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| title = Summary
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| primary_business = Dried Fruit Packer
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| primary_dates = 1892 - 1900
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| label2 = Primary Town
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| successors = [[H.E. Losse and Company]]
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| data2 = San Jose
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| aliases=Lossckuhn and Larger Dried Fruit Packers and Shippers
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| data5 = ~1892-1900
 
 
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==Summary==
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'''A. C. Kuhn and Company''' was an early dried fruit packer, formed by A.C. Kuhn, [[Henry E. Losse]], and Mr. Larger, wholesale grocers from Indianapolis who moved to San Jose to take up the dried fruit business. 
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Early dried fruit packer, often tied with with H.E. Losse.  Became [http://san-jose-packing-houses.appspot.com/view?industry=h.e._losse_and_company [[H.E. Losse and Company]]] after 1900.
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The company's name varies depending on the source.  An 1891 Sanborn map shows the business as "Lossckuhn and Larger Dried Fruit Packers and Shippers", with the annotation "substantial and well-painted".  A 1900 directory shows them as A.C. Kuhn & Co (A.C. Kuhn and H.E. Losse).  The company appeared as [[H.E. Losse and Company]] after 1900.
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A.C. Kuhn appears in a few other contexts.  Kuhn purchased 1100 acres in Tulare County in 1891<ref>Menefee and Dodge, [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/history/tulare/tul1913-ch14.txt History of Tulare and Kings County]</ref>.  Mr. Kuhn was badly injured in the collapse of the Vendome Hotel's annex during the 1906 earthquake<ref>Earthquake news items, [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=0q7iQwrhYWUC&dat=19060419&printsec=frontpage&hl=en April 19, 1906 San Jose Evening News].</ref>.
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There's also a mention of A.C. Kuhn ranch in San Jose in 1921 in classified ad for walnut grafting wood<ref>
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[http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=PRP19210212.2.69.3 February 12, 1921 Pacific Rural Press] </ref>
 
==Locations==
 
==Locations==
 
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| Farmersville || 1891 || || Land bought in 1891
 
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| San Jose || 1892, 1893, 1896, 1900 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=San%20Pedro%20at%20corner%20of%20Ryland,San%20Jose San Pedro at corner of Ryland] ||  
 
| San Jose || 1892, 1893, 1896, 1900 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=San%20Pedro%20at%20corner%20of%20Ryland,San%20Jose San Pedro at corner of Ryland] ||  
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San Pedro at corner of Ryland  Listed as northeast corner in 1892 city Directory.
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Listed as northeast corner in 1892 city Directory.
  
 
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==Details==
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==References==
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Successor: H.E. Losse.
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1891 Sanborn map shows as "Lossckuhn and Larger Dried Fruit Packers and Shippers", with the annotation "substantial and well-painted".  On North San Pedro, east side of street, just north of railroad tracks.
 
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Kuhn purchased 1100 acres in Tulare County in 1891 according to
 
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[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/history/tulare/tul1913-ch14.txt History of Tulare and Kings County (Menefee and Dodge)]
 
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1900 directory shows them as A.C. Kuhn &amp;amp; Co (A.C. Kuhn and H.E. Losse), so likely H.E. Losse was the successor.
 
  
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Mention of A.C. Kuhn ranch in San Jose in 1921 in classified ad for walnut grafting wood in
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[[Category:Tulare County]]
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[http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cdnc/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&amp;amp;d=PRP19210212.2.69.3&amp;amp;cl=CL2.1921.02&amp;amp;srpos=0&amp;amp;dliv=none&amp;amp;st=1&amp;amp;e=-------en-logical-20--1-----all--- February 12, 1921] [[Category:San Jose]]
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[[Category:San Jose]]
 
[[Category:Dried Fruit Packer]]
 
[[Category:Dried Fruit Packer]]

Latest revision as of 06:02, 6 February 2017

Summary
Business

Dried Fruit Packer
Active

1892 - 1900
Aliases

Lossckuhn and Larger Dried Fruit Packers and Shippers
Successors

H.E. Losse and Company

A. C. Kuhn and Company was an early dried fruit packer, formed by A.C. Kuhn, Henry E. Losse, and Mr. Larger, wholesale grocers from Indianapolis who moved to San Jose to take up the dried fruit business.

The company's name varies depending on the source. An 1891 Sanborn map shows the business as "Lossckuhn and Larger Dried Fruit Packers and Shippers", with the annotation "substantial and well-painted". A 1900 directory shows them as A.C. Kuhn & Co (A.C. Kuhn and H.E. Losse). The company appeared as H.E. Losse and Company after 1900.

A.C. Kuhn appears in a few other contexts. Kuhn purchased 1100 acres in Tulare County in 1891[1]. Mr. Kuhn was badly injured in the collapse of the Vendome Hotel's annex during the 1906 earthquake[2]. There's also a mention of A.C. Kuhn ranch in San Jose in 1921 in classified ad for walnut grafting wood[3]

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Farmersville 1891 Land bought in 1891
San Jose 1892, 1893, 1896, 1900 San Pedro at corner of Ryland

Listed as northeast corner in 1892 city Directory.

References

  1. ↑ Menefee and Dodge, History of Tulare and Kings County
  2. ↑ Earthquake news items, April 19, 1906 San Jose Evening News.
  3. ↑ February 12, 1921 Pacific Rural Press
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