Sweepstakes Blue Ribbon apple crate label, Cedaredge Colorado – Antique Print
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Sweepstakes Blue Ribbon apple crate label, Cedaredge Colorado. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Sweepstakes Blue Ribbon apple crate label, Cedaredge Colorado
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Few things in the Western farm trade were as carefully designed as the crate label, and this one from Cedaredge, Colorado, shows why. The "Sweepstakes" and "Blue Ribbon" wording points to a grade meant to win over buyers in distant markets, when apples were shipped by rail in wooden boxes and the label did the selling before the fruit was ever tasted. Cedaredge, on the Grand Mesa in western Colorado, was one of the orchard districts whose growers relied on such brands to reach eastern customers. Its bold color and lettering are worth studying as a window into early twentieth-century commercial art.
| Original scan | 2,708 × 2,250 px · prints to 9 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | Label-224 |
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