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Dried fruit packer.
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Dried fruit packer, active in San Jose from 1934 to 1945. J.S. Roberts had worked for [[Higgins-Hyde Packing Company]] in the early 1930's.  He appears to have restarted the  company in the same plant after their disappearance.  PHotos of the building in 1934 (after the San Carlos Street overpass was complete) show the J.S. Roberts name on the building.
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| San Jose || 1936, 1940, 1942, 1945 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=750%20W.%20San%20Carlos%20Street,San%20Jose 750 W. San Carlos Street] ||  
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| San Jose || 1934-1945 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=750%20W.%20San%20Carlos%20Street,San%20Jose 750 W. San Carlos Street] ||  
 
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Revision as of 00:13, 8 August 2013

Summary
Business

Dried Fruit Packer
Main Location

San Jose
Predecessors

Higgins-Hyde Packing Company

Dried fruit packer, active in San Jose from 1934 to 1945. J.S. Roberts had worked for Higgins-Hyde Packing Company in the early 1930's. He appears to have restarted the company in the same plant after their disappearance. PHotos of the building in 1934 (after the San Carlos Street overpass was complete) show the J.S. Roberts name on the building.

Locations

Location Years Address Details
San Jose 1934-1945 750 W. San Carlos Street

Photos

Del Monte and J.S. Roberts dried fruit John C. Gordon Panoramic Collection, San Jose State University

Details

Active in San Jose from 1936 to 1945. Appears in 1940 NLRB decision.

Small fire in sulfur room in Sept. 2, 1942 San Jose Evening News.

Hints at a Robert packing house in Fresno - perhaps a Fresno-related business?

Roberts had been a Vice President for Higgins-Hyde packing, and occupied their former plant.