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| primary_town = San Jose, CA
 
| primary_town = San Jose, CA
 
| primary_dates = 1944
 
| primary_dates = 1944
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| predecessors = [[Greco Canning Company]]
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| successors = [[Mission Valley Canning Company]]
 
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==Summary==
 
  
Organized in May 1944 to buy Greco Packing
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'''Almaden Packing'''  was a canning company organized in May 1944 to buy the [[Greco Canning Company]]<ref>Jan 2, 1945 San Jose Evening News</ref>.  Apart from the purchase details, Almaden Packing doesn't appear in historical records, suggesting either that the purchase didn't happen, the company disappeared or changed its name, or the company sold out to someone else. 
  
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The president of Greco at the time was G.W. Ellis, who said operations would continue after the sale.  Organizers of the new company was John A. Oberg, Oakland, Frank Russell, Berkeley, and Terence Coonan, all of San Francisco.  In 1940, Oberg lived at 2930 Partridge Ave, Oakland.
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The Greco plant was run by the [[Mission Valley Canning Company]] by 1947.
 
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Organized in May 1944 to buy [[Greco Canning Company]], according to
 
Jan 2, 1945 San Jose Evening News.
 
President of Greco at the time was G.W. Ellis, who said
 
operations would continue.  Organizers of the new company was John
 
A. Oberg, Oakland, Frank Russell, Berkeley, Terence Coonan, San
 
Francisco.  In 1940, Oberg lived at 2930 Partridge, Oakland
 
 
[[Category:Cannery]]
 
[[Category:Cannery]]
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[[Category:San Jose]]

Latest revision as of 09:52, 13 December 2014

Summary
Business

Cannery
Main Location

San Jose, CA
Active

1944
Predecessors

Greco Canning Company
Successors

Mission Valley Canning Company

Almaden Packing was a canning company organized in May 1944 to buy the Greco Canning Company[1]. Apart from the purchase details, Almaden Packing doesn't appear in historical records, suggesting either that the purchase didn't happen, the company disappeared or changed its name, or the company sold out to someone else.

The president of Greco at the time was G.W. Ellis, who said operations would continue after the sale. Organizers of the new company was John A. Oberg, Oakland, Frank Russell, Berkeley, and Terence Coonan, all of San Francisco. In 1940, Oberg lived at 2930 Partridge Ave, Oakland.

The Greco plant was run by the Mission Valley Canning Company by 1947.

Locations

Location Years Address Details

References

  1. Jan 2, 1945 San Jose Evening News