Gilbert Orchards Washington Apples crate label – Historic Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This historic image of Gilbert Orchards Washington Apples crate label brings a moment of history to your wall. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Gilbert Orchards Washington Apples crate label
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This label is distinguished by its grower name, Gilbert Orchards, printed across a Washington apple crate, which tied the fruit to a specific source rather than a generic product. Crate labels like this one were lithographed in bright colors and pasted to wooden boxes so that a shipment would stand out on a grocer's shelf or a railway platform. Washington's irrigated valleys, including the Wenatchee and Yakima districts, sent large volumes of apples east by rail in the early twentieth century, and labels like this were part of how growers competed for buyers far from the orchards. Notice the typography and illustration, which often promised quality and a place of origin.
| Original scan | 960 × 720 px |
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| Reference | Slide119 |
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