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Home cooks and small confectioneries produced candy to satisfy San Antonians’ desire for sweets until larger factories opened.
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Home cooks and small confectioneries produced candy to satisfy San Antonians’ desire for sweets until larger factories opened. Two of these were located along San Pedro Creek below downtown. Edward Jenner, who began a successful candy-making business at his home in 1899, built a two-story brick factory on the creek’s east bank in 1917. Known until 1945 as the Jenner Manufacturing Company and later as Judson Candies and Atkinson Candy Company, the plant operated there until 1999. A short distance down the creek, confectioner George Duerler, whose father first made candy in San Antonio in 1867, bought land and in 1902 built a small factory. In 1927 it was replaced by an expansive six-story facility for shelling pecans and making candy. Both Jenner’s and Duerler’s plants relied on adjacent railroad sidings for the delivery of raw materials and the shipment of finished products that were distributed to distant markets.
Courtesy: Zintgraff Collection, University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections. The Jenner Candy Company building was operated by a succession of manufacturers, most prominently Judson, until 1983. After standing vacant for many years, it was renovated as part of the Judson Candy Factory Lofts.
Courtesy: Zintgraff Collection, University of Texas at San Antonio
Libraries Special Collections.Judson produced a variety of fruit-filled candies, including raspberry flavor, which company officials promoted in 1964.
Photo: Terry Foote; Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). The Duerler Candy Company plant closed in 1937 and was sold to the Tobin Aerial Survey Company for its offices. After Tobin moved, the building was converted to condominiums and opened in 2005 as the Camp Street Residences.
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Cocineros hogareños y pequeñas dulcerías producían dulces para satisfacer el deseo de dulces de los residentes de San Antonio hasta que se inauguraron fábricas más grandes. Dos estaban ubicadas a lo largo de San Pedro Creek, debajo del centro. Edward Jenner, quien comenzó un exitoso negocio de fabricación de dulces en su vivienda en 1899, construyó una fábrica de ladrillos de dos pisos en la orilla este del arroyo en 1917. Conocida hasta 1945 como Jenner Manufacturing Company y, luego, como Judson Candies y Atkinson Candy Company, la planta funcionó allí hasta 1999. A poca distancia río abajo, el dulcero George Duerler, cuyo padre hizo dulces por primera vez en San Antonio en 1867, adquirió terreno y en 1902 construyó una pequeña fábrica. En 1927 fue reemplazada por una amplia instalación de seis pisos para pelar nueces pecanas y hacer dulces. Tanto las plantas de Jenner como las de Duerler dependían de apartaderos de ferrocarril adyacentes para la entrega de materias primas y el envío de productos terminados que se distribuían a mercados distantes.
Courtesy: Zintgraff Collection, University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections. El edificio de Jenner Candy Company fue operado por una sucesión de fabricantes, principalmente Judson, hasta 1983. Luego de permanecer vacío durante muchos años, se renovó como parte de Judson Candy Factory Lofts.
Courtesy: Zintgraff Collection, University of Texas at San Antonio
Libraries Special Collections.Judson produjo una variedad de dulces rellenos de frutas, incluyendo el sabor a frambuesa, que los oficiales de la empresa promovieron en 1964.
Photo: Terry Foote; Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). La planta de Duerler Candy Company cerró en 1937 y fue vendida a Tobin Aerial Survey Company para sus oficinas. Luego de que Tobin se mudó, el edificio se convirtió en condominios y se inauguró en 2005 como Camp Street Residences.
