The Oakland Preserving Company was a cannery founded by F. Tilmann Sr. in 1891, with primary plant on "an acre and a half" at First Street between Filbert and Linden Streets in Oakland. The founding manager was W.A. Stevens, who had established the J. M. Dawson Packing Company and San Jose Fruit Company. Tilmann was the president of Tilmann & Bendel, a San Francisco-based wholesale grocer who was frustrated by the quality of canned foods they could buy.
The Oakland Preserving Company eventually became part of the California Fruit Canners Association during its formation in 1899, and was an original user of the Del Monte brand. A lawsuit between the California Packing Corporation and Tilmann and Bendel over the Del Monte trademark gives more details about the history - Tilmann used it because he was supplying coffee to the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey.
The Oakland Preserving Company eventually became part of the California Fruit Canners Association during its formation in 1899, and was an original user of the Del Monte brand. A lawsuit between the California Packing Corporation and Tilmann and Bendel over the Del Monte trademark gives more details about the history - Tilmann used it because he was supplying coffee to the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey.
The Oakland Preserving Company was a cannery founded by F. Tilmann Sr. in 1891, with primary plant on "an acre and a half" at First Street between Filbert and Linden Streets in Oakland. The founding manager was W.A. Stevens, who had established the J. M. Dawson Packing Company and San Jose Fruit Company. Tilmann was the president of Tilmann & Bendel, a San Francisco-based wholesale grocer who was frustrated by the quality of canned foods they could buy.
The Oakland Preserving Company eventually became part of the California Fruit Canners Association during its formation in 1899, and was an original user of the Del Monte brand. A lawsuit between the California Packing Corporation and Tilmann and Bendel over the Del Monte trademark gives more details about the history - Tilmann used it because he was supplying coffee to the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey.
The Oakland Preserving Company eventually became part of the California Fruit Canners Association during its formation in 1899, and was an original user of the Del Monte brand. A lawsuit between the California Packing Corporation and Tilmann and Bendel over the Del Monte trademark gives more details about the history - Tilmann used it because he was supplying coffee to the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey.
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