Santa Clara Packing Company

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Summary
Business

Cannery
Main Location

San Jose

The Santa Clara Packing Company was a San Jose cannery. The company started on Park Ave., but moved to the Japantown area by 1933[1][2] The company produced "Burnham and Morrill baked beans "[3], giving them off-season work.: starting in 1962, giving them off-season work[4].

By the 1970's, the plant may have been owned by Glorietta Foods[5] The company was also supposed to have merged with National Can in 1976[6].

Locations

Location Years Address Details
San Jose 1933 Park Avenue
San Jose 1933, 1940, 1962 620 North Eighth Street

References

  1. ↑ SIA Tour brochure
  2. ↑ San Jose Evening News, Apr 22, 1933.
  3. ↑ Burnham and Morrill bakes beans.
  4. ↑ SIA Tour brochure.
  5. ↑ Picasa photo.
  6. ↑ Proposed merger of Santa Clara Packing Company with National Can.
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