OK Brand apple crate label, Chelan Falls Cold Storage Co. – Antique Wall Art
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of OK Brand apple crate label, Chelan Falls Cold Storage Co.. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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OK Brand apple crate label, Chelan Falls Cold Storage Co.
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Chelan Falls, a small town on the Columbia River in central Washington, is the place printed on this crate label, which is the detail that sets it apart from the many apple labels on the same board. The OK Brand name and the Chelan Falls Cold Storage Co. line tie the design to a packing house that held fruit in refrigerated rooms until it could be shipped east by rail. Labels like this were pasted onto wooden crates in the early twentieth century, when Washington orchards were expanding and growers relied on bright color lithography to win buyers in distant markets. Look closely at the lettering and the vignette, which show how crate art was meant to catch the eye of a grocer far from the orchard.
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