Dubuque Avenue, South San Francisco

How did Dubuque Avenue in South San Francisco get its name? The Dubuque Packing Company had a processing plant and distribution and sales offices there for many years.

According to The Dubuque Packing Company & Charles E. Stoltz by Thomas Gifford (1997), in its heyday Dubuque Packing supplied over half of all of the canned hams sold in California.

From an advertisement in the Los Angeles Times, November 19, 1959:

You’ll have the hit of the season on your hands when you serve this wonderful change of pace at Thanksgiving — Dubuque Ham! Skinned, boned and deliciously smoked, Dubuque Ham has already been vacuum-cooked . . . can be served as it comes from the can or cooked according to your favorite recipe. Carefully selected from the finest hams produced in Iowa, the Tall Corn Country, Dubuque Hams are famous for their tenderness, superb texture and excellent flavor.