Orchard City Canning Company
| Business |
Cannery |
|---|---|
| Main Location |
Campbell |
| Active |
1910 - 1919 |
| Aliases |
Payne Cannery |
| Successors |
California Canneries |
The Orchard City Canning Company (also known as the Payne Cannery) was a Campbell cannery established around 1910 by Perley B. Payne Sr and partner. The cannery closed in 1917 because of a loss of business; the company's main market was in Hamburg, Germany; World War I cut off access[1] The cannery was leased to California Canneries in 1917, with Payne running the plant for Isidor Jacobs. The "Campbell plant" was sold to California Canneries in 1919[2][3]. A Southern Pacific 1931 Siding List still lists a siding serving California Canneries.
In 1915, the cannery packed 1,500 cases of canned and dried fruit, two boilers, employed between 45-50 cannery workers during the season. Payne won a Bronze Medal at the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco for that season's excellent product. Newspaper ads from 1919 request women to help with canning pears and tomatoes.
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". |
References
- ↑ Interview with Perley Payne Jr. Interview conducted by Fred Hirsh, 1999. Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State University.
- ↑ July 1919 Western Canner and Packer
- ↑ July 12, 1919 The Canner Magazine mentions cannery bought by California Canneries, Inc. and is being modernized.