Agriculture - Overview
From butter churns to diesel tractors, the Museum's agricultural artifacts trace the story of Americans who work the land. Agricultural tools and machinery in the collections range from a John Deere plow of the 1830s to 20th-century cultivators and harvesters. The Museum's holdings also include overalls, aprons, and sunbonnets; farm photographs; milk cans and food jars; handmade horse collars; and some 200 oral histories of farm men and women in the South. Prints in the collections show hundreds of scenes of rural life. The politics of agriculture are part of the story, too, told in materials related to farm workers' unions and a group of artifacts donated by the family of the labor leader Cesar Chavez.
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Oranges Crate Label
- Description (Brief)
- Labels are an important marketing device. They often go beyond merely identifying contents and are designed to help establish brand distinction and generate customer loyalty for a largely interchangeable product.
- This Milady Brand orange crate label was in use by the National Fruit Marketing Company, Inc. of San Dimas, California around the early 20th century. The image on the box is a pretty young lady. Using images of attractive women on fruit crate labels was a common practice in the early years of fruit crate labels.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- referenced business
- National Fruit Marketing Co., Inc.
- ID Number
- 1979.0441.011
- accession number
- 1979.0441
- catalog number
- 1979.0441.011
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Orange Crate Label
- Description (Brief)
- Labels are an important marketing device. They often go beyond merely identifying contents and are designed to help establish brand distinction and generate customer loyalty for a largely interchangeable product.
- This Happy Landing brand orange crate label was used by the Golden West Citrus Association of Tustin, California during the 1930s. The lithographed label was produced by the Western Lithography Company of Los Angeles, California. The blue label has a diagonal color illustration of a yellow propeller plane landing on a dirt runway at a small airport. The image was copyrighted in 1934 by the G.C. Association.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- referenced business
- Goldenwest Citrus Assn.
- ID Number
- 1979.0441.019
- accession number
- 1979.0441
- catalog number
- 1979.0441.019
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Wine Crate Label
- Description (Brief)
- Labels are an important marketing device. They often go beyond merely identifying contents and are designed to help establish brand distinction and generate customer loyalty for a largely interchangeable product.
- This red wine crate side was in use by the Italian Swiss Colony company of San Francisco, California during the early 20th century. The crate reads “Italian Swiss Colony, California Tipo Red, 12 quarts.” The crate bears a label by the Italian Swiss Colony that has a space for the shipping number, serial number, kind of wine, date made, quantity, and alcoholic content. The "Washington State Liquor Control Board" is the Cosignee. The crate also bears a stamp noting that the alcohol tax of 30 cents has been paid.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- referenced business
- Italian Swiss Colony
- ID Number
- 1979.0441.048
- accession number
- 1979.0441
- catalog number
- 1979.0441.048
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Orange Crate Label
- Description (Brief)
- Labels are an important marketing device. They often go beyond merely identifying contents and are designed to help establish brand distinction and generate customer loyalty for a largely interchangeable product.
- This Lochinvar brand orange crate label was used by the Gold Buckle Association of East Highlands, California during the early 20th century. The lithographed label was produced by the Schmidt Lithograph Company of San Francisco, California. The label has the Sunkist logo on it, a designation given to high quality oranges grown by the California Fruit Growers Exchange. The label has a red background, with an illustration of a Knight and maiden astride a horse. Lochinvar is a knight from Sir Walter Scott’s poem Marmion.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- referenced business
- Gold Buckle Association
- ID Number
- 1979.0441.060
- accession number
- 1979.0441
- catalog number
- 1979.0441.060
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Apple Crate Label
- Description (Brief)
- Labels are an important marketing device. They often go beyond merely identifying contents and are designed to help establish brand distinction and generate customer loyalty for a largely interchangeable product.
- This Wilko brand apple crate was used by the Wilbur-Ellis Company of Seattle, Washington during the early 20th century. The label has a yellow background with a green border, and a large red apple in the center.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- referenced business
- Wilbur-Ellis Company Distributors
- ID Number
- 1979.0441.062
- accession number
- 1979.0441
- catalog number
- 1979.0441.062
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Orange Crate Label
- Description (Brief)
- Labels are an important marketing device. They often go beyond merely identifying contents and are designed to help establish brand distinction and generate customer loyalty for a largely interchangeable product.
- This Bell Cove brand orange crate label was used by the Earlibest Orange Association of Lemon Cove, California during the early 20th century. The lithographed label has an illustration of a bell surrounded by flowers, and an image of a house surrounded by orchard trees on the bell. The label also has the Sunkist orange logo on the lower right, a designation given to high quality oranges grown by the California Fruit Growers Exchange.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- referenced business
- Earlibest Orange Association, Inc.
- ID Number
- 1979.0441.079
- accession number
- 1979.0441
- catalog number
- 1979.0441.079
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Orange Crate Label
- Description (Brief)
- Labels are an important marketing device. They often go beyond merely identifying contents and are designed to help establish brand distinction and generate customer loyalty for a largely interchangeable product.
- This Mupu brand oranges crate label was used by the Mupu Citrus Association of Santa Paula, California during the early 20th century. The lithographed label has a blue and yellow background, with an image of a Native American on the right. Mupu was the name of a Chumash Native American village in what is now the town of Santa Paula, in Ventura County, California. The label has the Sunkist orange logo on it, a designation given to high quality oranges grown by the California Fruit Growers Exchange.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- referenced business
- MUPU Citrus Assn.
- ID Number
- 1979.0441.096
- accession number
- 1979.0441
- catalog number
- 1979.0441.096
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Orange Crate Label
- Description (Brief)
- Labels are an important marketing device. They often go beyond merely identifying contents and are designed to help establish brand distinction and generate customer loyalty for a largely interchangeable product.
- This Ultimate brand oranges crate label was used by the Paramount Citrus Association of Los Angeles, California during the early 20th century. The label has a yellow semi-circle, emitting yellow rays like a setting sun.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- referenced business
- Paramount Citrus Assn.
- ID Number
- 1979.0441.098
- accession number
- 1979.0441
- catalog number
- 1979.0441.098
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Apple Crate Label
- Description (Brief)
- Labels are an important marketing device. They often go beyond merely identifying contents and are designed to help establish brand distinction and generate customer loyalty for a largely interchangeable product.
- This Red Beauty brand apple crate label was used by the Imoto Brothers of Lindsay, California during the early 20th century. The label was lithographed by Stecher-Traung of San Francisco, California. The label has an illustration of two golden apples with some leaves surrounding it.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- referenced business
- Imoto Bros.
- ID Number
- 1979.0441.102
- accession number
- 1979.0441
- catalog number
- 1979.0441.102
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Vegetables Crate Label
- Description (Brief)
- Labels are an important marketing device. They often go beyond merely identifying contents and are designed to help establish brand distinction and generate customer loyalty for a largely interchangeable product.
- This 20 Squares brand vegetable crate label was used by the Cutler Growers Exchange of Cutler California during the early 20th century. The lithographed label has a blue background with illustrations of assorted vegetables on the right.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- referenced business
- Cutler Growers Exchange
- ID Number
- 1979.0441.103
- accession number
- 1979.0441
- catalog number
- 1979.0441.103
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center