Lot #431: Original Vintage Fruit Crate Labels – 1930s–1950s California & Washington Advertising Reli

These are not modern reproductions. They are vintage advertising relics representing the agricultural, packing and shipping industries of the American West during the early-to-mid 20th century. The collection includes: * Independent Brand – Yakima Apples – Washington Fruit & Produce Co., Yakima, Washington, featuring the Liberty Bell and dated Copyright 1931 * Empire Builder – Washington State Apples – Cashmere Pioneer Growers, Cashmere, Washington, with orchard, packing house and mountain imagery * Crystal Peak – Washington Apples – Gilbert Orchards, Inc., Yakima, Washington, with dramatic mountain graphics * Nob Hill Brand Bartlett Pears – Mendelson-Zeller Co., San Francisco, California, featuring historic Nob Hill and San Francisco imagery * Air King California Asparagus – R&J Packing & Sales Co., Lodi, California, featuring a dramatic four-engine “California Fruit Special” aircraft * Progress California Asparagus – R&J Packing & Sales Co., Lodi, California, with striking San Francisco skyline, Bay Bridge and ship imagery Note Independent Brand Yakima Apples label: the Smithsonian has the same Washington Fruit & Produce Co. design in its collection and dates it to about 1931. Pickup category timeslot {B}