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Oliver Company machinery.
Gordon, John C. (photographer)
Undated
eng
Fruit processing machinery. Stamped on the side: "Manfd by the Oliver Co., San Jose, Calif."
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8 x 10 in.
Photographic prints
Canneries
Canned fruit industry
Canneries Food processing machinery
John C. Gordon Photograph Collection
San Jose State University Library Special Collections & Archives
Series I, Box 3, Folder: fruit processing
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"One of the comparatively new interests of San Jose and one which gives great promise of becoming a large factor in the fruit industry is that of oil burning equipment for heating of houses and for prune dipping and evaporating of other fruits. The Oliver Oil Gas Burning & Machine Company has located its western branch in San Jose, the work being carried on from the plant of the State Foundry & Pattern Works on the Alameda where patterns are made and the castings for the burners turned out. An oil-burning prune dipper has been on the market for some time, but in 1919 the Oliver Company placed a number of these machines throughout the valley, all giving satisfaction." From: "Santa Clara County History - History of Santa Clara County, 1922, Chapter 30" : http://www.sfgenealogy.com/santaclara/history/scchist30.htm (accessed 12/01/10).
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