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| brands = Mountain View Growers, Mountain View, Monta Vista, Calgrown, Los Altos, Cheff.
 
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==Summary==
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The '''Mountain View Cannery''' was a cannery in Mountain View, California.
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Yasutano Oku and Masa and Naosuke Tsumura purchased the canning equipment leased the building in the fall of 1918<ref>Cecilia M. Tsu, "Garden of the World"</ref>, and also leased the James Center ranch.  They used tomatoes and berries purchased from Japanese farmers in Mountain View and Sunnyvale.  The group couldn't lease the land in 1921 because of new anti-immigrant laws. 
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By 1920, the cannery was being run by G. E. Cousins<ref>Mountain View Canning Company: [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3071898?urlappend=%3Bseq=36 California Food Products directory], 1920.</ref>.
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The company merged with Sutow's Foothill Canning Company of San Mateo County.  Idle in 1923 and 1924, bought by R.G. Fontana in 1925 who held the mortgage. 
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In 1934, the water tanks above the building fell and crashed through the buildings, destroying the canning floor.  Ray McAfee, the manager, declared at the time that the plant would be torn down completely and rebuilt that year<ref>When Tanks Wrecked Mountain View Cannery: [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1977&dat=19340926&id=8hciAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QqQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=939,7123244 September 26, 1934 San Jose Evening News].</ref>.
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1904 Sanborn maps show the site was formerly used by the "Mountain View Winery".
  
 
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Site was Mountain View Winery on 1904 Sanborn map.
 
  
According to "Garden of the World" by Cecilia M. Tsu, equipment purchased and building leased by Yasutano Oku and Masa and Naosuke Tsumura in fall of 1918, as well as James Center ranch.  Canned tomatoes and berries purchased from Japanese farmers in Mountain View and Sunnyvale.  The group couldn't lease the land in 1921 because of new anti-immigrant laws.  Merged with Sutow's Foothill Canning Company of San Mateo County.  Idle in 1923 and 1924, bought by R.G. Fontana in 1925 who held the mortgage. 
 
 
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Latest revision as of 17:15, 15 January 2015

Summary
Business

Cannery
Main Location

Mountain View
Active

1918 - 1925
Brands

Mountain View Growers, Mountain View, Monta Vista, Calgrown, Los Altos, Cheff.

The Mountain View Cannery was a cannery in Mountain View, California. Yasutano Oku and Masa and Naosuke Tsumura purchased the canning equipment leased the building in the fall of 1918[1], and also leased the James Center ranch. They used tomatoes and berries purchased from Japanese farmers in Mountain View and Sunnyvale. The group couldn't lease the land in 1921 because of new anti-immigrant laws.

By 1920, the cannery was being run by G. E. Cousins[2].

The company merged with Sutow's Foothill Canning Company of San Mateo County. Idle in 1923 and 1924, bought by R.G. Fontana in 1925 who held the mortgage.

In 1934, the water tanks above the building fell and crashed through the buildings, destroying the canning floor. Ray McAfee, the manager, declared at the time that the plant would be torn down completely and rebuilt that year[3].

1904 Sanborn maps show the site was formerly used by the "Mountain View Winery".

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Mountain View 1919, 1921 Evelyn Street east of Castro Street

Listed as "Front St" on Sanborn map.

References

  1. Cecilia M. Tsu, "Garden of the World"
  2. Mountain View Canning Company: California Food Products directory, 1920.
  3. When Tanks Wrecked Mountain View Cannery: September 26, 1934 San Jose Evening News.