Alba Canning Company

Summary

Business	Cannery
Main Location	San Jose
Active	1918 - 1920
Successors	Santa Clara Valley Canning Company

Precursor to Greco Canning. The company started in 1918, and was sold by 1920. Their plant was at Eighth and Jackson. The plant was later used by Santa Clara Valley Canning Company, supposedly run by the same principals (Gaspare and Anthony Greco). Output primarily went to the east coast, with apricots going to England.

Edith Daley visited Alba Canning in 1919, and wrote a column for the August 1, 1919 San Jose Evening News. She noted that the company was canning 900 cases of apricots a days with only 130 employees, and was outgrowing its current plant. She also noted that the brothers ran another cannery in Santa Clara.

The name literally translated to "dawn of the day", with a Latin definition closer to first. Anthony Greco described it as "top", with cafefully packed products and laquered and lithographed cans.

The plant was on two acres of land, "stretching to Ninth Street", and partially planted in 6,000 pepperocini plants.

Locations

Location	Years	Address	Details
San Jose, CA	1918-1920	Eighth St. and Jackson Ave.
Santa Clara, CA	1919		Cited in Edith Daley column.