M. J. Fontana and Company

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Summary
Business Details
Primary Town San Francisco
Primary Business Cannery
Dates 1880 - 1899

Summary

Locations

Location Years Address Details
San Francisco 1880-1899? ???

Details

Early San Francisco canner. Originally fruit broker and shipper, but started his own cannery in 1880. Company was sold to California Fruit Canners' Association in 1899, and Fontana became general superintendent. Also director of Italian-American Bank, California Wine Association, president of Italian Swiss Colony, director and chairman of board of [California Packing Corporation], "successor to the California Fruit Canners' Association". Died October 19, 1922.

rodhandeland.com suggests Del Monte's San Francisco Plant #1 was originally set up for Fontana.

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