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For much of the 20th Century (1900-1960s), colorful crate labels were the best way for growers to differentiate their produce shipped to market in wooden boxes. Today they're a reasonably affordable category for collectors, with values determined by age, rarity, visual appeal, and subject matter. Especially popular are vintage fruit crate labels.
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One off Ventura County vintage lemon …» See all crate labels Show & Tells

I started off collecting comics, and still do, but I’d been given a few early Disney pinbacks as a child and always thought they w… [more]

How did I get started collecting advertising antiques? My dad was a lecturer and tutor in graphics and art from the 1960s onwards,… [more]

I liked to collect things even as a child. Things that didn’t cost anything, like different colors of stones. There was somethin… [more]

This Flickr photoset showcases several hundred paper wrappers for oranges and other fruits from the 1940s, 50s, and… [read review or visit site]

A gallery of hundreds of beautiful crate labels from companies like Sunkist, Pinnacle, Washington, King Pelican, Sc… [read review or visit site]

This classy looking British site features hundreds of high resolution photos of antique porcelain pre-war (enamel) … [read review or visit site]

Marty Weil's wide-ranging, in-depth blog on ephemera, including lots of great interviews with ephemera collectors. … [read review or visit site]

Duke University's library has pulled together an impressive collection of over 7,000 ads printed in U.S. and Canadi… [read review or visit site]

Great reference on ephemera... includes examples and descriptions of various ephemera categories, selected special … [read review or visit site]

From the Nostlagia Factory in Virginia comes this celebration of 'mid-century automotive advertising illustrations'… [read review or visit site]

Ian House's gallery of early 20th Century American package designs. Browse the exhibits in slide show mode or view … [read review or visit site]

Paula Zargaj-Reynolds’ blog, an extensive collection of 20th century vintage advertising, is a visual feast. Scro… [read review or visit site]

This gallery of cigarette magazine advertising from the 1940s and 50s contains no surgeon general's warning, just p… [read review or visit site]