Sunnyvale Canneries
| Business |
Cannery |
|---|---|
| Main Location |
Sunnyvale |
| Active |
1907-1925 |
| Successors |
Schuckl Cannery |
Sunnyvale Canneries was an early, Sunnyvale-based canner. The company was founded by George H. Hooke after his sale of the Los Gatos Canneries to Hunt Brothers Packing Company[1]. The Sunnyvale Canneries plant was located at Fair Oaks Ave. and the railroad tracks.
In 1908, the company employed four hundred people in a season and bought $102,000 in cherries - about half of the cannery's capacity. In good years, the company would also ship seventy five carloads of cherries to be made into maraschino cherries[2]The companys company was also given permission to sell fresh (green) peaches by the California Peach and Fig Growers in 1921[3].
Hooke declared bankruptcy in 1922, with $20,000 owed to A.V. Hooke, $26,000 to the Bank of Italy in San Francisco, and $19,000 to the Bank of Italy in Sunnyvale, and just enough assets to pay the debts[4]. The company was sold to Schuckl Cannery in 1925[5]. Schuckl extended the facility, adding a warehouse, cooling plant, day-care, and cottages.
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 1920 | 268 Market Street[6] | |
| Sunnyvale | 1907-1925 | Fair Oaks Avenue |
References
- ↑ Bruntz, History of Los Gatos
- ↑ What Do You Say To This? 1908 Sunset Magazine. Development section article on the town of Sunnyvalue
- ↑ "These Shippers Have Signed with Peach and Fig Growers", Associated Grower magaine, July 1921. (Magazine published by California Associated Raisin Company and California Peach and Fig Growers)
- ↑ Cannery Man Bankrupt: May 19, 1922 Retail Grocer's Advocate.
- ↑ Sunnyvale City Council, Heritage Resource Nominations for Southwood and Fairorchard Neighborhoods, May 12, 2009. References purchase of Sunnyvale Canneries.
- ↑ Shippers signed with the Peach and Fig Growers: 1921 Associated Grower Magazine.