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The '''Campbell Packing Corporation''' was a short-lived canner operating in the former [[George E. Hyde & Company]] cannery in the early 1930's. The Campbell Packing Corporation was run by W.A. Bundy
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<ref>Hyde Packing Plant to Open: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ohciAAAAIBAJ&sjid=J6QFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4286,1670722&dq=hyde-packing&hl=en April 22, 1933 San Jose Evening News</ref>,
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a former [[Haslett Warehouse Company]] employee.
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The company packed apricots, pears and peaches in 1933, and pears and nectarines in 1934. Their 1934 season packed 10,000 cases of nectarines<ref>August 22, 1934 Campbell Interurban Press.</ref>.The company appears to have disappeared by 1937, with their warehouse used to store off-grade prunes<ref>Three Warehouses Opened to Store Off-Grade Prunes: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1977&dat=19371020&id=OmoiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hasFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3822,2205574 October 20, 1937 San Jose Evening News]</ref>.
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Campbell Packing initially leased the plant in the 1933 season<ref>Hyde Packing Plant to Open: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ohciAAAAIBAJ&sjid=J6QFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4286,1670722&dq=hyde-packing&hl=en April 22, 1933]</ref>, and certainly produced fruit that season.  (The FDA entered a judgement against the company in 1934 for selling canned apricots with insufficient sugar to meet standards<ref>22943. Misbranding of canned apricots. U. S. v. 52 Cases of Canned Apricots. Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. [http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/fdanj/bitstream/123456789/66349/3/300000680.txt FDA Decision, August 8, 1934]</ref>.  The apricots were packed for and labeled for the Washington Grocery Company of Bellingham Washington, and had been shipped in the 1933 season.)  The company was in the process of buying the cannery in 1934<ref>[Packing Plant Fixtures Sold: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1977&dat=19340428&id=OUoiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G6QFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3452,2495151 April 26, 1934 San Jose Evening News].  Article notes plant has been idle since 1926.</ref>
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Campbell Packing built a new receiving warehouse in 1934, using materials from Campbell businesses, with a certain amount of crankiness for the materials they did not buy in town<ref>May 16, 1934 Campbell Interurban Press</ref>.  The company experimented with pear cutting machines in the 1934 season, but ended up returning to manual labor by women<ref>August 8, 1934 Campbell Interurban Press</ref>.
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The FDA entered a [http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/fdanj/bitstream/123456789/66349/3/300000680.txt judgement] against the company in 1934 for selling canned apricots with insufficient sugar to meet standards.  The apricots were packed for and labeled for the Washington Grocery Company of Bellingham Washington, and had been shipped in the 1933 season.
  
Canning company located in the former [[George E. Hyde & Company]] cannery in the early 1930's.
 
 
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[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ohciAAAAIBAJ&sjid=J6QFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4286,1670722&dq=hyde-packing&hl=en Used Hyde Cannery] in 1933,
 
[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1977&dat=19340428&id=OUoiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G6QFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3452,2495151 supposedly bought Hyde] in 1934. Run by W. A. Bundy. Bundy had been employed by the Haslett Warehouse Company.
 
[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ohciAAAAIBAJ&sjid=J6QFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4286%2C1670722 San Jose Evening News, Apr 22, 1933]
 
May 16, 1934 article mentions the construction of a new receiving warehouse and how most materials are coming from Campbell businesses. (They also mention some crankiness from locals as out-of-town lumber dealers delivered...)
 
August 8, 1934 Campbell Interurban Press remarks that the company was pulling out the pear cutting machines and turning the work back over to women. Also had just finished 10,000 case nectarine pack, tomatoes started acc to August 22, 1934 article.
 
  
[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1977&dat=19371020&id=OmoiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hasFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3822,2205574 October 20, 1937 San Jose Evening News] mentions the Campbell Packing Company's warehouses were being used to store off-grade prunes.
 
  
 
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Summary
Business

Cannery
Main Location

Campbell
Active

1933-1937
Predecessors

George E. Hyde & Company

The Campbell Packing Corporation was a short-lived canner operating in the former George E. Hyde & Company cannery in the early 1930's. The Campbell Packing Corporation was run by W.A. Bundy [1], a former Haslett Warehouse Company employee. The company packed apricots, pears and peaches in 1933, and pears and nectarines in 1934. Their 1934 season packed 10,000 cases of nectarines[2].The company appears to have disappeared by 1937, with their warehouse used to store off-grade prunes[3].

Campbell Packing initially leased the plant in the 1933 season[4], and certainly produced fruit that season. (The FDA entered a judgement against the company in 1934 for selling canned apricots with insufficient sugar to meet standards[5]. The apricots were packed for and labeled for the Washington Grocery Company of Bellingham Washington, and had been shipped in the 1933 season.) The company was in the process of buying the cannery in 1934[6] Campbell Packing built a new receiving warehouse in 1934, using materials from Campbell businesses, with a certain amount of crankiness for the materials they did not buy in town[7]. The company experimented with pear cutting machines in the 1934 season, but ended up returning to manual labor by women[8].

The FDA entered a judgement against the company in 1934 for selling canned apricots with insufficient sugar to meet standards. The apricots were packed for and labeled for the Washington Grocery Company of Bellingham Washington, and had been shipped in the 1933 season.

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Campbell 1933-1937? Central Ave. In former Hyde Cannery.

References

  1. Hyde Packing Plant to Open: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ohciAAAAIBAJ&sjid=J6QFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4286,1670722&dq=hyde-packing&hl=en April 22, 1933 San Jose Evening News
  2. August 22, 1934 Campbell Interurban Press.
  3. Three Warehouses Opened to Store Off-Grade Prunes: October 20, 1937 San Jose Evening News
  4. Hyde Packing Plant to Open: April 22, 1933
  5. 22943. Misbranding of canned apricots. U. S. v. 52 Cases of Canned Apricots. Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. FDA Decision, August 8, 1934
  6. [Packing Plant Fixtures Sold: April 26, 1934 San Jose Evening News. Article notes plant has been idle since 1926.
  7. May 16, 1934 Campbell Interurban Press
  8. August 8, 1934 Campbell Interurban Press