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Front Line Brand Bartlett Pears, Richmond - Chase Company, San Jose, California
- Object Name: Label
- Description: This label for Front Line Bartlett Pears from the Richmond - Chase Company features an illustration of men in World War I uniforms opening a can near the front line of a battle. Founded in 1919, by Elmer E. Chase and Edmund N. Richmond the Richmond-Chase Company operated as an independent cannery until 1958. The Richmond-Chase Company operated a 27-acre plant in San Jose and 21 acre plant in Stockton. Hundreds were employed at the peak of each season. In 1958 Richmond-Chase became a division of the California Canners and Growers, which closed in 1982.
- Date: 1934
- Gift of Ralph Rambo
- Material: Paper
- Dimensions: 4.375" x 9.125"
- Object ID: 1988-252-62
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