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[[File:schuckl_niles.jpg|240px|thumb|right|Schuckl Cannery, Niles, Cal.  From ad in [http://books.google.com/books?id=cRAdAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22greco%20canning%22%20san%20jose%20%22western%20canner%20and%20packer%22&pg=PA109#v=onepage&q=%22greco%20canning%22%20san%20jose%20%22western%20canner%20and%20packer%22&f=false February 1922 Western Canner and Packer]  ]]
 
[[File:schuckl_niles.jpg|240px|thumb|right|Schuckl Cannery, Niles, Cal.  From ad in [http://books.google.com/books?id=cRAdAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22greco%20canning%22%20san%20jose%20%22western%20canner%20and%20packer%22&pg=PA109#v=onepage&q=%22greco%20canning%22%20san%20jose%20%22western%20canner%20and%20packer%22&f=false February 1922 Western Canner and Packer]  ]]
  
'''Schuckl and Company''' was a major San Francisco area canner.  The company started in Niles, California, packing cherries in 1922<ref>California Canneries: [http://books.google.com/books?id=2S0dAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=%22herbert+packing%22+cannery&source=bl&ots=9QEXgABBGE&sig=ijrSdmU3m5pppIipQ2FZjDsoc1g&hl=en&sa=X&ei=M-GOT7mUK7LaiQKZuZ2FAw&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22herbert%20packing%22%20cannery&f=false May 1922 Western Canner and Packer.] </ref>  The company expanded to Sunnyvale when they purchased [[Sunnyvale Canneries]] in 1925<ref>[http://sunnyvale.ca.gov/Portals/0/Sunnyvale/NonCouncilReports/hpc-2008-0926.pdf Heritage Resource Designations for Southwood and Fairorchard Neighborhoods (2008-0296)], City of Sunnyvale, May 12, 2009.</ref>.   
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'''Schuckl and Company''' was a major San Francisco area canner.  The company started in Niles, California, both canning and packing dried fruit.  The company was noted as packing cherries in May 1922<ref>California Canneries: [http://books.google.com/books?id=2S0dAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=%22herbert+packing%22+cannery&source=bl&ots=9QEXgABBGE&sig=ijrSdmU3m5pppIipQ2FZjDsoc1g&hl=en&sa=X&ei=M-GOT7mUK7LaiQKZuZ2FAw&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22herbert%20packing%22%20cannery&f=false May 1922 Western Canner and Packer.] </ref>  The company expanded to Sunnyvale when they purchased [[Sunnyvale Canneries]] in 1925<ref>[http://sunnyvale.ca.gov/Portals/0/Sunnyvale/NonCouncilReports/hpc-2008-0926.pdf Heritage Resource Designations for Southwood and Fairorchard Neighborhoods (2008-0296)], City of Sunnyvale, May 12, 2009.</ref>.   
  
 
After World War II, Schuckl bought the former [[United States Products]] cannery on Moorpark at Race, then being used by [[American Home Foods]] to produce Clapp's Baby Food.
 
After World War II, Schuckl bought the former [[United States Products]] cannery on Moorpark at Race, then being used by [[American Home Foods]] to produce Clapp's Baby Food.

Revision as of 03:20, 5 February 2014

Summary
Business

Cannery
Main Location

Sunnyvale
Active

1919-1962
Predecessors

Sunnyvale Canneries
Successors

California Canners and Growers
Schuckl Cannery, Niles, Cal. From ad in February 1922 Western Canner and Packer

Schuckl and Company was a major San Francisco area canner. The company started in Niles, California, both canning and packing dried fruit. The company was noted as packing cherries in May 1922[1] The company expanded to Sunnyvale when they purchased Sunnyvale Canneries in 1925[2].

After World War II, Schuckl bought the former United States Products cannery on Moorpark at Race, then being used by American Home Foods to produce Clapp's Baby Food. Schuckl was sold to California Canners and Growers in 1963.

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Niles 1919
San Jose 1945 570 Race Street

Leased former U.S. Products cannery.

Sunnyvale 1925-1962 182 South Fairoaks Avenue

Offices and main cannery. Designed by William Wurster.

Photos

Shuckl Cannery Office (William Wurster, architect) Sunnyvale Library

References