California Cooperative Canneries - Revision history

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 Strangely, Fruit Growers of California was claimed to be the fresh-fruit auxiliary of the [[California Prune and Apricot Growers]]<ref>Eugene T. Sawyers, [http://www.sfgenealogy.com/santaclara/history/scchist12.htm History of Santa Clara County].  Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1922.  "The Fruit Growers of California Association, Inc., was organized in 1919 and is a sort of detached auxiliary of the California Prune and Apricot Growers, Inc. It handles green fruit only and sells to canners and ships to Eastern buyers. It does for the green fruit what the dried fruit operators do for dried fruit."</ref>.
 ==Locations==
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 | Visalia || || 1919-1931 || || Built with the Visalia Growers' Association.  Initially peach growers, but olive growers included in 1920 because of a "disastrous" market<ref>California Brief News Items: [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=PRP19200306.2.29&cl=CL2.1920.03&srpos=0&dliv=none&st=1&e=-------en-logical-20--1-----all--- November 6, 1920 Mariposa Gazette].  "As a means of avoiding disastrous effects of this year's olive market, the Visalia plant of the California Cooperative Canneries will be operated jointly by the peach and olive growers of the county.  An investment of $40,000 for equipment to manufacture olive oil will be expended."</ref>  Mr. Lambert was manager in 1921<ref>Horticultural Jottings, [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=PRP19200306.2.29&cl=CL2.1920.03&srpos=0&dliv=none&st=1&e=-------en-logical-20--1-----all--- July 30 1921 Pacific Rural Press].  "The Tulare branch of California Cooperative Canneries will probably not operate this season, the peaches from that section going to the Visalia branch, according to Manager Lambert of the latter house."</ref>.
 | Visalia || 1919 || 106 Court Street 106 North Court St.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=0v0cAQAAMAAJ&lpg=RA1-PA56&ots=JglC9pJiQs&dq=%22california%20packing%20corporation%22%20%22montgomery%20street%22%20san%20jose&pg=RA1-PA56#v=onepage&q=%22california%20packing%20corporation%22%20%22montgomery%20street%22%20san%20jose&f=false July 1919 Western Canner and Packer]</ref> || Office.
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 | San Jose || Plant #1, Plant #2 || 1920-1931 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Tenth%20and%20Taylor,San%20Jose Tenth and Taylor] || Built with Santa Clara Valley Growers Association.
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-| Tulare || || 1920 || || Plant inactive in 1921, fruit instead going to Visalia<ref>Horticultural Jottings, [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=PRP19200306.2.29&cl=CL2.1920.03&srpos=0&dliv=none&st=1&e=-------en-logical-20--1-----all--- July 30 1921 Pacific Rural Press].  "The Tulare branch of California Cooperative Canneries will probably not operate this season, the peaches from that section going to the Visalia branch, according to Manager Lambert of the latter house."</ref>.
+| Tulare || || 1920 || || Bought from [[California Italian Products Company]] in July 1919<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=0v0cAQAAMAAJ&lpg=RA1-PA56&ots=JglC9pJiQs&dq=%22california%20packing%20corporation%22%20%22montgomery%20street%22%20san%20jose&pg=RA1-PA56#v=onepage&q=%22california%20packing%20corporation%22%20%22montgomery%20street%22%20san%20jose&f=false July 1919 Western Canner and Packer].  "Announcement is made of the purchase by California Co-operative Canneries of the plant of the California Italian Products Company.  This cannery, which in the past has been confined to packing tomatoes, is to be enlarged for handling all classes of canned products, especially peaches and apricots."  A later comment in the same column mentions that although California Italian Products sold their plant <i>for the apricot and peach season</i>, they intended to continue packing tomatoes.</ref>.  Plant inactive in 1921, fruit instead going to Visalia<ref>Horticultural Jottings, [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=PRP19200306.2.29&cl=CL2.1920.03&srpos=0&dliv=none&st=1&e=-------en-logical-20--1-----all--- July 30 1921 Pacific Rural Press].  "The Tulare branch of California Cooperative Canneries will probably not operate this season, the peaches from that section going to the Visalia branch, according to Manager Lambert of the latter house."</ref>.
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-| Visalia || || 1920-1931 || || Built with the Visalia Growers' Association.  Initially peach growers, but olive growers included in 1920 because of a "disastrous" market<ref>California Brief News Items: [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=PRP19200306.2.29&cl=CL2.1920.03&srpos=0&dliv=none&st=1&e=-------en-logical-20--1-----all--- November 6, 1920 Mariposa Gazette].  "As a means of avoiding disastrous effects of this year's olive market, the Visalia plant of the California Cooperative Canneries will be operated jointly by the peach and olive growers of the county.  An investment of $40,000 for equipment to manufacture olive oil will be expended."</ref>  Mr. Lambert was manager in 1921<ref>Horticultural Jottings, [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=PRP19200306.2.29&cl=CL2.1920.03&srpos=0&dliv=none&st=1&e=-------en-logical-20--1-----all--- July 30 1921 Pacific Rural Press].  "The Tulare branch of California Cooperative Canneries will probably not operate this season, the peaches from that section going to the Visalia branch, according to Manager Lambert of the latter house."</ref>.
+| Visalia || || 1919-1931 || || Built with the Visalia Growers' Association.  Initially peach growers, but olive growers included in 1920 because of a "disastrous" market<ref>California Brief News Items: [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=PRP19200306.2.29&cl=CL2.1920.03&srpos=0&dliv=none&st=1&e=-------en-logical-20--1-----all--- November 6, 1920 Mariposa Gazette].  "As a means of avoiding disastrous effects of this year's olive market, the Visalia plant of the California Cooperative Canneries will be operated jointly by the peach and olive growers of the county.  An investment of $40,000 for equipment to manufacture olive oil will be expended."</ref>  Mr. Lambert was manager in 1921<ref>Horticultural Jottings, [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=PRP19200306.2.29&cl=CL2.1920.03&srpos=0&dliv=none&st=1&e=-------en-logical-20--1-----all--- July 30 1921 Pacific Rural Press].  "The Tulare branch of California Cooperative Canneries will probably not operate this season, the peaches from that section going to the Visalia branch, according to Manager Lambert of the latter house."</ref>.
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 | Sacramento || || 1928-1930 ||  North B and 7th Street  || Tomato cannery.  Shut down in 1930, reopened by land owners as Bercut-Richards Packing Co.<ref>[http://www.t9ontheriver.com/history/index.php Township Nine in the River District: History].   "In Sacramento, the Bercut bothers owned the American River Ranch land and leased it to the California Cooperative Producers Company, a tomato cannery built on the north end of the property in 1928. The property at this time included an area of 169 acres that was bordered approximately by North B, 7th and 5th Streets, and the American River. Thomas H. Richards Sr. bought out the cannery business in 1931 and together with the Bercuts, who owned the land, formed the Bercut-Richards Packing Company. ".</ref>
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-| San Francisco || ||  1922 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Cunard%20Building,San%20Francisco Cunard Building] ||
+| San Francisco || ||  1922 ||Cunard Building, 503 Market Street || Main office moved to San Francisco from San Jose in 1922<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/californiacultiv5919unse/californiacultiv5919unse_djvu.txt  California Cooperative Canneries in San Francisco].  July 1, 1922 California Cultivator and Livestock and Dairy Journal.  The article mentions the organization has canneries in San Jose, Modesto, Visalia, and Tulare.</ref>.
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 | San Jose || Plant #1, Plant #2 || 1920-1931 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Tenth%20and%20Taylor,San%20Jose Tenth and Taylor] || Built with Santa Clara Valley Growers Association.

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 | Hemet || || || North Harvard Ave., north of Devonshire<ref>[http://coastdaylight.com/ph/scph/scph_hemet.html Packing Houses of Southern California].</ref>. || Former [[Hemet Cooperative Cannery]]?  Buildings apparently still exist.
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-| Hollister || || 1924-1925 || || Managed by Sam Cava.  Only ever mentioned in Oakland Tribune about freezes in 1924<ref>"Frost Hits Tomato Crop of San Benito".  In October 15, 1924 Oakland Tribune.  The first frost in San Benito county this fall worked havoc among the tomato crop yet unpicked, but no individual heavy losses were suffered, according to Sam J. Cava, superintendent of the California Cooperative Canneries branch here."</ref> and canning Sacramento fruit in 1925.
+| Hollister || || 1924-1925 || || Perhaps related to the [[San Benito County Canning Company]]?  Managed by Sam Cava.  Only ever mentioned in Oakland Tribune about freezes in 1924<ref>"Frost Hits Tomato Crop of San Benito".  In October 15, 1924 Oakland Tribune.  The first frost in San Benito county this fall worked havoc among the tomato crop yet unpicked, but no individual heavy losses were suffered, according to Sam J. Cava, superintendent of the California Cooperative Canneries branch here."</ref> and canning Sacramento fruit in 1925.
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 | Isleton || || 1926-1930<ref>California Department of Water Resources, [http://www.calwater.ca.gov/Admin_Record/C-074057.pdf "Class I Archeological Survey, North Delta Program, Sacramento and San Joaquin Counties, California"].  1994.  </ref> || East of Isleton<ref>[http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf496n99qr/entire_text/ Inventory of the Department of Public Works, Department of Highways, District X Records].  "11 photographs (1928) of canneries located in the Isleton area. Included are the Bayside, California Cooperative Canneries located to the east of Isleton, and Libby Cannery located to the west of Isleton. Various street photographs of Isleton with cars, houses, and stores in background are included."</ref> || Probably asparagus.  Improved in 1930<ref>[http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=CHP19291221.2.143 Isleton Cannery Repairs].  In December 21, 1929 Chicago Packer.</ref>.  Cannery was purchased from the [Delta Packing Company] in 1926; [[Armour and Company]] took over the cannery and sales contracts in 1931<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Y1QiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QqcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5653%2C2078891 "Packers May Start Canning Operations"].  In January 21, 1931 Berkeley Daily Gazette.</ref>.

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 [[File:Cal_coop_ad.jpeg|200px|thumb|right|Advertisement from Feb. 11, 1920 Modesto Evening News requesting subscribers for the new Cooperative cannery at Visalia.]]
-Armour's connection with California Co-operative Canneries spurred passion from both sides.  Independent canners and some other co-operative associations spoke out strongly against Armour.  Aaron Sapiro, lawyer for the [[Fruit Growers of California]], filed a complaint against the company in 1919 claiming unfair competition, and demanding Armour be divorced from California Co-operative Canneries<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eVkiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oKcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=814%2C5568304 After California Products].  August 23, 1919 Berkeley Daily Gazette.</ref>.  During the 1922 attempt to reverse the consent decree, Elmer Chase spoke strongly for independent canners against Armour's involvement. However, the company also appeared to get support from other co-operative associations, including local cherry growers and the [[California Prune and Apricot Growers]].  (Strangely, Fruit Growers of California was claimed to be the fresh-fruit auxiliary of the [[California Prune and Apricot Growers]]<ref>Eugene T. Sawyers, [http://www.sfgenealogy.com/santaclara/history/scchist12.htm History of Santa Clara County].  Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1922.  "The Fruit Growers of California Association, Inc., was organized in 1919 and is a sort of detached auxiliary of the California Prune and Apricot Growers, Inc. It handles green fruit only and sells to canners and ships to Eastern buyers. It does for the green fruit what the dried fruit operators do for dried fruit."</ref>.
+Armour's connection with California Co-operative Canneries spurred passion from both sides.  Independent canners and some other co-operative associations spoke out strongly against Armour.  During the 1922 attempt to reverse the consent decree, Elmer Chase spoke strongly for independent canners against Armour's involvement. However, the company also appeared to get support from other co-operative associations, including local cherry growers and the [[California Prune and Apricot Growers]].
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-| Hemet || || || North Harvard Ave., north of Devonshire<ref>[http://coastdaylight.com/ph/scph/scph_hemet.html Packing Houses of Southern California].</ref>. || Buildings apparently still exist.
+| Hemet || || || North Harvard Ave., north of Devonshire<ref>[http://coastdaylight.com/ph/scph/scph_hemet.html Packing Houses of Southern California].</ref>. || Former [[Hemet Cooperative Cannery]]?  Buildings apparently still exist.
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 | Hollister || || 1924-1925 || || Managed by Sam Cava.  Only ever mentioned in Oakland Tribune about freezes in 1924<ref>"Frost Hits Tomato Crop of San Benito".  In October 15, 1924 Oakland Tribune.  The first frost in San Benito county this fall worked havoc among the tomato crop yet unpicked, but no individual heavy losses were suffered, according to Sam J. Cava, superintendent of the California Cooperative Canneries branch here."</ref> and canning Sacramento fruit in 1925.

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 | Hollister || || 1924-1925 || || Managed by Sam Cava.  Only ever mentioned in Oakland Tribune about freezes in 1924<ref>"Frost Hits Tomato Crop of San Benito".  In October 15, 1924 Oakland Tribune.  The first frost in San Benito county this fall worked havoc among the tomato crop yet unpicked, but no individual heavy losses were suffered, according to Sam J. Cava, superintendent of the California Cooperative Canneries branch here."</ref> and canning Sacramento fruit in 1925.
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-| Isleton || || 1926-1930<ref>California Department of Water Resources, [http://www.calwater.ca.gov/Admin_Record/C-074057.pdf "Class I Archeological Survey, North Delta Program, Sacramento and San Joaquin Counties, California"].  1994.  </ref> || East of Isleton<ref>[http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf496n99qr/entire_text/ Inventory of the Department of Public Works, Department of Highways, District X Records].  "11 photographs (1928) of canneries located in the Isleton area. Included are the Bayside, California Cooperative Canneries located to the east of Isleton, and Libby Cannery located to the west of Isleton. Various street photographs of Isleton with cars, houses, and stores in background are included."</ref> || Probably asparagus.  Still in operation in 1930<ref>[http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=CHP19291221.2.143 Isleton Cannery Repairs].  In December 21, 1929 Chicago Packer.</ref>.
+| Isleton || || 1926-1930<ref>California Department of Water Resources, [http://www.calwater.ca.gov/Admin_Record/C-074057.pdf "Class I Archeological Survey, North Delta Program, Sacramento and San Joaquin Counties, California"].  1994.  </ref> || East of Isleton<ref>[http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf496n99qr/entire_text/ Inventory of the Department of Public Works, Department of Highways, District X Records].  "11 photographs (1928) of canneries located in the Isleton area. Included are the Bayside, California Cooperative Canneries located to the east of Isleton, and Libby Cannery located to the west of Isleton. Various street photographs of Isleton with cars, houses, and stores in background are included."</ref> || Probably asparagus.  Improved in 1930<ref>[http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=CHP19291221.2.143 Isleton Cannery Repairs].  In December 21, 1929 Chicago Packer.</ref>.  Cannery was purchased from the [Delta Packing Company] in 1926; [[Armour and Company]] took over the cannery and sales contracts in 1931<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Y1QiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QqcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5653%2C2078891 "Packers May Start Canning Operations"].  In January 21, 1931 Berkeley Daily Gazette.</ref>.
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 | Modesto || Plant #5<ref>Photo, Employees, California Co-operative Canneries Plant #5, Modesto.  Robert Bowdidge collection.</ref> || 1920, 1922 || 14th and D Streets<ref>Break Ground on New Cannery Here April 1: March 15, 1920 Modesto Evening News.  "Ground will be broken about April 1 on the Stanislaus Growers Assocation plant, a unit of the California Co-operative Canneries, at Fourteenth and D Streets, Modesto, the ten-acre site that has been chosen, according to Walter Baird of the Modesto Terminal company." </ref> ||  Plant in operation by mid-July 1920<ref>Short Checks Cause Trouble in Co-Operative Cannery.  August 5, 1920 Modesto Evening News.  "John Elliot of San Jose was installed as superintendent at the plant yesterday, displacing F. W. Hoskins, who had charge since the cannery began operations nearly two weeks ago."</ref>  Built with Stanislaus Growers Association.  Site appears to be the current [http://www.stanislausfoodproducts.com Stanislaus Food Products] tomato cannery.