Apple Crate Label
Object Details
- referenced business
- Washington Sales, Inc.
- 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.
- This Hi Sea brand apple crate label was is use by Washington Sales, Inc. of Wenatchee, Washington during the early 20th century. The label was lithographed by the Schmidt L. Company of Seattle, Washington. The label features an image of two seagulls soaring over a green-blue ocean, with a red apple and a golden apple hanging from a branch on the right hand side of the label. Washington Sales, Inc. was a grower co-operative in Wenatchee.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- L.E. Leininger
- ID Number
- 1979.0441.036
- accession number
- 1979.0441
- catalog number
- 1979.0441.036
- Object Name
- crate label
- Physical Description
- paper (crate label material)
- wood (substrate material)
- Measurements
- crate label: 8 3/4 in x 10 1/8 in; 22.225 cm x 25.7175 cm
- Place Made
- United States: Washington, Wenatchee
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- Work and Industry: Agriculture
- Food
- Crate Labels
- Agriculture
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1361674
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-ff9b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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