Pre 1896 Color Trade Card THE J. M. DAWSON PACKING COMPANY San Jose CALIFORNIA

Description

Pre 1896 Color Trade Card THE J. M. DAWSON PACKING COMPANY San Jose CALIFORNIA
DESCRIPTION:
Pre 1895
[the date the company was sold] multi-color folding trade card for the
Horseshoe Brand
[canned California Fruits]
from
THE J. M. DAWSON PACKING COMPANY
,
San Jose, California; Schmidt label & Lith. Co., S.F.; open it measures 11-1/2 inches by 3-1/4 inches and folded it measures 5-3/4 inches by 3-1/4 inches; inside of the card flaps are four different brand of fruit from the firm:
1. Occidental Brand
2. Yellow Peaches, Santa Cruz Packing Co.
3. Horseshoe Brand
4.Live Oak Brand
DATE:
THE J. M. DAWSON PACKING COMPANY
was started in
1880
and sold in
1895
[see History text below]
CONDITION:
Near fine [see scans]
SECURITY:
ARGUS BOOKS
[or other wording] in
PINK
may have been super-imposed over images for security and are not on the actual item.
HISTORY:
The J. M. Dawson Packing Company
was a second company formed by James M. Dawson, the father of canning in San Jose. Dawson's initial canning experiments in the early 1870's were done under the name of J. M. Dawson and Company, which became the San Jose Fruit Packing Company in 1874. Dawson stepped back from the business in 1878, but restarted his new business, again behind his house, in 1879.
Dawson was joined by his son in
1880
,
naming the company
The J. M. Dawson Packing Company
and he stepped down from the business in 1883, dying in 1885. The company did well, packing 140,000 cases of fruit in 1891 and moving to a new plant on Cinnabar at Montgomery Street in San Jose. An 1891 Sanborn map shows Dawson having almost the whole block, with J.Z. Anderson having a small packing plant at the railroad tracks on eastern corner.
By
1895, the company was out of business and sold
. J.B. Dawson, the son, eventually went to the California Fruit Canners Association. The San Francisco Call for May 8, 1895 mentions the sale of the cannery at Cinnabar and Montgomery. The location matches the site of a J. K. Armsby dried fruit packing house in 1896.
SHIPPING:
All paper items [broadsides, labels, pamphlets, brochures, photos, etc.] that are 1/4 of an inch thick or less are shipped between two double-walled pieces of cardboard [equal to 4 sheets of cardboard and are virtually impossible to bend] by USPS Media mail and at actual cost [unless other arrangements have been made with seller]. [RUL – B1 – S3]