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==Summary==
 
==Summary==
  
Fresh vegetable packing house in Hayward, operating from at least from 1925 - 1937. FPS also had packing houses in Oceano and Milpitas, and another in the Imperial Valley.  In 1935, Fruit Product Sales was shipping peas and tomatoes east at a rate of a few hundred cars a year.  Run by Frank Cunha, probably on the order of a few hundred cars a year.
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'''Farm Product Sales''' was a fresh vegetable packing house in Hayward, operating from at least from 1925 - 1937.   The company was run by Frank Cunha, a prominent Hayward citizen and one-time mayor.
  
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FPS had packing houses in Hayward, Oceano and Milpitas, and another in the Imperial Valley.  In 1935, Fruit Product Sales was shipping peas and tomatoes east at a rate of a few hundred cars a year.
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"More details here.":http://vasonabranch.blogspot.com/2011/09/packing-houses-in-hayward.html[[Category:Hayward]]
  
 
==Locations==
 
==Locations==
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[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SiH-wAaG9YY/TmhUPc7qS3I/AAAAAAAAA1M/wGm9fZj1nRk/s1600/col234.JPG FPS Box Label]
 
[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SiH-wAaG9YY/TmhUPc7qS3I/AAAAAAAAA1M/wGm9fZj1nRk/s1600/col234.JPG FPS Box Label]
  
==Details==
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==References==
"More details here.":http://vasonabranch.blogspot.com/2011/09/packing-houses-in-hayward.html[[Category:Hayward]]
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[[Category:Vegetable Packer]]
 
[[Category:Vegetable Packer]]

Revision as of 06:29, 25 October 2013

Summary
Business

Vegetable Packer
Main Location

Hayward, CA

Summary

Farm Product Sales was a fresh vegetable packing house in Hayward, operating from at least from 1925 - 1937. The company was run by Frank Cunha, a prominent Hayward citizen and one-time mayor.

FPS had packing houses in Hayward, Oceano and Milpitas, and another in the Imperial Valley. In 1935, Fruit Product Sales was shipping peas and tomatoes east at a rate of a few hundred cars a year.

"More details here.":http://vasonabranch.blogspot.com/2011/09/packing-houses-in-hayward.html

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Hayward 1935 B Street and Soto/Montgomery Street near the WP depot.

Photos

FPS Box Label

References