Lot #432: 7 Original Vintage California Fruit Crate Labels – Loomis, Newcastle, Sacramento & Reedley

A colorful collection of six original vintage California fruit crate/box labels representing a disappearing chapter of California’s agricultural history. These are not simply attractive advertising pieces—they are agricultural relics from California’s historic fruit-growing, packing and shipping industry, when individual growers, cooperatives and packing houses created distinctive labels to identify their fruit in markets throughout the country. Collection includes: * Covered Wagon Brand – Newcastle Fruit Growers Association, Newcastle, California. Dramatic covered-wagon and oxen imagery advertising “Mountain Fruits from Placer County.” The label itself carries a 1928 registration notation. * “Our Pick” – Loomis Fruit Growers Association, Loomis, California. Wonderful rooster-and-fruit graphics. This design is documented as an original 1930s-era Loomis fruit label. * Fancy California Fruits / Blue Anchor, Inc. – Sacramento, California, with colorful peaches, pears, plums and cherries. * Red Robin Brand – L.R. Hamilton Inc., grower and packer, Reedley, California, with striking red-bird graphics. * Wawona Ranch Brand – Earl S. Smittcamp, grower and shipper, Clovis, California, with bold orchard and mountain graphics. * Daddy-O Brand – Ito Packing Co., Inc., Reedley, California. A particularly fun mid-century design; documented original examples date to the 1950s. Pickup category timeslot {B}