Red Star Pajaro Valley Apples crate label, Watsonville, California – Historic Reproduction
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Red Star Pajaro Valley Apples crate label, Watsonville, California. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Red Star Pajaro Valley Apples crate label, Watsonville, California
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Watsonville sits in the Pajaro Valley of Santa Cruz County, where cool coastal fog and rich soil made apples a major crop from the late 1800s onward. Crate labels like this one were printed to catch a buyer's eye in crowded produce markets, pairing bold color lithography with a brand name and growing district. The Red Star name and the valley's identity together signaled quality to shippers and grocers far from the orchards. Labels of this kind are now valued as small, everyday examples of commercial printing and of the agricultural economy that shaped towns like Watsonville.
| Original scan | 960 × 720 px |
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| Reference | Slide177 |
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