New Deal Northwest Apples crate label – Historic Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: New Deal Northwest Apples crate label, preserved in this historic image. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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New Deal Northwest Apples crate label
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Crate labels like this one were printed to sell apples from a single orchard or packing house, so the bright colors and bold lettering were meant to catch the eye of buyers on a crowded produce-market shelf. This example comes from the New Deal era of the 1930s, when federal programs and a growing commercial fruit trade in the Pacific Northwest pushed many growers to package their harvest under recognizable brand names. Worth noticing is how the design leans on fruit imagery and regional scenery, a common tactic that tied the product to a sense of place and freshness. Labels of this kind are now valued as small, everyday examples of commercial graphic art.
| Original scan | 960 × 720 px |
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| Reference | Slide163 |
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