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4235 unique images - all original, we do not sell reproductions!
Colorful paper labels have been used to identify products since the early 1880s. Introduced to America by European artists, this profession became known as lithography, the first commercial art. The goal was easy: catch the customer's eye. As the fruit market grew larger each season, immense competition at the local markets erupted. Orchard owners used this new concept of lithography to bring attention to their fruit. Labels were used on everything including cedar crates full of fruit, cans of vegetables, and boxes of cigars.
In the 1950's, the development of pre-printed cardboard boxes caused wooden crates with paper labels to be a thing of the past. Unused stocks of labels remained undiscovered for years in old barns across the country. Labels were slowly being gathered by historians, collectors, and art lovers. These rescued labels form the remaining stock of labels available for purchase today. We guarantee all of the labels we sell to be originals. We do not sell reproductions.
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New Additions and Restocked Items
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Lady Rowena
13" x 4" Grape
Ivanhoe, CA 1940
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Tesoro Rancho
11" x 10" Orange
Placentia, CA 1930
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Zenith
13" x 4½" Tomato
Kelowna, B.C. 1950
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Maryland Chief - Beets
10" x 4"
Baltimore, MD 1920
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Rain Cross
11" x 10" Orange
Riverside, CA 1940
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Umpqua Sweet
9" x 5½" Prune
Myrtle Creek, OR 1930
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Everglade- Green Beans
11" x 4¼" Can Labels
Carnation, WA 1940
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Everglade- Yellow Wax Beans
11" x 4¼" Can Labels
Carnation, WA 1940
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Everglade- Golden Sweet Corn
11" x 4¼" Can Labels
Carnation, WA 1940
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Carnation Valley- Peas
11" x 4¼" Can Labels
Carnation, WA 1940
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Hilltop
10¼" x 4" Yellow Wax Beans
Carnation, WA 1930
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Stock #222
10¾" x 9¾" Fruit and Vegetable
1940
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Sunflower
13" x 4" Grape
Del Rey, CA 1980
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Sunflower
13" x 4" Grape
Selma, CA 1980
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Royal
11" x 1¾" Salmon
Wedderburn, OR 1940
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Golden Rod - Redlands
11" x 10" Orange
Redlands, CA 1930
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Bronco
11" x 10" Orange
Redlands, CA. 1930
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Big Ben
11" x 10" Orange
Villa Park, CA 1940
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