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'''Edmund Nutting Richmond'' ("Ed") was a San Jose dried fruit packer and businessman. | '''Edmund Nutting Richmond'' ("Ed") was a San Jose dried fruit packer and businessman. | ||
| − | Richmond started in the dire fruit business working for [[J. K. Armsby]] in 1902<ref>Edmund Nutting Richmond: in [http://www.santaclararesearch.net/SCBIOS/enrichmond.html http://www.santaclararesearch.net/SCBIOS/enrichmond.html | + | Richmond started in the dire fruit business working for [[J. K. Armsby]] in 1902<ref>Edmund Nutting Richmond: in Eugene T. Sawyer, [http://www.santaclararesearch.net/SCBIOS/enrichmond.html http://www.santaclararesearch.net/SCBIOS/enrichmond.html History of Santa Clara County], Historical Record Co., 1922</ref>, but broke off on his own by 1918. Joining with [[Elmer Chase]], Richmond formed the new [[Richmond Chase]] company which grew into a large dried fruit packer and canner. |
Richmond lived at the corner of Asbury and Myrtle in San Jose. | Richmond lived at the corner of Asbury and Myrtle in San Jose. | ||
Revision as of 12:19, 18 March 2014
'Edmund Nutting Richmond ("Ed") was a San Jose dried fruit packer and businessman. Richmond started in the dire fruit business working for J. K. Armsby in 1902[1], but broke off on his own by 1918. Joining with Elmer Chase, Richmond formed the new Richmond Chase company which grew into a large dried fruit packer and canner.
Richmond lived at the corner of Asbury and Myrtle in San Jose.
A strange poem suggests he once rescued Dorothy Gish, a movie star, from a car accident[2].
References
- ↑ Edmund Nutting Richmond: in Eugene T. Sawyer, http://www.santaclararesearch.net/SCBIOS/enrichmond.html History of Santa Clara County, Historical Record Co., 1922
- ↑ Moving Pictures: The Course of True Love: September 16, 1918 San Jose Evening News. "Ed Richmond is // a quiet chap. He thinks // of naught but prunes, and sits. All day behind // a desk, and whistles merry tunes".