J.Z. and George H. Anderson
| Business |
Dried Fruit Packer |
|---|---|
| Main Location |
San Jose, CA |
J.Z. and George H. Anderson was a San Jose dried fruit packer and shipper. The company was listed as a fruit shipper in 1896, and as a fruit packer in other years.
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose | 1890 | ||
| San Jose | 1891, 1896, 1904 | 509 Cinnabar Street | |
| San Jose | 1896 | Cinnabar near Autumn | |
| San Jose | 1904 | 509 Cinnabar Street | |
| San Jose | 1906 | First near Bassett |
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Details
According to Sawyer's 1922 county history J.Z. Anderson was a freight teamster who made a living hauling supplies to mining camps in Nevada. He relocated to San Jose in 1865 and got interested in the fruit business first as a grower and then as a shipper. He shipped the first fresh cherries from San Jose to the East Coast, was responsible for the standard cherry box, and first to use women for packing. Also President of California Fruit Union. "His nature was a buoyant one and he never allowed himself to be discouraged by failure or defeat." George H. was his son, as was Alden Anderson (in Sacramento as of 1916)
Obit in California Fruit News John Z. Anderson in 1916 at the age of 87 according to 1922 "county history:"http://www.mariposaresearch.net/santaclararesearch/SCBIOS/jzanderson.html
Not listed in 1911, 1912 city directory.
1896: http://books.google.com/books?id=mBY1AQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA210&ots=mmH32hq9oX&dq=%22j.z.%20anderson%22%20san%20jose&pg=PA210#v=onepage&q=%22j.z.%20anderson%22%20san%20jose&f=false packing house (Cinnabar at Autumn) 1895-1905: http://content.scu.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/svhocdm/id/2312/rec/2 House on Cinnabar St
http://books.google.com/books?id=B6pKAQAAIAAJ&lpg=PA186&ots=mYARUE0D_6&dq=%22j.z.%20anderson%22%20san%20jose&pg=PA64#v=onepage&q=%22j.z.%20anderson%22%20san%20jose&f=false 1896 City Directory says it was at Cinnabar and Senter.
Cinnabar Street
Packing plant at Cinnabar and the railroad tracks (next to Dawson's canning plant), with drier on blcok around Lenzen, Montgomery, Senter, and Cinnabar. Packing plant has 'no fire.' http://digitalcollections.ucsc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15130coll3/id/1595/rec/200 1891 Sanborn map at UCSC. Photos in Sunshine Fruit and Flowers.