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State Seal Brand Washington Apples crate label – Antique Wall Art

State Seal Brand Washington Apples crate label — historic image
State Seal Brand Washington 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.)

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Step back in time with State Seal Brand Washington Apples crate label, a historic image rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

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State Seal Brand Washington Apples crate label

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The Washington state seal appears here as the central emblem on this crate label, marking the fruit as grown in the Pacific Northwest and tying it to a regional identity that growers promoted to buyers across the country. Crate labels like this one were printed in large runs and pasted onto wooden boxes so that a grocer could recognize a shipper's fruit at a glance. Apple labels of this era were among the most colorful commercial art of their time, often using bright lithography to sell the idea of orchard freshness to shoppers who had never seen the orchards themselves. Look closely at the lettering and the vignette, since these details show how packers balanced local pride with national marketing.

Original scan3,000 × 2,250 px · prints to 10 × 8 in at 300 dpi
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