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| brands=Grayhound, San Joaquin<ref>Paul E. Vandor, [http://books.google.com/books?id=kBk1AQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA445&ots=QRcrhajv6t&dq=%22curtis%20fruit%22%20fresno&pg=PA445#v=onepage&q=%22curtis%20fruit%22%20fresno&f=false History of Fresno County], 1919.</ref>
 
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'''Curtis Packing''' was a northern California dried fruit packer operating around the beginning of the 20th century.  The company had offices in San Francisco, and ran packing houses in Los Gatos in the Santa Clara Valley and Fresno in the San Joaquin Valley.  The company sold 22,000 cases of raisins in 1886<ref>Steven Stoll, [http://books.google.com/books?id=rGlkqqlPNZkC&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=%2522Curtis+Fruit%2522+Fresno&source=bl&ots=kW58e-OdP9&sig=10kD6biH65IGYdvXxyX63SJ8a_s&hl=en&ei=WoHKTsKbDJKPigLV8PjcDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAw%23v=onepage&q=%2522Curtis%2520Fruit%2522%2520Fresno&f=false The Fruits of Natural Advantage: Making the Industrial Countryside in California], University of California Press, 1998.</ref>.
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'''Curtis Fruit Packing''' was a northern California raisin packer operating around the beginning of the 20th century.  The company had offices in San Francisco, with a packing house in Fresno in the San Joaquin Valley.  (A biography of William Francis Toomey claims Curtis Fruit was based in New York<ref>William Francis Toomey: [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/biographies2/bios2/toomey-william-francis.txt History of the state of California and biographical record of the San Joaquin Valley, California], Chapman Publishing Company, 1905"During much of the time for seven years he was interested in fruit-raising, and in packing seasons worked for the Curtis Fruit Company of New York. ".</ref>.)
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The company sold 22,000 cases of raisins in 1886<ref>Steven Stoll, [http://books.google.com/books?id=rGlkqqlPNZkC&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=%2522Curtis+Fruit%2522+Fresno&source=bl&ots=kW58e-OdP9&sig=10kD6biH65IGYdvXxyX63SJ8a_s&hl=en&ei=WoHKTsKbDJKPigLV8PjcDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAw%23v=onepage&q=%2522Curtis%2520Fruit%2522%2520Fresno&f=false The Fruits of Natural Advantage: Making the Industrial Countryside in California], University of California Press, 1998.</ref>.  
  
The Los Gatos location lasted at least until 1917, and was mentioned as the drop-off location for the [[California Prune and Apricot Growers]] that year<ref>Cot Growers Asked By Association to Cull Out All Smut: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1982&dat=19170721&id=AwkyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AuMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2036,814768 article] [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1982&dat=19170721&id=AwkyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AuMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2036,814768 July 21, 1917 San Jose Evening News].
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John K. Curtis was the president in 1892.  The Vice-President and Superintendent in 1888 was John Wesley North, an 1841 grad of Wellseley and a  lawyer<ref>John Wesley North: [http://books.google.com/books?id=A4RPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA612&lpg=PA612&dq=%2522Curtis+Fruit%2522+Fresno&source=bl&ots=R_cL1472-9&sig=92IEDEID7lDUGxlQXukv1iTvT60&hl=en&ei=WoHKTsKbDJKPigLV8PjcDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAg%23v=onepage&q=%2522Curtis%2520Fruit%2522%2520Fresno&f=false General Catalog of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity], Comentus Press, Bethlehem PA, 1888.</ref>.
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The company was apparently unrelated to [[H.D. Curtis]] in Los Gatos.
  
Curtis had packing house in Fresno. (Also worked for Inderrieden)
 
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==Locations==
 
==Locations==
 
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| Fresno || 1885<ref>James Hartigan Biography: [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/biographies/h/hartigan-james.txt History of Fresno County, California], 1919, Historic Record Co.  Cites Curtis Fruit packing house in Fresno in 1885.</ref>  ||  ||
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| Fresno || 1885<ref>James Hartigan Biography: [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/biographies/h/hartigan-james.txt History of Fresno County, California], 1919, Historic Record Co.  Cites Curtis Fruit packing house in Fresno in 1885.</ref>  ||  ||Packing house also claimed to be in Oleander, 23 miles southeast of Fresno<ref>Paul E. Vandor, [http://books.google.com/books?id=kBk1AQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA445&ots=QRcrhajv6t&dq=%22curtis%20fruit%22%20fresno&pg=PA445#v=onepage&q=%22curtis%20fruit%22%20fresno&f=false History of Fresno County], 1919.</ref>.
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| Los Gatos || 1900 || ||
 
Sunsweet book list of 1900 packing houses.
 
 
 
 
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==Details==
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==References==
 
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VP and Superintendent in 1888 was John Wesley North, 1841 grad of Wellseley, lawyer:
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[[Category:Fresno]]
 
 
 
 
[http://books.google.com/books?id=A4RPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA612&lpg=PA612&dq=%2522Curtis+Fruit%2522+Fresno&source=bl&ots=R_cL1472-9&sig=92IEDEID7lDUGxlQXukv1iTvT60&hl=en&ei=WoHKTsKbDJKPigLV8PjcDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAg%23v=onepage&q=%2522Curtis%2520Fruit%2522%2520Fresno&f=false article]
 
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[http://books.google.com/books?id=rGlkqqlPNZkC&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=%2522Curtis+Fruit%2522+Fresno&source=bl&ots=kW58e-OdP9&sig=10kD6biH65IGYdvXxyX63SJ8a_s&hl=en&ei=WoHKTsKbDJKPigLV8PjcDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAw%23v=onepage&q=%2522Curtis%2520Fruit%2522%2520Fresno&f=false article]
 
 
 
President in 1892: John K. Curtis. Based in San Francisco.
 
 
 
[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn94052989/1892-08-14/ed-1/seq-14/ Morning Call, 8-14-1892]
 
Became associated with [[California Prune and Apricot Growers]] in 1917, packer for 1917 season.
 
 
 
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[http://heritagewest.coalliance.org/items/show/98072 Location in Paonia, Colorado?] [[Category:Los Gatos]]
 
 
[[Category:Dried Fruit Packer]]
 
[[Category:Dried Fruit Packer]]

Latest revision as of 00:30, 12 March 2015

Summary
Business

Dried Fruit Packer
Main Location

Los Gatos
Active

1885 - 1917
Brands

Grayhound, San Joaquin[1]

Curtis Fruit Packing was a northern California raisin packer operating around the beginning of the 20th century. The company had offices in San Francisco, with a packing house in Fresno in the San Joaquin Valley. (A biography of William Francis Toomey claims Curtis Fruit was based in New York[2].) The company sold 22,000 cases of raisins in 1886[3].

John K. Curtis was the president in 1892. The Vice-President and Superintendent in 1888 was John Wesley North, an 1841 grad of Wellseley and a lawyer[4].

The company was apparently unrelated to H.D. Curtis in Los Gatos.

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Fresno 1885[5] Packing house also claimed to be in Oleander, 23 miles southeast of Fresno[6].

References

  1. Paul E. Vandor, History of Fresno County, 1919.
  2. William Francis Toomey: History of the state of California and biographical record of the San Joaquin Valley, California, Chapman Publishing Company, 1905. "During much of the time for seven years he was interested in fruit-raising, and in packing seasons worked for the Curtis Fruit Company of New York. ".
  3. Steven Stoll, The Fruits of Natural Advantage: Making the Industrial Countryside in California, University of California Press, 1998.
  4. John Wesley North: General Catalog of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity, Comentus Press, Bethlehem PA, 1888.
  5. James Hartigan Biography: History of Fresno County, California, 1919, Historic Record Co. Cites Curtis Fruit packing house in Fresno in 1885.
  6. Paul E. Vandor, History of Fresno County, 1919.