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Food Processing

4-H Students enjoying Curtiss Candy products, n.d.

Claus Spreckels of California

Created By: Cordray, William Woodrow Publisher: Dissertation, University of Southern California, 1955

Claus Spreckels. The Sugar King in Hawaii

Created By: Adler, Jacob Publisher: Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1966

Coca-Cola Products Featuring Updated Design by Landor & Associates

Walter Landor & Associates helped redesign "Coke" products for Coca-Cola in the mid-1980s. Landor’s designers understood the importance of preserving…

Coke Cans featuring updated design by Landor & Associates

Walter Landor & Associates helped redesign "Coke" products for Coca-Cola in the mid-1980s. Landor’s designers understood the importance of preserving…

Curtiss Company Badge

CURTiSS: Histories of CURTiSS Candy Company Farms and CURTiSS Breeding Service

Created By: Miles R. McCarry Publisher: Cary, Ill.: Curtiss History Committee, 1996

He Made His Own Luck: An Interview with a Rising Star in American Business

Created By: Arthur B. Heiberg Source/Publisher: Youth’s Companion July 1928, 337

Images of America: Spreckels

Created By: Gary S. Breschini, Mona Dudgel, and Trudy Haversat Publisher: Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2006

Robert Lang, Winner of the “Be President of Curtiss Candy for A Day” Prize, 1961

Schnering, Otto

Nicknamed the “U.S. Candy Bar King,” Otto Y. Schnering used his personal sales skills and understanding of advertising and marketing to build the Curtiss Candy Company in Chicago and the post–World War I United States chocolate candy industry into modern, successful enterprises.

Spreckels Sugar Company Collection

Created By: UC Davis Special Collections Publisher: University of California at Davis Special Collections

Spreckels Sugar Company: The first Fifty Years

Created By: Conway, Jimmie Don Publisher: Thesis, San Jose State University, 1999

Spreckels, Claus

Born in Lamstedt, Claus Spreckels settled in California and built a sugar empire that expanded into a multitude of sectors, including: transport, gas and electricity, real estate, newspapers, banks, and breweries.

Western Sugar Refinery Records, 1871-1949, Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley

Created By: Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley Publisher: Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Women Wrapping Products at Curtiss Candy Plant, 1952

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