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John Baggerly Collection - Los Gatos Weekly Times
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Charles Bergtold
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Deaths Notices 1868-1920
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Forbes Mill
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Clarence Hamsher Collection
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History Club
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1885 Los Gatos & Saratoga Wine and Fruit Co.
Agriculture; Wine industry
Located at Austin Corners on the Los Gatos-Saratoga Road. It was dismantled about 1919.
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1889 Los Gatos Cooperative Winery
Agriculture; Wine industry
Los Gatos Cooperative Winery was built in 1886 on Winery road, later Villa Avenue. It was located against the hill below Cleland Avenue.
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1890 Cannery Peach Pitters
Agriculture; Canneries; Food industry; Fruit; Peaches
Workers pitting clingstone peaches. An editorial in the Los Gatos Weekly News on Aug. 15, 1890, describes cannery labor as white women, boys and girls, "that which is not in demand in other business."
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1890 Fruit Label
Agriculture; Food industry; Fruit; Labels;Peaches
Canned Yellow Crawford Peaches processed by the Los Gatos Canning Co. in the 1890s and early 1900s.
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1890 Fruit Label
Agriculture; Food industry; Fruit; Labels;Peaches
Label says "Zanjero Brand, White Heath Peaches," from Los Gatos Canneries.
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1890 Fruit Label
Agriculture; Food industry; Fruit; Labels;Plums
Canned yellow egg plums processed by the Los Gatos Canning Company in the 1890s and early 1900s.
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1890 Fruit Label
Agriculture; Food industry; Fruit; Labels;Peaches;
Canned Yellow Crawford Peaches processed by the Los Gatos Canning Co. in the 1890s and early 1900s.
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1893 Farmers and buggies at Wrights Station loading train
Agriculture; Food industry; Railroad freight cars; Transportation
Farmers delivering fruit to Wrights Station for shipment to canneries in Santa Clara Valley.
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1895 Hooke Cannery
Agriculture; Canneries; Food industry; Fruit
The Los Gatos Canning Company was established in 1882 at 57 North Santa Cruz Avenue, where the movie theater is currently located. The company was purchased by George Hooke in 1894. This photograph
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1900 Hooke Cannery preparation room
Agriculture; Canneries; Food industry; Fruit
Hooke Cannery preparation room
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1900 Hooke Cannery women in assembly line
Agriculture; Canneries; Food industry; Fruit; Women
Hooke Cannery women in assembly line
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1907 Acres of Drying Prunes
Agriculture; Fruit; Prunes
Prune farm of 20 acres near Los Gatos.
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1910 Fruit drying
Agriculture; Fruit
Fruit drying near San Jose, California.
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1910 Hunt Brothers Cannery Campground
Agriculture; Canneries; Housing
Postcard view of housing for laborers across the road from the Hunt Brothers Cannery. During busy seasons, the cannery would hire as many as 800 persons.
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1920 Garden Spot of the World
Agriculture; Orchards; Fruit; Labels;Views
Prune blossoms in the foothills south of Los Gatos.
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Almaden Winery
Agriculture; Wine industry
Scenes at Almaden Vineyards Corporation, Los Gatos.
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Blossom Time
Agriculture; Fruit trees; Views
An early postcard view of the village of Los Gatos at blossom time.
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Cannery Apricot Sacking
Agriculture; Apricots;Canneries; Food industry; Fruit
The apricot pit industry was located in the Vasona Park area and operated by the Sewell S. Brown Company. Apricot pits were dried in the open, then taken by a conveyor system into the plant for crac
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Cannery Canning Table Section
Agriculture; Canneries; Food industry; Fruit
Hunt Brothers bought the Los Gatos Canneries from George Hooke in 1906. In 1907, operations moved to what became known as "Cannery Corner," at North Santa Cruz Avenue and Saratoga Avenue, where the c
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Cannery Capping Department
Agriculture; Canneries; Food industry; Fruit
Interior of a local cannery, possibly Hunt Brothers.
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