Curtis Packing

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Summary
Business Details
Primary Town Los Gatos
Primary Business Dried Fruit Packer

Summary

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Los Gatos 1900

Sunsweet book list of 1900 packing houses.

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article article Curtis had packing house in Fresno. (Also worked for Inderrieden)

article article "So they commissioned artists---many of whom were German immigrants who worked in anonymity in San Francisco and Los Angeles to create distinctive, eye-catching labels."

VP and Superintendent in 1888 was John Wesley North, 1841 grad of Wellseley, lawyer:


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Sold 22,000 boxes of raisins in 1886.

article article

President in 1892: John K. Curtis. Based in San Francisco.

Morning Call, 8-14-1892 Became associated with California Prune and Apricot Growers in 1917, packer for 1917 season.

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Location in Paonia, Colorado?