Bayside Canning Company

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Summary
Business Details
Primary Town Alviso
Primary Business Cannery
Dates 1906 - 1936

Summary

Major cannery specializing in asparagus. Run by Thomas Foon Chew, taken over from Precita Canning Company (San Francisco) run by his father until the 1906 Earthquake and Fire. The cannery closed in 1936.

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Alviso 1906-1936 1200 Hope Street at Elizabeth.

Photos

Bayside Canning, recent photo of abandoned building

Details

3rd largest cannery. Closed in 1936 after Thomas died in 1931. Started in tomatoes, eventually became famous because of asparagus. See also Union Warehouse and Docks 1922 distributor Walter M. Field & Company

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