle Automatic Sealer Co of Ferndale, CA... (December 9, 1913)

Brelle himself was living at 510 S. Second Street, San Jose in 1919.

Locations

Location Years Address Details
San Jose 1916 Moorpark and Southern Pacific Railway[3]

Details

  1. Bottlepickers.com says they only lasted til 1916.
  2. U.S. Patent 1142231: Fruit Jar, patented June 8, 1915.
  3. 1916 Polk's San Jose City Directory