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.

Description (Brief)

This Washington State brand apple crate label was used during the early 20th century. The lithographed blue label has an image of two large red apples in the center, as well as a gray-suited cartoon figure with a globe-shaped head proclaiming the apples the “World’s Finest.”

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Washington

See more items in: Work and Industry: Agriculture, Food, Crate Labels, Agriculture

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Credit Line: L.E. Leininger

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1979.0441.044Accession Number: 1979.0441Catalog Number: 1979.0441.044

Object Name: crate label

Measurements: overall: 9 in x 10 1/2 in; 22.86 cm x 26.67 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-00d5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1361682

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