Extra Fancy California Pears crate label with A monogram – Historic Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Extra Fancy California Pears crate label with A monogram, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Extra Fancy California Pears crate label with A monogram
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An ornamental letter A sits at the center of this crate label, a monogram that likely identified a particular grower or packing house. "Extra Fancy" was a grade claim printed to signal top quality to buyers in distant markets, and California pears often traveled east by rail in wooden crates, so a bold, colorful label helped a shipment stand out in a crowded freight yard or a grocer's stacks. Labels like this were usually color lithographed, and they show how California's fruit growers used graphic design to build a regional brand.
| Original scan | 960 × 720 px |
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| Reference | Slide68 |
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