Woman at the Cannery - Ashcroft, British Columbia - Mosaics on Waymarking.com

Ashcroft Cannery

The Ashcroft Cannery opened in 1925 in the office of the BC Express Company. It remained open until 1957. The Ashcroft Canners was bought out a couple years later by Aylmers.

The cannery produced a variety of tomato products, including juice, catsup, and canned tomatoes, with alternate years the canning of pumpkin. The cannery was staffed by about 200 women.


Woman at the Cannery is an exceptional mosaic, a composite of photographs circa 1930s. There are recreations of actual labels that were used at the cannery.

Woman at the Cannery is on the front of Safety Food Mart on Railway Avenue. Safety Food Mart has severed Ashcroft for over 40 years.

As a side note, living in San Jose, California, my first job was working at Richmond Chase sorting grapes off a moving belt. Like the women in the photograph we also wore white uniforms and white caps. We were often taken for nurses. We processed fruit from the local orchards, apricots, pears, peaches, and fruit cocktail. Del Monte, also in San Jose, canned the local tomatoes.

Specific visit requirements: None Address: 105 Railway Avenue Ashcroft, British Columbia Canada V0K 1A0 Related web site: Not listed

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