Penoka Brand Canadian Apples crate label – Antique Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Penoka Brand Canadian Apples crate label. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Penoka Brand Canadian Apples crate label
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The label's name, Penoka, and its plain claim of Canadian origin set it apart from the many orchard labels on this board that name only a valley or a variety. Printed crate labels like this one were pasted onto wooden apple boxes so that buyers could recognize a grower's fruit at a wholesale market or a grocer's counter. Canadian growers in the late 1800s and early 1900s relied on rail and steamship routes to reach distant cities and overseas buyers, and brand names helped them build trust in a product that was often sold unseen. Lithographed labels of this period are worth studying for their color work and typefaces, which show how producers tried to make ordinary fruit look appealing.
| Original scan | 960 × 720 px |
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| Reference | Slide173 |
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