Snapshots of the Past

O-fine-O Washington Apples fruit crate label – Vintage Print

O-fine-O Washington Apples fruit crate label — historic image
O-fine-O Washington Apples fruit crate label. Historic image from the Fruit & Vegetable Labels collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with O-fine-O Washington Apples fruit crate label, a historic image rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.

O-fine-O Washington Apples fruit crate label

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The label's name, "O-fine-O," is the detail that sets it apart from the many apple crate labels on this board, most of which trade on a single word or a sunny landscape. Washington apple growers in the early twentieth century packed their fruit in wooden boxes and pasted colorful lithographed labels on the ends so that buyers in distant markets could recognize a brand at a glance. Labels like this one were printed in large runs by commercial lithographers and sold to packing houses, which is why the same artwork often turns up on crates from different shippers. Notice how the designers leaned on bold type and bright fruit imagery, a style meant to catch the eye across a crowded produce stall.

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