C. L. Dick Dried Fruit
| Business |
Dried Fruit Packer |
|---|---|
| Main Location |
San Jose, CA |
Dried fruit packer. There's evidence of the company existing in the late 1930's through the 1950's, but few signs of the company before then.
The namesake, Charles Lewis Dick was born in Oregon in 1871, and was manager of the Salem Fruit Union packing house in 1909 according to the June 19, 1909 California Fruit News. C.L. Dick probably started around 1930; in 1930, Charles listed himself as a "prune packer with own plant" in 1930; he'd been in Oregon in 1920. The 1929 San Jose City Directory listed him manager of the W. T. Jenks Company. Dick died in San Jose Hospital in 1938. By 1940, the manager was James Lively according to the "Sunsweet Story".
The company shows up in various city directories, but also appeared in the 1940 lawsuit against multiple packing houses over exclusive representation by a union of the packing house's choice.
C.L. Dick occupied the former J. W. Chilton Fruit Packing dried fruit packing house on First Street north of the railroad tracks. That plant had been occupied by Porter Brothers before 1903.
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose | 1936 | 170 Bassett Street at San Pedro Street | |
| San Jose | 1940, 1950 | 405 North First Street | |
| San Jose | 1950 | 810 Sunol Street south of Home |
On 1950 Sanborn map. Building still exists -- office for gravel plant? |