Bisceglia Brothers
| Business |
Cannery |
|---|---|
| Main Location |
San Jose, CA |
| Active |
1908 - 1948 |
Bisceglia Brothers was a cannery in San Jose run by the extended Bisceglia family: Joseph, Alfonse, Bruno, and Pasquale Bisceglia. The brothers came to the United States in 1885[1], and initially farmed[2]. They set up their first cannery in Morgan Hill in 1903, then moved to Gilroy. In 1913, they moved the cannery to Monterey Road in San Jose[3]. Soon after, they relocated the cannery to San Jose. By 1919, the Bisceglia Brothers Canning Company was the largest cannery in the world and employed 1,000 workers."[4].
Clara Cribari started running the cannery in 1919. The company also made and sold wines before and after prohibition. Three of her sons started running fruit stands in Pacheco Pass and started the Casa de Fruta property along Highway 152.
Edith Daley visited Bisceglia Brothers in the summer of 1919 and reported on the workplace.
In 1922, Bisceglia Brothers funded the San Jose Warehouse Company to act as a public warehouse for themselves and others[5].
The company was acquired by Mayfair in 1948.
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilroy | 1908-1910 | ||
| Morgan Hill | 1906-1907 | ||
| San Jose | 1910-1913 | South Tenth Street | |
| San Jose | 1913-1936 | 1440 South First Street |
Photos
dried fruit plant and rail spurs, 1940's
Bisceglia Bros. Canning Co, Monterey Road, San Jose San Jose State University
References
- ↑ Frederick W. Marrazzo, "Italians in the Santa Clara Valley", 20xx, Arcadia Publishing
- ↑ Southern Pacific shipping order: boxes of tomatoes from Morgan Hill to California Canneries Co. in San Francisco.</a> Receipt for 30 boxes on Sept. 13, 1898, and 11 boxes on September 14, 1898. Robert Bowdidge collection.
- ↑ Frederick W. Marrazzo, <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=I7xarYW9BGcC&lpg=PA39&ots=t1K9z97cUo&dq=%22bisceglia%20brothers%22%20%22san%20jose%22&pg=PA39#v=onepage&q=%22bisceglia%20brothers%22%20%22san%20jose%22&f=false">"Italians in the Santa Clara Valley"</a>, 20xx, Arcadia Publishing.
- ↑ from History San Jose blurb with fruit labels.
- ↑ In the Matter of the Application of San Jose Warehouse Company for an Order Authorizing Issuance of Capital Stock: California Railroad Commission. Decision #10634, June 29, 1922.