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Revision as of 18:18, 14 July 2013
| Business |
Cannery |
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| Aliases |
Payne Canning |
Summary
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell | 1915 | Harrison Avenue | 30 x 120 foot building. |
| Campbell | 1915-1919 | Hopkins Street | Adjacent to railroad, according to "Campbell the Orchard City". |
Details
Also known as Payne cannery.
Established in Campbell around 1910 by Perley B. Payne Sr. In 1915, packed 1,500 cases of canned and dried fruit, two boilers, employed between 45-50 cannery workers during the season. Perley Payne, Sr. started his Orchard City Canning Company, winning a Bronze Medal at the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco for its excellent product. Leased to California Canners Company in 1917, with Payne running the plant. Closed down during World War I because they couldn't sell to their biggest customer in Austria. "Campbell plant" sold to California Canneries in 1919 according to Western Canner and Packer Became California Canners, then part of the Ainsley Cannery, then probably Havens-Semaria. Campbell museum 1919 Western Canner and Packer mentions cannery bought by California Canneries, Inc. and is being modernized.
1919 request for women to help with canning pears and tomatoes.