The Campbell Historical Museum and Ainsley House

Campbell

Sprache: Englisch.
kartoniert , 128 Seiten
ISBN 0738529176
EAN 9780738529172
Veröffentlicht Dezember 2004
Verlag/Hersteller Arcadia Publishing (SC)
23,50 inkl. MwSt.
Lieferbarkeit unbestimmt (Versand mit Deutscher Post/DHL)
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Beschreibung

The charming city of Campbell sits amid bustling urban neighbors in California's "Silicon Valley." For many years known as the "Orchard City," Campbell is still very much a small town clinging fiercely to its identity. Benjamin Campbell founded a hay and grain farm on what is now downtown Campbell in 1851. Shrewdly selling off one of his acres for $5 for a railroad depot, Campbell soon subdivided his farm. The resulting town evolved into a rail center for shipping fruit across the continent and around the globe. Campbell Fruit Growers' Union, a large co-operative, sent apricots and prunes to dry yards that were at one time the largest in the world, and canneries like the J.C. Ainsley Packing Company and Geo. E. Hyde & Company became local giants.

Portrait

Picking the finest fruits of the large photographic collection at the Campbell Historical Museum, director Gloria Chun Hoo and curator Karen Brey have created a fascinating pictorial journey through Campbell's past.

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