Stokely Van Camp
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| Business |
Cannery |
|---|---|
| Predecessors |
Tamal Packing, George N. Herbert Packing Company |
East coast based canner. Van Camp moved into the California market by opened operations in California in 1922 starting negotiations to buy three canneries. They purchased
[[March 1922 Western Canner and Packer] four plants]: the Tamal Packing plant in San Francisco, [[George N. Herbert Packing Company] canneries in Gridley and San Jose, and an olive cannery in Oroville.
Had plant on Campbell Ave. in San Jose (near Santa Clara border).
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lodi | None | Formerly Foster and Woods cannery, then Pacific Coast Producers. | |
| San Jose | 1962, 1970s | 1180 Campbell Avenue |
Details
Had private refrigerated warehouse in San Jose in 1962.
Eventually merged into Tri Valley Growers.
Article in the Tracy Press mentions one figure who was a field man for the "Stokely-Van Camp freezer plant in San Jose".