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| brands = El Capitan, Orwood, Golden Crown, Santa Cruz<ref>Hickmott Canning Company: [https://oaklandwiki.org/Hickmott_Canning_Company oaklandwiki.org].</ref>
 
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Revision as of 00:52, 28 December 2014

Summary
Business

Cannery
Main Location

Oakland, CA
Active

1890-1900
Brands

El Capitan, Orwood, Golden Crown, Santa Cruz[1]
Aliases

Hickmott Asparagus Canning Co.
Successors

California Fruit Canners Association

The California Fruit Preserving Company was a turn of the century cannery. It had formerly been known as the [[R. Hickmott Canning Company][2]. Robert Hickmott founded the cannery in 1890 after a stint working for a Sacramento cannery. Hickmott died in 1922[3]. Jack London worked for the company during his youth. The company was well-known for its peaches and asparagus[4].

The company was merged into the California Fruit Canners Association in 1900; their plant was used as a warehouse by the Oakland Preserving Company[5].

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Biggs 1899[6]
Oakland 1900 First and Filbert
Oakland 1900 2nd and Webster
San Francisco 1907 906 Webster

References

  1. Hickmott Canning Company: oaklandwiki.org.
  2. Agricultural Review: June 2, 1900 Pacific Rural Press.
  3. Death of Robert Hickmott: June 23, 1922 California Grocers Advocate.
  4. Hickmott Canning Company: oaklandwiki.org.
  5. Agricultural Review: June 2, 1900 Pacific Rural Press.
  6. Canners on the Combine: July 8, 1899 Press and Horticulturist].