SCU Digital Collections

- California Prune Brochure, 1940
- Brochures; Drawings; Fruit; Leaflets; Prunes; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
- "The California Prune" brochure issued by the San Jose Chamber of Commerce in 1940. The brochure is composed of four pages, which contain the beginnings of the prune industry as well as facts about Santa Clara County.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- "Never spray, never pay," circa 1890-1920
- Bean Spray Pump Company; Pumping machinery -- Catalogs; Pest control; Agricultural implements -- Catalogs; Manufactures -- Catalogs -- San Jose (Calif.); Agriculture;
- A brochure that contains pictures and prices of Bean Spray pumps, which were for fruit orchards.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Cherry packing, circa 1890-1910
- Cherries; Fruit trade; Women
- A group of women packaging cherries.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Bellford apple orchard
- Agriculture; Apple orchards; Men;
- A man in derby hat, tie and vest stands among fruit trees in the Bellford orchard
- Turrill-Miller Photograph Collection
- Prattlow brand fruit, circa 1930s
- Advertising; Food industry and trade; Fruit;
- B&W photograph of a table with a can of Prattlow brand Fruit for Salad, with the fruit displayed in a glass bowl and cup.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Bisceglia Bros. Vineyard at Evergreen, Calif., circa 1940s
- Agriculture; Fruit; Photographs; Wine; Wineries;
- B&W photograph of a vineyard with "Bisceglia Bros. Vineyard at Evergreen Calif." written on print.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Bisceglia Bros. Dried Fruit Store, circa 1940s
- Bisceglia Bros. Dried Fruit Store (Calif.); Fruit; Photographs
- B&W photograph of Biscelia Bros. Dried Fruit store, surrounding buildings and landscaping in front.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- California Packing Corp. Plant No. 61, circa 1920s
- California Packing Corporation; Canned fruit industry; Photographs
- B&W photograph of the exterior of Plant No. 61 of the California Packing Corporation.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Pilor Pitter Machine Designed by Thomas. B. Keesling, 1948
- Canned fruit industry; Food processing machinery; Food processing machinery industry;
- B&W photograph of the Pilot Pitter machine. "Pilot Pitter Inventor-Designor Thomas. B. Keesling, Photo Apr. 1948" and "1106" inscribed at the bottom of the photo.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Fruit Spraying Washing Machine, circa 1941
- Food processing machinery industry; Food processing machinery; Food Machinery Corporation; Industrial Equipment;
- Black and white photograph of a drawing of a fruit spraying/washing machine.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Bisceglia Bros. Canning Co., circa 1925
- Agriculture; Automobiles; Bisceglia Bros. Canning Co.; Buildings; Canned fruit industry; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Trucks;
- Black-and-white panoramic photograph of Bisceglia Bros. Canning Co., located at South 1st Street, San Jose, Calif.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Field workers in fruit drying yard, circa 1935
- Agricultural laborers; Agriculture; Children; Fruit; Orchards; People; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Trees; Women;
- Black-and-white panoramic photograph of men, woman and children laborers posing for the photo in the drying yard of a fruit company.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Boxing Prunes, circa 1940
- Agriculture; Canned fruit industry; Fruit; People; Photographs; Prunes; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Women;
- Black-and-white photograph of a female cannery worker crating boxes of prunes.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- A close-up of what was on the loads, circa 1945
- Agriculture; Apricot; Canned fruit industry; Dried fruit; Fruit; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Stone fruit;
- Black-and-white photograph of apricots being weighed. "Canners usually differentiate prices depending on the number of apricots required to make a pound. Fruit as small as 16 to the pound is ordinarily canned. Even 18s have been put up. 14s...
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Eastside Plant, circa 1945
- Agriculture; Canned fruit industry; Cannery workers; Diversity; Mexican Americans; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
- Black-and-white photograph of cutters lined up to get cutting equipment.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Boxing Prunes, circa 1945
- Agriculture; Canned fruit industry; Fruit; People; Photographs; Prunes; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Women;
- Black-and-white photograph of female cannery worker operating prune packaging equipment.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Mountain View Grange, circa 1940
- Agriculture; Fruit; Granges; Mountain View (Calif.); Photographs; Prunes; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Sunsweet Growers, Inc.
- Black-and-white photograph of fruit and other assorted canned items on a large table. "Mountain View Grange" sign is in front of table, with "Sunsweet Prunes" sign visible at middle back.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Fruit Drying at Dutard Ranch, 1910
- Agriculture; Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Berryessa District; Canned fruit industry; Dutard Ranch; Fruit; People; Photographs; Piedmont Road; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
- Black-and-white photograph of fruit drying at Dutard Ranch. On verso: "Dutard Ranch -- (Berryessa District) Piedmont Road. Courtland Sims, Manager."
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Santa Clara Valley Orchards in Bloom, circa 1920
- Agriculture; Dwellings; Fruit; Orchards; Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Trees;
- Black-and-white photograph of fruit trees in bloom.
- Silicon Valley History Online
- Berryessa Fruit Growers Union, circa 1920
- Agriculture; Berryessa District; Canned fruit industry; Cannery workers--Labor unions; Fruit; People; Photographs; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
- Black-and-white photograph of members of the Berryessa Fruit Growers Union posed in front of piles of fruit boxes.
- Silicon Valley History Online