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'''P. L. Sanguinetti Canning Company''' was a Mountain View-based cannery in existence from around 1907 through 1916.  Their Mountain View plant had formerly been the [[Mountain View Fruit Packing Company]]<ref>1891 Sanborn map</ref>; the building was vacant according to 1897 and 1904 Sanborn maps.  Sanguinetti was bought by John W. McCarthy and Company of San Francisco in late 1916;  McCarthy added two new concrete warehouses to the site<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1982&dat=19180214&id=UxwxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=I-QFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3670,1730702 February 14, 1918 Evening News ]</ref>.  The site would eventually become a [[California Prune and Apricot Growers]] packing house.
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The company canned apricots, tomatoes, and peaches in 1916 at a rate of 50,000 cans a day.
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The namesake, Peter L. Sanguinetti, lived on site in 1908 and 1910<ref>1908 Polk's San Jose City Directory</ref>, with Louis, Bache, and Arthur Sanguinetti helping.
 
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| Mountain View || 1908 1911, 1918, 1922 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Bailey%20Avenue%20at%20Front%20Street,Mountain%20View Bailey Avenue at Front Street] ||  
 
| Mountain View || 1908 1911, 1918, 1922 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Bailey%20Avenue%20at%20Front%20Street,Mountain%20View Bailey Avenue at Front Street] ||  
West side of Bailey (Shoreline Avenue)
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West side of Bailey (Shoreline Avenue)<ref>On 1908 Sanborn map.</ref>
 
 
 
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| Sunnyvale || 1907 || ||  
 
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Canned apricots, tomatoes, peaches in 1916, 50,000 cans a day.
 
 
 
Bought by John W. McCarthy and Company of San Francisco in 1917.  Adding two warehouses.  The
 
[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1982&dat=19180214&id=UxwxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=I-QFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3670,1730702 February 14, 1918 Evening News ]
 
mentioned that the plant had been bought a year and a half earlier, and the new warehouses were concrete.
 
 
 
Building existed but was vacant on 1897, 1904 Sanborn map.  Was [[Mountain View Fruit Packing Company]] on 1891 map.
 
  
Bailey Avenue site will eventually be Sunsweet.  Data from  Polk city/county directory.  On 1908 Sanborn map.
 
 
[[Category:Mountain View]]
 
[[Category:Mountain View]]
 
[[Category:Sunnyvale]]
 
[[Category:Sunnyvale]]
 
[[Category:Cannery]]
 
[[Category:Cannery]]

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Summary
Business

Cannery
Active

1907 - 1916

P. L. Sanguinetti Canning Company was a Mountain View-based cannery in existence from around 1907 through 1916. Their Mountain View plant had formerly been the Mountain View Fruit Packing Company[1]; the building was vacant according to 1897 and 1904 Sanborn maps. Sanguinetti was bought by John W. McCarthy and Company of San Francisco in late 1916; McCarthy added two new concrete warehouses to the site[2]. The site would eventually become a California Prune and Apricot Growers packing house.

The company canned apricots, tomatoes, and peaches in 1916 at a rate of 50,000 cans a day.

The namesake, Peter L. Sanguinetti, lived on site in 1908 and 1910[3], with Louis, Bache, and Arthur Sanguinetti helping.

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Mountain View 1908 1911, 1918, 1922 Bailey Avenue at Front Street

West side of Bailey (Shoreline Avenue)[4]

Sunnyvale 1907

References

  1. 1891 Sanborn map
  2. February 14, 1918 Evening News
  3. 1908 Polk's San Jose City Directory
  4. On 1908 Sanborn map.