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Title
Columbus Brand Tomatoes with Puree, California Packing Corporation, San Francisco, California
Date Created and/or Issued
1928/04/21
Contributing Institution
History San Jose Research Library
Collection
History San Jose Online Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
Can label for Columbus Brand Tomatoes with Puree from Trimmings, California Packing Corporation, San Francisco, California. Label features an elaborate illustration of Columbus landing in the New World in 1492. The California Packing Corporation (later known as Calpak) was formed in 1916 as the result of the merger of the California Fruit Canners Association, the Central California Canneries, Griffen & Skelley, and the J.K. Armsby Company. California Packing Corporation sold its products under a number of proprietary and distributive labels, including their premium brand, Del Monte. In June 1967, the company name was officially changed to the Del Monte Corporation. This label was printed by the Muirson Label Company of San José. Located on Stockton Avenue, Muirson was the only label-printing operation in the Santa Clara Valley from its founding in 1914 until its closure in 1970.
Type
image
Identifier
705F1D32-7865-46DD-8104-094311203610
1985-95-156
Subject
Muirson Label Company
California Packing Corporation
Tomatoes
Vegetables
Can Labels

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