Apple Crate Label
Apple Crate Label
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- Description (Brief)
- This Chere Best brand apple crate label was used by the Columbia Fruit Packers Inc. of Wenatchee, Washington during the early 20th century. The label was lithographed by Stecher-Traung of San Francisco, California. These apples came from the Wenatchee Valley region of Washington, which is colloquially known as the “Apple Capital of the World.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- crate label
- referenced business
- Columbia Fruit Packers, Inc.
- Place Made
- United States: Washington, Wenatchee
- Physical Description
- paper (crate label material)
- wood (substrate material)
- Measurements
- crate label: 9 3/4 in x 10 3/4 in; 24.765 cm x 27.305 cm
- ID Number
- 1979.0441.112
- accession number
- 1979.0441
- catalog number
- 1979.0441.112
- Credit Line
- L.E. Leininger
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Agriculture
- Food
- Crate Labels
- Agriculture
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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