Difference between revisions of "Stokely Van Camp"
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East coast based canner. Had plant on Campbell Ave. in San Jose (near Santa Clara border). Van Camp [http://books.google.com/books?id=b1VRAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA3&ots=noIk487Tcv&dq=george%20herbert%20packing%20company&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q=george%20herbert%20packing%20company&f=false opened operations in California in 1922] by starting negotiations to buy three canneries. | East coast based canner. Had plant on Campbell Ave. in San Jose (near Santa Clara border). Van Camp [http://books.google.com/books?id=b1VRAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA3&ots=noIk487Tcv&dq=george%20herbert%20packing%20company&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q=george%20herbert%20packing%20company&f=false opened operations in California in 1922] by starting negotiations to buy three canneries. | ||
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Revision as of 14:58, 30 July 2013
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Cannery |
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East coast based canner. Had plant on Campbell Ave. in San Jose (near Santa Clara border). Van Camp opened operations in California in 1922 by starting negotiations to buy three canneries.
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lodi | None | Formerly Foster and Woods cannery, then Pacific Coast Producers. | |
| San Jose | 1962, 1970s | 1180 Campbell Avenue |
Details
Had private refrigerated warehouse in San Jose in 1962.
Eventually merged into Tri Valley Growers.
Article in the Tracy Press mentions one figure who was a field man for the "Stokely-Van Camp freezer plant in San Jose".