A process invented in 1879 by Benjamin Day, whereby a consistent linear
pattern of grease "dots" (or stipple) can be evenly applied
to a printing surface or stone, paper, metal or glass, in varying degrees
of intensity, by general or localized pressure on the back of an inked
Ben Day screen (film) bearing a relief pattern on one side.
Founded in 1916, the California Packing
Corporation – or CalPak – was a conglomerate of several small
packing companies and regional cooperatives. Del Monte was the
premium brand sold by CalPak, and eventually the company adopted this
name.
The land just west of the Muirson Label Company,
on the western side of the Alameda, was successfully developed by Louis Hanchett in
the early 1900’s. Golden Gate Park designer John McLaren designed
Hanchett Residence Park, which was billed as a luxury neighborhood
to rival “any place on the peninsula”. Bordered by
the Alameda, Race Street, Park Avenue and Hester Street, the area is
today known as the Shasta-Hanchett Neighborhood.
A native of Prussia, Lenzen opened his architectural
practice in San Francisco in 1859. He designed many public and private
buildings in San José in the late 19th century, including the
1889 City Hall and the first building at the San Jose Normal School
(which became San José State University). By the late
1880’s, almost 600 Lenzen buildings stood in San José and
it was popularly said that Lenzen had a building on every block in
the city.
Railroad entrepreneur Polhemus was a founding
partner of the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad, which was completed
in 1864. Polhemus determined the placement of station stops along
the railroad, making him directly responsible for the growth of many
cities and towns on the Peninsula. He lived on Stockton Avenue
in San José in a house known as the “Old Stockton Ranch
House.”