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Apricot and prune pit processor, run for many years by Sewall Brown.  The facility had been a "dried fruit packing plant":/view/gem_city_packing_company originally, but was sold to Sunsweet and spent most of its life breaking up apricot pits.
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'''Sewall Brown and Company''' was an apricot and prune pit processor, run for many years by Sewall Brown.  The facility had been a "dried fruit packing plant":/view/gem_city_packing_company originally, but was sold to Sunsweet and spent most of its life breaking up apricot pits.
  
A great article from the [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wggvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HaQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1211,1841413&dq=cannery+los+gatos&hl=en July 23, 1928 San Jose Evening News] describes the business and includes a choice interview with Mr. Brown himself.
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A great article from the San Jose Evening News describes the business and includes a choice interview with Mr. Brown himself<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wggvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HaQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1211,1841413&dq=cannery+los+gatos&hl=en July 23, 1928 San Jose Evening News] </ref>.
  
 
See also [http://vasonabranch.blogspot.com/2011/11/gem-city-packing-becomes-sunsweet.html Places I Won't Model: Sewall Brown And Co":http://vasonabranch.blogspot.com/2011/05/places-i-wont-model-sewall-brown-co.html and the "history of the Gem City Packing house]  
 
See also [http://vasonabranch.blogspot.com/2011/11/gem-city-packing-becomes-sunsweet.html Places I Won't Model: Sewall Brown And Co":http://vasonabranch.blogspot.com/2011/05/places-i-wont-model-sewall-brown-co.html and the "history of the Gem City Packing house]  
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| Vasona || 1934 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Winchester%20Ave,Vasona Winchester Ave] || Just south of the current Netflix offices
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Ad in Jan 1 1934 San Jose News: Apricot Shells: Summer rate 50 cents per ton in pile - bring your sacks - or 25c per yard in bulk.
  
 
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Ad in Jan 1 1934 San Jose News: Apricot Shells: Summer rate 50 cents per ton in pile - bring your sacks - or 25c per yard in bulk.
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Revision as of 08:56, 13 December 2014

Summary
Main Location

Vasona
Active

~1934 - ~1950's

Sewall Brown and Company was an apricot and prune pit processor, run for many years by Sewall Brown. The facility had been a "dried fruit packing plant":/view/gem_city_packing_company originally, but was sold to Sunsweet and spent most of its life breaking up apricot pits.

A great article from the San Jose Evening News describes the business and includes a choice interview with Mr. Brown himself[1].

See also Places I Won't Model: Sewall Brown And Co":http://vasonabranch.blogspot.com/2011/05/places-i-wont-model-sewall-brown-co.html and the "history of the Gem City Packing house

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Vasona 1934 Winchester Ave Just south of the current Netflix offices

Photos

Apricot pit sacking

Details

Ad in Jan 1 1934 San Jose News: Apricot Shells: Summer rate 50 cents per ton in pile - bring your sacks - or 25c per yard in bulk.

References