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About Vintage Crate Labels

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.


Interviews & Articles

An Interview With Comic Character Advertising Pinback Collector Mark Lansdown

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

An Interview With Antique Advertising and Porcelain Enamel Sign Collector Alex Renshaw

How did I get started collecting advertising antiques? My dad was a lecturer and tutor in graphics and art fr… [more]

An Interview With Porcelain Advertising Sign Collector Michael Bruner

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



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Orangepaper

Orangepaper

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

Antique Produce Crate Labels

Antique Produce Crate Labels

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

Advertising Antiques

Advertising Antiques

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

Ad Access

Ad Access

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]

Plan 59

Plan 59

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

American Package Museum

American Package Museum

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]

Found in Moms Basement

Found in Moms Basement

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

Ephemera Society of America

Ephemera Society of America

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

Truth in Advertising

Truth in Advertising

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

Ephemera Blog

Ephemera Blog

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


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Yosemite Orange Crate Label *original*rare* Ivahoe, Ca$100.00 Ends Friday 1 bid 3 watchers
Florida Citrus Box Label$88.50 Ends in 9 hours 10 bids 5 watchers
Crafton Orange Citrus Crate Label From Mentone, Ca$73.00 Ends in 19 hours 10 bids 12 watchers
*scarce* El Patio Orange Crate Label *early*$56.00 Ends Thursday 2 bids 7 watchers
*scarce* Dale Phoenix Arizona Grapefruit Crate Label $49.99 Ends Thursday 1 bid 6 watchers
Florida Citrus Box Label$36.50 Ends Tuesday 7 bids 4 watchers
Lorillard Snuff Fruit Jar Original Labels$31.01 Ends Tuesday 3 bids 12 watchers
Florida Citrus Crate Label$29.99 Ends Tuesday 3 bids 5 watchers
Vintage Mohican Fruit Crate - Label - Rare$18.49 Ends Tuesday 2 bids 2 watchers
Original Label Cherries Fruit Jar Liquid Carbonic$16.49 Ends Tuesday 3 bids 4 watchers
Oriole Vtg Fillmore Orange Crate Label Ventura$14.99 Ends Thursday 1 bid 3 watchers
4~antique 1906 Vegetable Cans W/ Labels Edgett Burnham $12.99 Ends in 12 hours 1 bid 2 watchers
Lustre Filled Candies Fruit Jar Original Label Sko$12.86 Ends Tuesday 2 bids 1 watcher
5 Jack And Jill Brand Pepper Crate Labels 1930s$12.27 Ends in 18 hours 3 bids 3 watchers
5 Levon Brand Melon Crate Labels Lion California$12.00 Ends in 18 hours 3 bids 1 watcher
Florida Citrus Box Label$11.99 Ends Wednesday 1 bid 3 watchers
Silver Lake Orange Citrus Crate Label Woodlake Tulare$11.11 Ends in 19 hours 1 bid 4 watchers
Circa 1910 Bon Ton Orange Citrus Crate Label California$11.11 Ends in 19 hours 1 bid 3 watchers
Florida Citrus Box Label$9.99 Ends in 9 hours 1 bid 1 watcher
Jelly Glass Fruit Jar Hawthorn - Glenwood Labels$9.99 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 4 watchers
Jelly Glass Fruit Jar Dodson Braun Grape Jelly Label$9.99 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 3 watchers
Opler Breakfast Cocoa Original Label Fruit Jar Quart$9.99 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 3 watchers
Topless Vintage 1940s Hawaiian Hula Girl Crate Label$9.95 Ends in 19 hours 1 bid 3 watchers
Bubbly Ground Lip Fruit Jar W/ Queen Olive Label $9.95 Ends Monday 1 bid 9 watchers
Five Vintage Fruit & Vegetable Cans W/ Early Labels$9.00 Ends in 15 hours 1 bid 2 watchers
Santa Paula Christmas Orange Crate Label Art Print$7.99 Ends in 10 hours 1 bid 2 watchers
5 Marshall Veg Crate Labels California Western Cowboy$6.99 Ends in 18 hours 1 bid 1 watcher
5 Gay Cock Brand Vegetable Crate Labels Rooster$5.99 Ends in 18 hours 1 bid 2 watchers
5 Head Man Brand Vegetable Crate Labels Rooster$5.99 Ends in 18 hours 1 bid 1 watcher
10 Thorobreds Brand Grape Crate Labels Dog$4.50 Ends in 18 hours 1 bid
Sierra Vista, 1920's Porterville Orange Crate Label$4.34 Ends in 9 hours 4 bids 1 watcher
15 Swallow Brand Grape Crate Labels Bird$3.99 Ends in 18 hours 1 bid
Madras Vintage Irvine Orange Crate Label, Labels$3.84 Ends in 9 hours 5 bids 3 watchers
Loch Lomond Vintage Orange Crate Label, Scottish$3.77 Ends in 9 hours 2 bids 2 watchers
Vandalia Vintage Porterville, Ca Orange Crate Label$3.77 Ends in 9 hours 2 bids 2 watchers
Peacock Vintage Sacramento Ca Pear Crate Label, Bird O$3.54 Ends in 9 hours 2 bids 4 watchers
Winged Wheel Vintage Apple Crate Label$3.54 Ends in 9 hours 3 bids 2 watchers
Moon Brand-greenspot Citrus-crate Label-old-never Used$3.50 Ends Wednesday 1 bid 2 watchers
Spring Time Magic Vintage Asparagus Label Brownies$3.50 Ends in 9 hours 5 bids 1 watcher
Lemonade Vintage Ivanhoe Lemon Crate Label, Red Ball$3.39 Ends in 9 hours 3 bids 1 watcher
Polly Vintage Tomato Can Label With Parrot, Older$3.33 Ends in 9 hours 3 bids 2 watchers
Polly Vintage Donna Texas Tomato Can Label$3.33 Ends in 9 hours 3 bids 3 watchers

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