Top Dog brand fancy apples crate label, Tasmania, Australia – Historic Print
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A window into the past: Top Dog brand fancy apples crate label, Tasmania, Australia, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Top Dog brand fancy apples crate label, Tasmania, Australia
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Tasmania's apple orchards supplied fruit to export markets for over a century, and crate labels like this one were the printed face of that trade. The "Top Dog" name, set on a brightly colored label, was meant to catch the eye of buyers in crowded fruit auction rooms and on retail shelves far from the island. Crate labels of this kind were usually lithographed in bold colors, and they often combined a brand name, a grade mark and a bit of imagery to suggest quality. Collectors value them today both as graphic design and as a record of how Australian growers marketed their fruit abroad.
| Original scan | 960 × 720 px |
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| Reference | Slide48 |
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