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'''Dee-Hi Food Products Company''' was a fruit dryer near Campbell, California.  The company first appeared in 1922 with plans to build a new plant on a five acre site on Union Ave at the Southern Pacific / former South Pacific Coast Almaden branch<ref>  [[A. P. Marston]] was the chairman of the board.
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[http://books.google.com/books?id=2S0dAQAAMAAJ&dq=western%20canner%20and%20packer&pg=RA7-PA33#v=onepage&q=western%20canner%20and%20packer&f=false December 1922 Western Canner and Packer]</ref>. Plans were to build a large dehydrating plant and packing house capable of handling 100 tons of fruit a day<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=2S0dAQAAMAAJ&dq=western%20canner%20and%20packer&pg=RA8-PA23#v=onepage&q=western%20canner%20and%20packer&f=false January 1923 Western Canner and Packer"]</ref>.  R.W. King and A. G. Col were going to manage the facility: "Mr King is regarded by many as the greatest dehydrating expert in the United States." 
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Construction started in January 1923, with bids placed for the buildings.
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The company also shows up in
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[https://law.resource.org/pub/us/case/ca9/pdf/govuscourtsca9briefs1499.pdf patent lawsuit]
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searches for Dee Hi.
  
 
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Dehydrator, processor? Mentioned in
 
[http://books.google.com/books?id=2S0dAQAAMAAJ&dq=western%20canner%20and%20packer&pg=RA7-PA33#v=onepage&q=western%20canner%20and%20packer&f=false December 1922 Western Canner and Packer] as purchasing five acre site on Union Avenue at the SP Railroad in San Jose, and will establish a large dehydrating plant and packing house. R.W. King will have charge of plant operation; "Mr King is regarded by many as the greatest dehydrating expert in the United States."
 
 
 
A. G. Col manager. Construction was starting in January, massive dehydrator and packing plant planned, asking for bids. Expectation is 100 tons/day (
 
[http://books.google.com/books?id=2S0dAQAAMAAJ&dq=western%20canner%20and%20packer&pg=RA8-PA23#v=onepage&q=western%20canner%20and%20packer&f=false January 1923 Western Canner and Packer"]).
 
 
Similar text appears in the
 
November 1922 Evaporator (New York dried fruit magazine)
 
 
[[A. P. Marston]] chairman of the board - orchardist on Bascom according to random city directory.
 
 
Also shows up in
 
[https://law.resource.org/pub/us/case/ca9/pdf/govuscourtsca9briefs1499.pdf patent lawsuit]
 
search for Dee Hi.
 
 
[[Category:San Jose]]
 
[[Category:San Jose]]

Revision as of 04:51, 31 October 2013

Summary
Main Location

San Jose

Dee-Hi Food Products Company was a fruit dryer near Campbell, California. The company first appeared in 1922 with plans to build a new plant on a five acre site on Union Ave at the Southern Pacific / former South Pacific Coast Almaden branch[1]. Plans were to build a large dehydrating plant and packing house capable of handling 100 tons of fruit a day[2]. R.W. King and A. G. Col were going to manage the facility: "Mr King is regarded by many as the greatest dehydrating expert in the United States." Construction started in January 1923, with bids placed for the buildings.

The company also shows up in patent lawsuit searches for Dee Hi.

Locations

Location Years Address Details
San Jose 1922 Union Avenue and Southern Pacific Railroad.

References