Apple Crate Label
Apple Crate Label
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- Description (Brief)
- This shipping crate side contained Sky Line Drive brand apples that were shipped by the Rappahannock Co-Op Fruit Growers, Inc. of Sperryville, Virginia during the early 20th century. The crate side has an illustration of a green mountain range, and reads “Mountain Grown Virginia Apples.” Sperryville is a small town at the entrance to Shenandoah National Park. The park is well known for its Skyline Drive, providing the name for this brand of apples.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- crate label
- referenced business
- Rappahannock Co-op Fruit Growers, Inc.
- Place Made
- United States: Virginia, Sperryville
- Physical Description
- ink (crate label material)
- wood (substrate material)
- Measurements
- crate label: 10 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in; 26.67 cm x 29.21 cm
- ID Number
- 1979.0441.200
- catalog number
- 1979.0441.200
- accession number
- 1979.0441
- Credit Line
- L.E. Leininger
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- Work and Industry: Agriculture
- Food
- Crate Labels
- Agriculture
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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