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Description
Front Line Brand Bartlett Pears from the Richmond-Chase Company. Features an image of two soldiers in trench barracks, in the rain, one of whom is holding a can of the pears. Founded in 1919, by Elmer E. Chase and Edmund N. Richmond the Richmond-Chase Company operated as an independent cannery until 1958. The Richmond-Chase Company operated a 27-acre plant in San Jose and 21 acre plant in Stockton. Hundreds were employed at the peak of each season. In 1958 Richmond-Chase became a division of the California Canners and Growers, which closed in 1982.
Type
image
Identifier
DECE8B0C-1AED-4C4A-AD6F-656234315661 1988-252-62
Subject
Muirson Label Company Richmond-Chase Company Pears World War, 1914-1918 Soldiers Canned foods Fruit industry Patriotism Trench warfare Rain
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