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| primary_town = Los Gatos | | primary_town = Los Gatos | ||
| primary_dates = 1885 - 1917 | | primary_dates = 1885 - 1917 | ||
| + | | brands=Grayhound, San Joaquin<ref>Paul E. Vandor, [http://books.google.com/books?id=kBk1AQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA445&ots=QRcrhajv6t&dq=%22curtis%20fruit%22%20fresno&pg=PA445#v=onepage&q=%22curtis%20fruit%22%20fresno&f=false History of Fresno County], 1919.</ref> | ||
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| − | '''Curtis Packing''' was a northern California | + | '''Curtis Packing''' was a northern California raisin packer operating around the beginning of the 20th century. The company had offices in San Francisco, with a packing house in Fresno in the San Joaquin Valley. The company sold 22,000 cases of raisins in 1886<ref>Steven Stoll, [http://books.google.com/books?id=rGlkqqlPNZkC&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=%2522Curtis+Fruit%2522+Fresno&source=bl&ots=kW58e-OdP9&sig=10kD6biH65IGYdvXxyX63SJ8a_s&hl=en&ei=WoHKTsKbDJKPigLV8PjcDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAw%23v=onepage&q=%2522Curtis%2520Fruit%2522%2520Fresno&f=false The Fruits of Natural Advantage: Making the Industrial Countryside in California], University of California Press, 1998.</ref>. John K. Curtis was the president in 1892. The Vice-President and Superintendent in 1888 was John Wesley North, an 1841 grad of Wellseley and a lawyer<ref>John Wesley North: [http://books.google.com/books?id=A4RPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA612&lpg=PA612&dq=%2522Curtis+Fruit%2522+Fresno&source=bl&ots=R_cL1472-9&sig=92IEDEID7lDUGxlQXukv1iTvT60&hl=en&ei=WoHKTsKbDJKPigLV8PjcDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAg%23v=onepage&q=%2522Curtis%2520Fruit%2522%2520Fresno&f=false General Catalog of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity], Comentus Press, Bethlehem PA, 1888.</ref>. |
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The company was apparently unrelated to [[H.D. Curtis]] in Los Gatos. | The company was apparently unrelated to [[H.D. Curtis]] in Los Gatos. | ||
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| − | | Fresno || 1885<ref>James Hartigan Biography: [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/biographies/h/hartigan-james.txt History of Fresno County, California], 1919, Historic Record Co. Cites Curtis Fruit packing house in Fresno in 1885.</ref> || || | + | | Fresno || 1885<ref>James Hartigan Biography: [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/biographies/h/hartigan-james.txt History of Fresno County, California], 1919, Historic Record Co. Cites Curtis Fruit packing house in Fresno in 1885.</ref> || ||Packing house also claimed to be in Oleander, 23 miles southeast of Fresno<ref>Paul E. Vandor, [http://books.google.com/books?id=kBk1AQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA445&ots=QRcrhajv6t&dq=%22curtis%20fruit%22%20fresno&pg=PA445#v=onepage&q=%22curtis%20fruit%22%20fresno&f=false History of Fresno County], 1919.</ref>. |
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Revision as of 02:04, 10 July 2014
| Business |
Dried Fruit Packer |
|---|---|
| Main Location |
Los Gatos |
| Active |
1885 - 1917 |
| Brands |
Grayhound, San Joaquin[1] |
Curtis Packing was a northern California raisin packer operating around the beginning of the 20th century. The company had offices in San Francisco, with a packing house in Fresno in the San Joaquin Valley. The company sold 22,000 cases of raisins in 1886[2]. John K. Curtis was the president in 1892. The Vice-President and Superintendent in 1888 was John Wesley North, an 1841 grad of Wellseley and a lawyer[3].
The company was apparently unrelated to H.D. Curtis in Los Gatos.
Locations
- ↑ Paul E. Vandor, History of Fresno County, 1919.
- ↑ Steven Stoll, The Fruits of Natural Advantage: Making the Industrial Countryside in California, University of California Press, 1998.
- ↑ John Wesley North: General Catalog of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity, Comentus Press, Bethlehem PA, 1888.
- ↑ James Hartigan Biography: History of Fresno County, California, 1919, Historic Record Co. Cites Curtis Fruit packing house in Fresno in 1885.
- ↑ Paul E. Vandor, History of Fresno County, 1919.
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fresno | 1885[4] | Packing house also claimed to be in Oleander, 23 miles southeast of Fresno[5]. |