A post featuring apple crate labels from the USA, spanning the 1910's to the 1950's. These colourful illustrated labels were printed by lithography and were designed to be attached to the ends of wooden fruit crates. They usually identified the manufacturer, the type, class and origin of the fruit. Some were generic - overprinted by different companies or brands.
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This is the second series of posts featuring fruit crate labels (See Citrus Fruit Crate Label series in the Blog Archive: February 2014).
This is part 1 of a 4-part post on Apple Crate Labels (1910s - 1930s) :
An example of an earlier artwork being re-drawn at a later date for a different brand (above and below):
A Mariposa Brand label fro the 1930s still employing the butterfly artwork:
This is the second series of posts featuring fruit crate labels (See Citrus Fruit Crate Label series in the Blog Archive: February 2014).
This is part 1 of a 4-part post on Apple Crate Labels (1910s - 1930s) :
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| 1910-20s Appleton Brand Apples |
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| c1910s Golden West Brand California Apples |
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| c1910s Pennant Brand Newtown Pippins Apples |
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| 1910s F.B. Brand Pajaro Valley Apples |
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| 1910s Good Stock Brand Newtown Pippins Apples |
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| 1920s Lake View Brand Pajaro Valley Apples |
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| 1910s John Jacobs Company Apples |
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| 1910s Kentucky Cardinal Brand Apples |
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| 1910s Mountain Valley Apples Brand |
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| 1910s P.M. Brand Pajaro Valley Apples |
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| 1910s Peacock Brand California Apples |
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| 1910s Pride Brand Apples |
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| 1910s Solo Brand Pajaro Valley Apples |
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| 1911 Paonia Mountain Apples |
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| 1920s America's Delight Brand Northwest Apples |
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| 1920s Anchor Brand Northwest Apples |
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| 1920s Best Strike Brand Pajaro Valley Apples |
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| c1920s Deep Blue Sea Brand Northwestern Apples |
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| c1920s Delight Brand Apples |
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| c1920s Pinal Ranch Brand Apples |
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| 1920s Camel Brand Apples |
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| 1920s Cleveland Brand Apples |
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| 1920s DB Brand Northwest Apples |
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| 1920s Depend-On Brand Washington Apples |
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| 1920s Diving Girl Brand California Apples |
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| 1920s Green Bluff BrandApples |
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| 1920s Indian Head Brand Yakima Apples |
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| 1920s Lucky Lad Brand Northwest Apples |
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| 1920s Mariposa Brand Fancy Northwestern Apples |
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| 1930s Mariposa Brand Apples |
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| 1920s Million Dollar Brand Apples |
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| 1920s Nightingale Brand Pajaro Valley Apples |
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| 1920s Oak Glen Mountain Apples |
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| 1920s Pacific Exporter Brand Apples |
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| 1920s Pic-O-Pete Brand Apples |
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| 1920s Rip Van Winkle Brand Apples |
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| 1920s Sno-Fed Brand Apples |
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| 1920s Spinner Fruit Corporation Apples |
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| 1920s Tennis Brand Apples |
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| 1920s Tiger Brand Apples |
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| 1920s Uncle Sam Brand Yakima Valley Apples |
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| 1920s Vanbo Brand Apples |
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| 1920s Wenatchee Valley Fruit Growers Association |
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| 1920s Williams Brand Apples |
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| 1930s Baby Brand Apples |
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| 1930s Buckaroo Brand Apples |
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| 1930s Buddy Brand Apples |
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| 1930s Buffalo Brand Pajaro Valley Apples |