Valley Brand Newtown Pippins 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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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Valley Brand Newtown Pippins Apples crate label. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Valley Brand Newtown Pippins Apples crate label
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Newtown Pippin was among the most prized apples in nineteenth-century America, and crate labels like this one show how growers used bright chromolithographed art to sell fruit across the country. Valley Brand, the name printed on the label, points to a shipping-era marketing style in which a fruit label was meant to catch the eye of buyers on a crowded grocer's shelf or a wholesale dock. The Newtown Pippin, a green-yellow, tart apple that originated on Long Island in New York, was valued for keeping well in storage and shipping, which made it a favorite export, especially to England. Crate labels like this one are worth studying for both their lithographic color work and what they reveal about the commercial orchards that depended on rail and steamship routes.
| Original scan | 960 × 720 px |
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| Reference | Slide57 |
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