1970's

Sun-Maid Timeline 1970s-1980s

1988



Original Sun-Maid bonnet worn by Lorraine Collett Petersen donated to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

1985



California raisin exports to Japan reaches 25,000 tons.

1972



Severe spring freeze spells early disaster for the 1972 raisin crop, resulting in the smallest raisin crop since the turn of the century.