Canneries; Women; Working class; Pear; Assembly-line methods
Women halving pears and removing their seeds in preparation for canning. Heavy duty gloves protect their hands from their sharp tools. They also wear aprons and caps over their street clothes. The workers stand at their stations along the assembly...
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; Canned fruit industry; Fruit; Fruit crate labels; Lick Observatory; Pear; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Printed on upper right of fruit label, "Lick Observatory Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara County California." Also on label: "U.S. No.1, Grown and packed by Sweetbrier Orchards, San Jose, Calif., U.S.A. Contents 4/5 bushel."
