H.E. Losse and Company
| 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":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.
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.