Golden State Asparagus Company

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Summary
Business

Cannery
Main Location

Sacramento Delta
Active

1901-1921
Successors

Western Canning

Golden State Asparagus Company was California-based canner founded in 1901[1] Two of the company's canneries were on Andrus and Sherman islands in the Sacramento delta[2]. The company was sold by Captain Emil H. Nielsen to Western Canning in 1921[3].

The company was in receivership by 1937[4]

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Andrus Island, CA 1921
Sherman Island, CA 1921

Photos

Golden State Asparagus Warehouses at Ryde, California, 1920. Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento room.</ref>.

References

  1. California corporation C0034488: Golden State Asparagus Corporation, incorporated 12/19/1901, dissolved.
  2. Cope Rand Means Co., Engineers, Thomas Herbert Means, Valuation of Two Properties of the Golden State Asparagus Company on Sherman and Andrus Islands, Sacramento County, California, 1921.
  3. Golden State Asparagus Company Taken Over By Western Canning Company: February 14, 1920 California Fruit News
  4. Rothstein vs. Edwards, 94 F. 2nd 488(1937), 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, November 27, 1937.