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'''Sunlight Packing Company''' was a San Jose-based canner. The company's principals were D. L. Smith, George Frank, and W.T. Rambo<ref>[http://www.sfgenealogy.com/santaclara/history/scchist12.htm. June 15, 1918 California Fruit News]</ref>.  The company was George Frank's new venture after selling his dried fruit business to [[California Prune and Apricot Growers]].
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The Sunlight may actually be the same business as Smith-Frank Packing, George Frank's post-Sunsweet venture, which was described as having a cannery in San Jose and offices in San Jose.  See  [[George Frank and Company]] for more.
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The company was building a new fruit and vegetable cannery in San Jose in 1918<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=BxQdAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA34&lpg=RA2-PA34&dq=%22ainsley+cannery%22&source=bl&ots=ij5b9jjJ6x&sig=-H21eCU8UiBiTshXOkajv7tMmOM&hl=en&ei=6urDTpuPM8PgiALO0ZzzCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22ainsley%20cannery%22&f=false July 1918 Western Canner and Packer] .</ref>
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The company was still in existence in 1921<ref>[http://www.sfgenealogy.com/santaclara/history/scchist12.htm Santa. Clara County History], 1922.</ref>.
  
 
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Building a new fruit and vegetable cannery in San Jose in 1918, according to July 1918
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[http://books.google.com/books?id=BxQdAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA34&lpg=RA2-PA34&dq=%22ainsley+cannery%22&source=bl&ots=ij5b9jjJ6x&sig=-H21eCU8UiBiTshXOkajv7tMmOM&hl=en&ei=6urDTpuPM8PgiALO0ZzzCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22ainsley%20cannery%22&f=false Western Canner and Packer]
 
In existence in 1921 according to [http://www.sfgenealogy.com/santaclara/history/scchist12.htm Santa. Clara County History] from 1922.
 
 
 
Principals were D. L. Smith, George Frank, and W.T. Rambo according to article in  [http://www.sfgenealogy.com/santaclara/history/scchist12.htm. June 15, 1918 California Fruit News] The article notes that the new company was George Frank's new venture after selling his dried fruit business to [[California Prune and Apricot Growers]]. May be the same business as Smith-Frank Packing, George Frank's post-Sunsweet venture, which was described as having a cannery in San Jose and offices in San Jose.  See  [[George Frank and Company]] for more.
 
  
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Latest revision as of 09:26, 13 December 2014

Summary
Business

Cannery
Main Location

San Jose
Predecessors

George Frank & Company

Sunlight Packing Company was a San Jose-based canner. The company's principals were D. L. Smith, George Frank, and W.T. Rambo[1]. The company was George Frank's new venture after selling his dried fruit business to California Prune and Apricot Growers.

The Sunlight may actually be the same business as Smith-Frank Packing, George Frank's post-Sunsweet venture, which was described as having a cannery in San Jose and offices in San Jose. See George Frank and Company for more.

The company was building a new fruit and vegetable cannery in San Jose in 1918[2]

The company was still in existence in 1921[3].

Locations

Location Years Address Details

References