OK Brand apple crate label, Chelan Falls Cold Storage Co. – Antique Wall Art
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of OK Brand apple crate label, Chelan Falls Cold Storage Co.. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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OK Brand apple crate label, Chelan Falls Cold Storage Co.
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Chelan Falls, in north-central Washington, is the setting named on this crate label, which was printed for the Chelan Falls Cold Storage Company and carried the "OK" brand. Apple crate labels like this one were once a common form of advertising: the lithographed artwork was meant to catch a buyer's eye on a crowded produce shelf, and the brand name helped a packer build a reputation for consistent fruit. Chelan Falls sat within the Columbia River apple country, where irrigated orchards grew a large share of the region's crop in the early twentieth century. Cold storage let growers hold fruit into the off-season and sell it when prices were better, so a label like this also tells you about the business of getting apples to market.
| Original scan | 3,000 × 2,250 px · prints to 10 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
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