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[[File:santa_clara_valley_fruit.jpg|240px|thumb|right|Santa Clara Valley Fruit Co. building, early 1890's.]]
 
[[File:santa_clara_valley_fruit.jpg|240px|thumb|right|Santa Clara Valley Fruit Co. building, early 1890's.]]
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The '''Santa Clara Valley Fruit Company''' was a dried fruit packer in San Jose, California.  They appeared in 1896 using a location similar to the [[Riverdale Fruit Company]] run by Sanford Coe.  The company was also listed as a fruit dryer in the 1896 city directory.  The company was a drop-off location for fruit for the [[California Cured Fruit Association]] in 1903.
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A 1900 advertisement lists them as a happy user of the [[Anderson Prune Dipper Company]] prune grader<ref>Advertisement for Anderson Prune Dipper Co., [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=PRP19000728.2.18.1 July 28, 1900 Pacific Rural Press]</ref>
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The company appeared in city directories between 1896 and 1906, though their plant was leased to [[J. W. Chilton]] for one year in 1903 following the collapse of Porter Brothers<ref>Porter Brothers Plant For Sale:  [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7CoiAAAAIBAJ&amp;sjid=QaQFAAAAIBAJ&amp;dq=chilton%20dried-fruit&amp;pg=820%2C2782774 September 12, 1903 San Jose Evening News]</ref>.  Advertisements for the company's fruit appeared in at least one eastern paper in 1903<ref>Advertisement: [http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/53406175/ March 17, 1903 Brooklyn Daily Eagle].  "DOCTORS ADVISE THE LIBERAL USE OF our Santa Clara fruits: fresh, clean, 'more delicious and .... than others... for a few days only our fine flavored extra fancy packed prunes... Santa Clara Valley Fruit Co., xxxxxx.  (Paywall means only bad OCR available.)</ref>
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The photos of Santa Clara Valley Fruit company and the George Herbert plant look almost identical - a low, one-story wooden bulding with a false front.  They're also reminiscent of [[Start and Morrison]]'s plant on the east side, as well as many of the turn-of-the-century buildings in downtown Campbell.
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==Locations==
 
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| San Jose || 1896, 1900, 1902, 1904, 1906 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Paula%20Street%20at%20%20Northrup%20Streeta,San%20Jose Paula Street at  Northrup Street] ||  
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| San Jose || 1896, 1900, 1902, 1904, 1906 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Paula%20Street%20at%20%20Northrup%20Streeta,San%20Jose Paula Street at  Northrup Street] || On Paula between Northrup and Race<ref>Porter Brothers Plant For Sale:  [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7CoiAAAAIBAJ&amp;sjid=QaQFAAAAIBAJ&amp;dq=chilton%20dried-fruit&amp;pg=820%2C2782774 September 12, 1903 San Jose Evening News]</ref>
 
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==References==
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Listed as "Santa Clara Fruit Company" in 1900 city directory.
 
  
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Listed as dryer in 1896.
 
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Photos in Sunshine, Fruit, and Flowers.
 
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San Francisco Call 1900 list of dropoff locations for [[California Cured Fruit Association]].  Plant leased to J.W. Chilton in 1903.
 
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The photos of Santa Clara Valley Fruit company and the George Herbert plant look almost identical - a low, one-story wooden bulding with a false front.  They're also reminiscent of [[Start and Morrison]]'s plant on the east side, as well as many of the turn-of-the-century buildings in downtown Campbell.
 
  
 
[[Category:West San Jose]]
 
[[Category:West San Jose]]

Revision as of 06:32, 9 March 2014

Summary
Business

Dried Fruit Packer
Main Location

San Jose
Santa Clara Valley Fruit Co. building, early 1890's.

The Santa Clara Valley Fruit Company was a dried fruit packer in San Jose, California. They appeared in 1896 using a location similar to the Riverdale Fruit Company run by Sanford Coe. The company was also listed as a fruit dryer in the 1896 city directory. The company was a drop-off location for fruit for the California Cured Fruit Association in 1903. A 1900 advertisement lists them as a happy user of the Anderson Prune Dipper Company prune grader[1]

The company appeared in city directories between 1896 and 1906, though their plant was leased to J. W. Chilton for one year in 1903 following the collapse of Porter Brothers[2]. Advertisements for the company's fruit appeared in at least one eastern paper in 1903[3]

The photos of Santa Clara Valley Fruit company and the George Herbert plant look almost identical - a low, one-story wooden bulding with a false front. They're also reminiscent of Start and Morrison's plant on the east side, as well as many of the turn-of-the-century buildings in downtown Campbell.


Locations

Location Years Address Details
San Jose 1896, 1900, 1902, 1904, 1906 Paula Street at Northrup Street On Paula between Northrup and Race[4]

References

  1. ↑ Advertisement for Anderson Prune Dipper Co., July 28, 1900 Pacific Rural Press
  2. ↑ Porter Brothers Plant For Sale: September 12, 1903 San Jose Evening News
  3. ↑ Advertisement: March 17, 1903 Brooklyn Daily Eagle. "DOCTORS ADVISE THE LIBERAL USE OF our Santa Clara fruits: fresh, clean, 'more delicious and .... than others... for a few days only our fine flavored extra fancy packed prunes... Santa Clara Valley Fruit Co., xxxxxx. (Paywall means only bad OCR available.)
  4. ↑ Porter Brothers Plant For Sale: September 12, 1903 San Jose Evening News
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