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Rosemont Apples fruit crate label with mansion – Antique Wall Art

Rosemont Apples fruit crate label with mansion — historic image
Rosemont Apples fruit crate label with mansion. 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 Rosemont Apples fruit crate label with mansion, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

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Rosemont Apples fruit crate label with mansion

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Rosemont Apples built its crate label around a drawing of a mansion, a choice that tied the fruit to a country estate rather than to the orchard rows behind it. Crate labels like this one were pasted onto wooden boxes in the late 1800s and early 1900s, when growers shipped apples by rail to city grocers and wholesalers. A bold, pictorial label helped a shipper stand out on a crowded dock or in a store display, and buyers often remembered a brand before they remembered a grower. Its mix of lithography and scenic illustration is typical of the era, and it is worth noticing how the artist placed the house at the center as a promise of quality.

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