Curtis Packing

Summary

Business Details
Primary Town	Los Gatos
Primary Business	Dried Fruit Packer

Locations

Location	Years	Address	Details
Los Gatos	1900	???

Details

article article Curtis had packing house in Fresno. (Also worked for Inderrieden)

article article "So they commissioned artists---many of whom were German immigrants who worked in anonymity in San Francisco and Los Angeles to create distinctive, eye-catching labels."

VP and Superintendent in 1888 was John Wesley North, 1841 grad of Wellseley, lawyer:

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Sold 22,000 boxes of raisins in 1886.

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President in 1892: John K. Curtis. Based in San Francisco.

Morning Call, 8-14-1892 Became associated with [California Prune and Apricot Growers] in 1917, packer for 1917 season.

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Location in Paonia, Colorado?