TELL brand apple crate label, R. Wachsmith, Yakima, Washington – Historic Reproduction
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of TELL brand apple crate label, R. Wachsmith, Yakima, Washington. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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TELL brand apple crate label, R. Wachsmith, Yakima, Washington
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Yakima, Washington, is the valley town behind this TELL apple crate label, a bright lithograph-style design made for a fruit grower's packing line. Crate labels like this one were pasted onto the ends of wooden boxes so that buyers in distant markets could recognize a grower's fruit at a glance, and the Yakima Valley's irrigated orchards sent a large share of their crop east by rail during the early twentieth century. The name TELL is set in bold display lettering, a typical choice for labels meant to catch the eye across a crowded produce car or grocer's stand. The label is attributed to R. Wachsmith, whose name appears among the few details the record preserves about its making.
| Original scan | 3,000 × 2,250 px · prints to 10 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | Slide44 |
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