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==Summary==
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'''A. E. Newby''' was a San Jose dried fruit packer.  His business was listed in an 1896 city directory.
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A significant fire hit the Willows plant on November 15, 1894.  It described the packing house as a "brick structure of three stories covered by a corrugated iron roof."  The fire destroyed a large grader (capacity 50 tons/day), several elevators, 25 drapers, dippers, scales, 35,000 cherry boxes, and six or seven carloads of fruit<ref>The Big Drier Fire: November 16, 1894 San Jose Evening News.</ref>.
  
 
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| San Jose || 1896 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=13%20South%20First%20Street,San%20Jose 13 South First Street] ||  
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| San Jose || 1894 || Myrtle Ave. near Willow Street || Double building of brick, box factory, several other structures<ref>On Fire: November 15, 1894 San Jose Evening News</ref>.
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| San Jose || 1896 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=13%20South%20First%20Street,San%20Jose 13 South First Street] || [http://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/directories/id/18/rec/5 1896 San Jose City Directory]
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==Details==
 
  
Fruit packer
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Latest revision as of 08:49, 13 October 2014

Summary
Business

Dried Fruit Packer
Main Location

San Jose

A. E. Newby was a San Jose dried fruit packer. His business was listed in an 1896 city directory.

A significant fire hit the Willows plant on November 15, 1894. It described the packing house as a "brick structure of three stories covered by a corrugated iron roof." The fire destroyed a large grader (capacity 50 tons/day), several elevators, 25 drapers, dippers, scales, 35,000 cherry boxes, and six or seven carloads of fruit[1].

Locations

Location Years Address Details
San Jose 1894 Myrtle Ave. near Willow Street Double building of brick, box factory, several other structures[2].
San Jose 1896 13 South First Street 1896 San Jose City Directory

References

  1. The Big Drier Fire: November 16, 1894 San Jose Evening News.
  2. On Fire: November 15, 1894 San Jose Evening News