E. E. Thomas Fruit Company

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Summary

Locations

Location Years Address Details
San Jose 1893, 1896 Race Street near San Carlos Street

Photos

E. E. Thomas Drying Yard, San Jose History San Jose / Silicon Valley History Online

Details

Pacific Rural Press, Aug 21 1897

E. E. Thomas building new $5000 fruit dryer after last one burned. 500 tons of apricots dried this year.

Shipped 650 carloads of dried fruit in 1893-4 according to Sunsweet Story.

Killed himself in 1899, supposedly because of financial pressures from bank failure. San Francisco Call, Feb. 8 1899 . (Any relation to R.K. Thomas who was in business with Hyde?)

Patented fruit spreading machine, patent 482284.

Fruit packer