O. A. Harlan & Company
| Business |
Dried Fruit Packer |
|---|---|
| Main Location |
San Jose |
| Active |
1917-1928 |
| Successors |
California Prune and Apricot Growers |
O. A. Harlan & Company was a San Jose-based dried fruit packer. The company packed for the California Prune and Apricot Growers in at least their first season of 1917. Harlan sold out to California Prune and Apricot Growers (Sunsweet) in 1928 when he was also made general manager of the organization. Harlan owned multiple packing plants (including one in San Jose, pictured in the Sunsweet Story.) He kept a fresh fruit packing house in Campbell when he moved to Sunsweet.
Harlan had previous experience in the dried fruit business. Previously, Harlan had been the manager for the Santa Clara County Fruit Exchange in 1907.
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell | 1928 | ||
| Mountain View | |||
| San Jose | 1917, 1918 | 4th and Margaret | Southwest corner Sold to California Prune and Apricot Growers in 1918, still a CP |
| San Jose | 1928, 1931 | 4th and Lewis | (city directory) Photo in Sunsweet Story. |
Details
San Jose plant at 4th and Margaret was to be built in 1918, reinforced concrete, 60 x 180, $20,000 to construct according to Architect and Engineer Also noted in 1918 California Fruit News CFN suggests that he'd sold the business to Sunsweet in 1918 but decided to go back into business, and resold the business in 1928 acc to Sunsweet Story.
Sold 180,000 pounds of "evaporated" prunes to war board in 1919 at 10.75 cents/pound to War Department's director of purchase and storage That same year, CalPak sold 2.5 million pounds, Richmond sold 2,0000 pounds, Sunsweet sold 3.8 million pounds, Garcia and Maggini sold a million pounds. Even more sales from same and different vendors. [[Category::Dried Fruit Packer]]