Snapshots of the Past

Red apple on a mossy tree trunk – Historic Print

Red apple on a mossy tree trunk — historic image
Red apple on a mossy tree trunk. 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.)

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Red apple on a mossy tree trunk comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

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Red apple on a mossy tree trunk

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A single ripe red apple rests against a trunk furred with green moss, its glossy skin standing out against the dull bark. Apples have long been a staple of American orchards, and in the late 1800s and early 1900s growers shipped them in wooden crates decorated with bright printed labels, a tradition that made the fruit a familiar emblem of the farm. The picture is worth a closer look for the contrast it sets up between the cultivated fruit and the slow, wild growth of moss on the wood.

Original scan3,000 × 3,000 px · prints to 10 × 10 in at 300 dpi
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