California Packing Corporation.
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File Name |
jcg_canneries_cleaned_002 |
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Title |
California Packing Corporation. |
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Creator |
Gordon, John C. (photographer) |
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Date |
Undated |
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Description |
The California Packing Corporation, or Calpak as it was commonly known, was founded in 1916 by the merger of five major canning enterprises - the California Fruit Canners Association, Griffin & Skelley, Central California Canneries, the J.K. Armsby Company and the Alaska Packers Association. This merger consolidated control not only of canning, drying and packing houses, but also of the brokers who sold these products and the farmers who grew them. http://www.historysanjose.org/cannerylife/through-the-years/1917-1966/cal-pak/index.html |
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In 1899, 11 of the state’s biggest canners merged under the name California Fruit Canners Association. In 1916 CFCA drew in two more canners and a food brokerage house, incorporated itself as California Packing Corporation, or Calpak, and began marketing its products under the Del Monte brand. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/156239/Del-Monte-Foods#ref=ref272171 |
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Subject-TGM |
Buildings
Canneries
Canned foods |
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Object Type |
Photographic prints |
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Format |
image/jpg |
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Dimensions |
8 x 10 in. |
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Relation-Is Part Of |
Folder: Canneries |
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Rights |
For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact San Jose State University Special Collections & Archives Department. http://library.sjsu.edu/sjsu-special-collections/sjsu-special-collections-and-archives |
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Collection |
John C. Gordon Photograph Collection |
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Language |
eng |
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Repository |
San Jose State University Library Special Collections & Archives |
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