Fashion Plate Northwest Apples crate label – Historic Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Fashion Plate Northwest Apples crate label comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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.
Fashion Plate Northwest Apples crate label
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Fashion Plate" was the brand name on this crate label, meant to suggest a polished, stylish fruit. Labels like it were pasted onto wooden apple crates shipped from Northwest orchards, where growers competed for buyers in distant eastern markets once railroads opened the region. Printers used bright color lithography to make each crate stand out on a crowded grocer's floor or railroad platform. Today these labels show how the apple trade sold itself through design, with lettering and pictures meant to signal quality before a buyer ever saw the fruit.
| Original scan | 960 × 720 px |
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| Reference | Slide117 |
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