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Women Packing Peach Halves

Title: Women Packing Peach Halves
Description: Woman filling jars with peach halves at California Packing Corporation’s Plant #3 located at 801 Auzerais Ave. in San José. The very earliest canning enterprises used glass jars, but by the 1890s the industry had adapted to tin cans. In the 1930s, glass jars were reintroduced and marketed as a premium product. Notice the scales to her left and right-each filled jar was weighed for accuracy. The worker wears a uniform, apron, cap and gloves provided by the California Packing Corporation. 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.
Identifier: 1997-224-189
Date: 1949