Kearney Ranch records, [ca. 1888-1948].

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Kearney Ranch records, [ca. 1888-1948].

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The records include account books for the Fruit Vale Improvement Company; records of the Easterby Rancho; records of the Kearney Vineyard Syndicate; labor and crop reports; financial statements; inventories; general accounts; and records relating to the Federal Trade Commission and its anti-trust actions concerning the California Associated Raisin Company (later called Sun-Maid Raisin Growers).

100 v. and 19 cartons.

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Sun Maid Growers of California

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Kearney, M. Theo. d. 1906.

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Kearney Ranch.

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M. Theodore Kearney, who died in 1906, was considered the strong man of the raisin industry, and one of the largest producers of raisins in California. His origins are obscure, although it is known that he lived in Boston from 1865 to 1867, and in San Francisco after Jan. 1, 1870. He was known as a real estate broker and was a partner of W.C. Chapman, a speculator in Fresno County lands. In 1877 he was agent for the Bank of California in the sale of the Easterby rancho in Fresno, and in 1880 pur...