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==Summary==
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The '''Mountain View Packing Company''' was a dried fruit packer in existence around Mountain View, California in the 1910's.  The company acted as contract station for [[California Prune and Apricot Growers]] in 1917.  In April 1918, the plant was sold to the Growers Packing and Warehousing Association, the production side of the [[California Prune and Apricot Growers]]<ref>Prune and Apricot Association Completing Packing House Deals: [http://books.google.com/books?id=omFRAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA9&ots=KfzKfYgdxk&dq=%22growers%20packing%20and%20warehousing%20association%22%20mountain%20view&pg=PA9#v=onepage&q=%22growers%20packing%20and%20warehousing%20association%22%20mountain%20view&f=false April 20, 1918 California Fruit News].</ref>.  Mountain View Packing Company's building became [[Sunsweet]]'s Plant #8.
  
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See article at [http://vasonabranch.blogspot.com/2012/07/yet-another-packing-house-mountain.html article at vasonabranch.blogspot.com] on the plant, including a photo and Sanborn map.
 
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Successor to [[Mountain View Fruit Exchange]] property.
 
 
 
Predecessor to Sunsweet plant.
 
Appears in the [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LykiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KqQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2025%2C814783 July 21, 1917 San Jose Evening News]  list of Sunsweet collection stations.
 
 
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[[Category:Dried Fruit Packer]]

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Summary
Business

Dried Fruit Packer
Main Location

Mountain View
Predecessors

Mountain View Fruit Exchange
Successors

California Prune and Apricot Growers

The Mountain View Packing Company was a dried fruit packer in existence around Mountain View, California in the 1910's. The company acted as contract station for California Prune and Apricot Growers in 1917. In April 1918, the plant was sold to the Growers Packing and Warehousing Association, the production side of the California Prune and Apricot Growers[1]. Mountain View Packing Company's building became Sunsweet's Plant #8.

See article at article at vasonabranch.blogspot.com on the plant, including a photo and Sanborn map.

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Mountain View 1917

References

  1. Prune and Apricot Association Completing Packing House Deals: April 20, 1918 California Fruit News.