State Seal Brand Extra Fancy Apples crate label – Vintage Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic image captures State Seal Brand Extra Fancy 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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State Seal Brand Extra Fancy Apples crate label
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Crate labels like this one were pasted onto the ends of wooden apple boxes so that buyers could tell at a glance where the fruit came from and how it was graded. "Extra Fancy" was the top grade in many packing houses, and a bold brand name such as State Seal was meant to build loyalty so that a shopper or grocer would reach for the same box again. Labels of this kind were printed in large runs by commercial lithographers in the early twentieth century, when orchard growers were shipping to distant city markets by rail. Their bright colors and orchard scenes were a form of advertising aimed at both wholesalers and the households that bought the apples.
| Original scan | 960 × 720 px |
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| Reference | Slide38 |
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