Difference between revisions of "Bayside Canning Company"
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'''Bayside Canning Company''' was a large cannery in Alviso, California, starting as a tomato cannery, but eventually specializing in asparagus. The company was founded by Thomas Foon Chew, who had taken over his father's San Francisco-based [[Precita Canning Company]]. (A separate story, mentioned in a history essay, claims that Thomas's father, Sai Yin Chew, rebuilt the cannery but that Thomas joined soon after and helped it expand<ref>Rosalinda Oneto, [http://www.californiapioneers.com/essay_contests/june_2010/PDFs/RosalindaOneto.pdf A. P. Giannini: The San Jose and Alviso Years and the Oneto Family]</ref>.) Bayside hired exclusively Chinese and Chinese-American workers through the 1920's<ref>[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=24345 Alviso History]. Society of California Pioneers essay contest, June 2010.</ref> | '''Bayside Canning Company''' was a large cannery in Alviso, California, starting as a tomato cannery, but eventually specializing in asparagus. The company was founded by Thomas Foon Chew, who had taken over his father's San Francisco-based [[Precita Canning Company]]. (A separate story, mentioned in a history essay, claims that Thomas's father, Sai Yin Chew, rebuilt the cannery but that Thomas joined soon after and helped it expand<ref>Rosalinda Oneto, [http://www.californiapioneers.com/essay_contests/june_2010/PDFs/RosalindaOneto.pdf A. P. Giannini: The San Jose and Alviso Years and the Oneto Family]</ref>.) Bayside hired exclusively Chinese and Chinese-American workers through the 1920's<ref>[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=24345 Alviso History]. Society of California Pioneers essay contest, June 2010.</ref> | ||
| − | The company also had a cannery in Mayfield<ref>Bayside Canning: [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3071898?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 California Food Products directory]. 1920, A. Marks, San Francisco.</ref>. That cannery, founded in 1918,. | + | The company also had a cannery in Mayfield<ref>Bayside Canning: [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3071898?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 California Food Products directory]. 1920, A. Marks, San Francisco.</ref>. That cannery, founded in 1918, packed tomatoes. In 1921, the Mayfield cannery packed 50,000 cases of tomatoes - the largest tomato pack that year for the valley<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=cRAdAQAAMAAJ&lpg=RA8-PA49&ots=17d4CcUvDq&dq=%22reedley%20canning%22&pg=RA8-PA49#v=onepage&q&f=false California Canneries]. January 1922 Western Canner and Packer.</ref>. |
Thomas Foon was vice president and manager in 1920<ref>Bayside Canning: [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3071898?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 California Food Products directory]. 1920, A. Marks, San Francisco.</ref>; Walter M. Field & Company was the distributor for the company in 1922. | Thomas Foon was vice president and manager in 1920<ref>Bayside Canning: [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3071898?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 California Food Products directory]. 1920, A. Marks, San Francisco.</ref>; Walter M. Field & Company was the distributor for the company in 1922. | ||
Revision as of 03:29, 21 November 2016
| Business |
Cannery |
|---|---|
| Main Location |
Alviso |
| Active |
1906 - 1936 |
| Brands |
Bohemian, Calfruit, Calico, Gondolier, Precita, Snow Peak |
| Predecessors |
Precita Canning Company |
| Successors |
Sutter Packing. |
Bayside Canning Company was a large cannery in Alviso, California, starting as a tomato cannery, but eventually specializing in asparagus. The company was founded by Thomas Foon Chew, who had taken over his father's San Francisco-based Precita Canning Company. (A separate story, mentioned in a history essay, claims that Thomas's father, Sai Yin Chew, rebuilt the cannery but that Thomas joined soon after and helped it expand[1].) Bayside hired exclusively Chinese and Chinese-American workers through the 1920's[2]
The company also had a cannery in Mayfield[3]. That cannery, founded in 1918, packed tomatoes. In 1921, the Mayfield cannery packed 50,000 cases of tomatoes - the largest tomato pack that year for the valley[4].
Thomas Foon was vice president and manager in 1920[5]; Walter M. Field & Company was the distributor for the company in 1922.
Thomas died in 1931 at the age of 42. The Mayfield cannery was sold to Sutter Packing in 1933[6]; the Alviso cannery closed in 1936.
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alviso | 1906-1936 | 1200 Hope Street at Elizabeth. | |
| Mayfield | 1918-1931 | Portage Ave. | Became Sutter Packing. |
Photos
Bayside Canning, recent photo of abandoned building
References
- ↑ Rosalinda Oneto, A. P. Giannini: The San Jose and Alviso Years and the Oneto Family
- ↑ Alviso History. Society of California Pioneers essay contest, June 2010.
- ↑ Bayside Canning: California Food Products directory. 1920, A. Marks, San Francisco.
- ↑ California Canneries. January 1922 Western Canner and Packer.
- ↑ Bayside Canning: California Food Products directory. 1920, A. Marks, San Francisco.
- ↑ The Story of Our Local Bayside: Sutter Cannery. In Summer 2010 Barron Park Association Newsletter.