Abinante and Nola

Summary

Business	Dried Fruit Packer
Main Location	San Jose
Active	1935-late 1960's

Small independent dried fruit packer in San Jose. Abinante and Nola appeared just after the crash of the early 1930's. Sam Abinante, a former California Packing Corporation buyer, handled the business side, and Frank Nola handled the production side. Abinante and Nola switched between several packing houses in the Santa Clara Valley during their lifetime, often taking over properties either from packers that were going under or needed more space.

See a full history of Abinante and Nola.

Locations

Location	Years	Address	Details
San Jose, CA	1934-1940	4747 Stevens Creek Blvd., San Jose	Near Woodhams Road. Former West Side co-op.
San Jose, CA	1944-1949	200 Ryland Street	Former Inderrieden plant.
San Jose, CA	1946-1948	385 Sunol Street	Canning plant. Sold to Drenton.
San Jose, CA	1949-1950	740 West San Carlos Street	Former Pacific Fruit Products.
San Jose, CA	1950-1966	831 Sunol Street	From Track and Time. Former Mayfair Packing plant according to Sanborn maps.
San Jose, CA	1964	991 Sunol Street

Details

Started on Stevens Creek Road near Acura dealer, moved to Ryland Street. Building permit with their name found in 1944 for foundation work, new canopy added 1949.

Stevens Creek site burned May 19, 1940 according to May 20, 1940 San Jose Evening News 200 Ryland Street: Bought 5/12/1944 from SP for $10, deed in book 1212 pg 80 of Santa Clara County Clerk/Recorder, agreed by SP 12/28/1943). 200 Ryland was the business’s office in 1946; a lease signed in 1946 said that rent was to be paid there.

385 Sunol Street: Bought from WP 6/29/1945 for $10. Leased to Drenton Packing 12/31/1945, book 1401, pg 353, December 31, 1946. Lease cancelled 6/19/1948.

740 W. San Carlos: Originally Pacific Fruit Products packing house. Grader on fourth floor, bins and grader on third, bins and processor on 2nd, sulfur house on 3rd, box and shook separate. Unchanged from 1915.