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Founded by early dried fruit pioneer after 1887; their plant handled 25 million pounds of dried fruit a year.  Sold to Roseberg Brothers in 1917.
 
Founded by early dried fruit pioneer after 1887; their plant handled 25 million pounds of dried fruit a year.  Sold to Roseberg Brothers in 1917.
  
"August 23, 1902 San Francisco Call":http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cdnc/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&cl=search&d=PRP19020823.2.28.1&srpos=19&e=-------en--20--1--txt-IN-%22a+%26+C+ham%22----# noted that they added third floor to building and office in 1902.
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[http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cdnc/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&cl=search&d=PRP19020823.2.28.1&srpos=19&e=-------en--20--1--txt-IN-%22a+%26+C+ham%22----# August 23, 1902 San Francisco Call] noted that they added third floor to building and office in 1902.
  
 
H.E. Losse was Henry E. Losse was part of a wholesale grocer in the midwest (Losse, Kuhn, and Longer), and came out to the Valley in the 1890's and stayed.  He opened a dried fruit packing house near the San Jose depot.  He also started with a 1100 acre ranch at Visalia which he sold to the [California Packing Corporation].  The Ryland Street packing house burned in 1911, and he opened another packing house in Santa Clara which he sold (in 1917?) to [Rosenberg Brothers].  H.E. Losse died in 1918.
 
H.E. Losse was Henry E. Losse was part of a wholesale grocer in the midwest (Losse, Kuhn, and Longer), and came out to the Valley in the 1890's and stayed.  He opened a dried fruit packing house near the San Jose depot.  He also started with a 1100 acre ranch at Visalia which he sold to the [California Packing Corporation].  The Ryland Street packing house burned in 1911, and he opened another packing house in Santa Clara which he sold (in 1917?) to [Rosenberg Brothers].  H.E. Losse died in 1918.

Revision as of 01:27, 14 July 2013

Summary
Business Details
Primary Town San Jose
Primary Business Dried Fruit Packer
Dates 1900-1917

Summary

Successor to A.C. Kuhn and Company . The company started operating under this name around 1900, and was sold to [Rosenberg Brothers] in 1917.

Locations

Location Years Address Details
San Jose 1902, 1904, 1906, 1907 San Pedro near Ryland

Details

Predecessor: A.C. Kuhn and Company

Founded by early dried fruit pioneer after 1887; their plant handled 25 million pounds of dried fruit a year. Sold to Roseberg Brothers in 1917.

August 23, 1902 San Francisco Call noted that they added third floor to building and office in 1902.

H.E. Losse was Henry E. Losse was part of a wholesale grocer in the midwest (Losse, Kuhn, and Longer), and came out to the Valley in the 1890's and stayed. He opened a dried fruit packing house near the San Jose depot. He also started with a 1100 acre ranch at Visalia which he sold to the [California Packing Corporation]. The Ryland Street packing house burned in 1911, and he opened another packing house in Santa Clara which he sold (in 1917?) to [Rosenberg Brothers]. H.E. Losse died in 1918.

Weir C. Losse biography