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Blue Mountain Apples crate label – Antique Wall Art

Blue Mountain Apples crate label — historic image
Blue Mountain Apples 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.)

Description

Step back in time with Blue Mountain Apples crate label, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

Blue Mountain Apples crate label

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Blue Mountain Apples is the name printed on this crate label, which was pasted onto the end of a wooden shipping crate to sell the fruit inside. From the late 1800s into the early 1900s, growers in the American West used colorful chromolithographed labels like this one to make their produce stand out in crowded city markets. Labels often pictured orchards, fruit, or scenic landscapes, and collectors now value them as both advertising and printing history. Notice how the design blends the fruit's appeal with the regional image each grower wanted to project.

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