Triton Washington Dehydrated Apples crate label – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic image captures Triton Washington Dehydrated Apples crate label in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Triton Washington Dehydrated Apples crate label
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Lead with what sets this one apart: it is a crate label for dehydrated apples, not fresh fruit, and the "Triton" brand name points to a single packer rather than the familiar orchard-and-valley scenes that dominate apple crate art. Dehydrated, or dried, apples became an important product in Washington State during the mid-twentieth century, when processors turned surplus and cull fruit into shelf-stable slices for shipment to bakeries, institutions and the military. Labels like this one were printed to catch the eye of buyers and grocers, often pairing bold lettering with stylized fruit imagery. Worth noticing is how the design shifts the emphasis from the orchard to the packing business behind it.
| Original scan | 960 × 720 px |
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| Reference | Slide50 |
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