Sewall Brown and Company

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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 the 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