Schuckl Cannery

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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]. Fred Drew was the manager of both the Sunnyvale and Niles canneries in 1928[3].

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

  1. California Canneries: May 1922 Western Canner and Packer.
  2. Heritage Resource Designations for Southwood and Fairorchard Neighborhoods (2008-0296), City of Sunnyvale, May 12, 2009.
  3. Niles Notes: July 20, 1928 Hayward Review.