Sunlit Fruit Company

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Sunlit Fruit Company was a Berkeley-based canner. The company was known for packing in glass[1].

Sunlit was bought by Del Monte in 1920[2]. Some employees went to work for Virden Packing.

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Atwater 1920
West Berkeley 1920 2424 Fourth Street[3] Retained by Del Monte.

Photos

Photo: Warehouse. Oakland Public Library Fourth Street. Aaccording to caption on photo in Oakland Public Library Oakland Public Library

Photo: Bay shore at Berkeley via Bancroft Library.

References

  1. Sunlit Fruit Company advertisement: Corona Club Cookbook San Francisco, 1910.
  2. California Packing Corporation, 1921 Moody's Guide
  3. Handbook of Manufacturers in and Around San Francisco, 1910, The Merchants Association of San Francisco.