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.
Agriculture; Apricot; Canned fruit industry; Fruit; Fruit crate labels; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Sunsweet Growers, Inc.;
Printed on upper left of fruit label, "Sunsweet Trade Mark California Prune and Apricot Growers Inc." On upper right of label: "Net weight 25 lbs." At bottom of label: "Prepared with sulphur dioxide. Grown and packed by...
Baer, Charlie; Children; Girls; Parade floats; People; Photographs; Prune and Apricot Growers Association; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Transportation; Urban life;
Black-and-white photograph of a parade float of Prune and Apricot Growers shortly after group's formation. The driver is Charlie Baer. The Prune and Apricot Growers Association was formed in 1917.
Agriculture; Orchards; Photographs; Prunes; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Saratoga Avenue (San Jose, Calif.); Trees;
Black-and-white panoramic photograph of a prune orchard in spring along Saratoga Avenue. Summit Rock in background. Goodrich house by Julia Morgan at center left. Painted in by hand.
Drawings; Education; Fruit; Mission Santa Clara; Poetry; Prunes; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; University of Santa Clara
Poem by Santa Clara University English professor Henry Louis Walsh called "The Prune." Walsh was a Catholic priest who wrote the forty-one quatrain poem in 1935. It is comprised of nine pages.
Agriculture; Canned fruit industry; Fruit; Fruit crate labels; Prunes; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History
In June 1960, Duffy-Mott purchased all of the processing equipment of the Pratt-Low Preserving Corporation from Thriftimart Inc. Pratt-Low was founded in 1905 in Santa Clara Valley as a packer of California fruits and vegetables.
Blossomtime Tours; Maps; Postcards; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Blossom Time Tours map is on front of postcard, going as far north as Alviso and as far south as Los Gatos. Copyright [of map] by: The H. M. Gousha Company. Image of blossoming orchard is in background near edge of postcard. Also on front of...
Agriculture; Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998; Canned fruit industry; Fruit; People; Photographs; Prunes; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of men and women sorting prunes. On verso of photo: "A sorting crew is at work in a dry shed. The prunes shown here are dry and on their way via the packing house to commercial destinations far beyond the Santa Clara...
Louis Pellier (1812-1872) was a native of Hippolite, France. He introduced the French prune to the Santa Clara Valley. This photograph was taken in Paris.
Photographs; Portraits; Santa Clara (Calif.); Pomeroy Family
Pomeroy School in the Santa Clara Unified School District is named in honor of the pioneer Pomeroy Family of Santa Clara. Marshall Pomeroy was a prominent orchardist, active in the development of the fruit industry in the Santa Clara Valley. Prune...
