Vintage produce crate labels

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Moonbeam Citrus Crate Label Magnet Display a piece of vintage art on a 2 inch square magnet. This magnet is adorned with the Moonbeam Brand citrus crate label. The illustration has a grapefruit and orange with leaves and orange blossoms. In the background is the moon with some clouds. The design has been enlarged to fill the entire print area to stylize the label design. If you wish to see the whole label, click "Customize It!" and use the controls to size the art to your liking. A little…

Part 2 of citrus fruit crate labels from the USA, spanning the early 1900's to the 1930's. These colourful illustrated labels were printed by lithography and were designed to be attached to the ends of wooden fruit crates. They usually identified the manufacturer, the type, class and origin of the fruit. Some were generic - overprinted by different companies or brands. This is part 2 of a 5-part post on Citrus Fruit Crate Labels (1900's - 1930's) : 1900s Home of Ramona Brand Citrus 1900s…

A label may also be printed directly on the container or article. Labels have many uses: product identification, name tags, advertising, warnings, and other communication. Special types of labels called digital labels (printed through a digital printing) can also have special constructions such as RFID tags, security printing, and sandwich process labels. Lithography is a method for printing using a stone (Lithographic Limestone) or a metal plate with a completely smooth surface. Lithography…

#111 Today’s Agrarian Nation excerpt is a real gem. It comes from the February 25, 1875 edition of “The Cultivator & Country Gentleman” a popular weekly agricultural newspaper of the 1800’s. I own several, bound, yearly volumes of the oversize periodical and am slowly making my way through them, looking for tidbits of interesting information, just like this..... ### To The Editors of The Country Gentleman—The following is from an old book published by B. Franklin and D. Hall in 1748, at…

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A label may also be printed directly on the container or article. Labels have many uses: product identification, name tags, advertising, warnings, and other communication. Special types of labels called digital labels (printed through a digital printing) can also have special constructions such as RFID tags, security printing, and sandwich process labels. Lithography is a method for printing using a stone (Lithographic Limestone) or a metal plate with a completely smooth surface. Lithography…

Crate label, "Elk Brand." Riverside Fruit Company. Riverside, Calif.