Apples fruit crate label, grown by Joe Reithofer, Sebastopol – Historic Print
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Apples fruit crate label, grown by Joe Reithofer, Sebastopol. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Apples fruit crate label, grown by Joe Reithofer, Sebastopol
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Sebastopol, in Sonoma County, California, was once known as one of the leading apple-growing centers on the West Coast, and this crate label carries the name of a local grower, Joe Reithofer, who shipped his fruit under a bright, eye-catching design. Labels like this were printed to sell the fruit at a distance: a lithographed image of ripe apples and the grower's name helped a crate stand out on a crowded railcar or grocer's shelf. Today such labels are valued both as small works of commercial art and as records of the regional fruit trade that shaped towns like Sebastopol.
| Original scan | 959 × 813 px |
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| Reference | Label-2 |
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