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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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3 Old Australian Tasmanian Apple Box Labels Yumaralla$12.33 Ends Saturday 3 bids 1 watcher
7 Old Tasmanian Apple & Pear Box Labels Red Sails Yacht$12.33 Ends Saturday 3 bids 1 watcher
4 Old Australian Tasmanian Apple Box Labels Rosemont E.$11.42 Ends Saturday 3 bids 2 watchers
10 Conestoga Vegetable Crate Labels, Wholesale$10.50 Ends Sunday 4 bids 2 watchers
10 Kreme De Koke Vegetable Crate Labels$10.50 Ends Sunday 4 bids 2 watchers
206 (6 Dif) Grape Crate Labels California Airplanes P40$10.45 Ends Saturday 2 bids 3 watchers
Navajo Brand Orange Crate Label~framed~$9.99 Ends Sunday 1 bid 1 watcher
Fillmore Oriole Bird Orange Citrus Crate Label Art Prnt$7.99 Ends in 14 hours 1 bid 2 watchers
25 Mr. Grass Asparagus Crate Labels, Wholesale, Op$7.79 Ends Sunday 3 bids 3 watchers
15 Chazy Orchards Apple Crate Labels, Wholesale$6.79 Ends Sunday 3 bids 1 watcher
15 Summit Pear Crate Labels, Wholesale, Colfax Ca$6.00 Ends Sunday 2 bids 2 watchers
3 Old Tasmanian Apple & Pear Box Labels Peacock$5.94 Ends Saturday 3 bids 2 watchers
25 Vintage Big City Pear Crate Labels, Suisun$5.50 Ends Sunday 2 bids 2 watchers
2 Vintage Orange Crate Labels, East Highlands Ca.$4.99 Ends in 21 hours 1 bid 2 watchers
Daniel Brand Tomato Crate Label Gary Texas$4.99 Ends Sunday 1 bid 1 watcher
50 Nishikawa Pepper Crate Labels, Wholesale$4.99 Ends Sunday 1 bid 3 watchers
15 Hy-land-kids Pear Crate Labels, Wholesale$4.99 Ends Sunday 1 bid 1 watcher
10 Verigood Vegetable Crate Labels, Wholesale$4.99 Ends Sunday 1 bid 1 watcher
25 High Hand Pear Crate Labels, Wholesale, Loomis$4.99 Ends Sunday 1 bid 2 watchers
Mountain Goat Vintage Lake Chelan Apple Crate Label$4.02 Ends Sunday 5 bids 1 watcher
Orbit Vintage Exeter Orange Crate Label$3.02 Ends Sunday 3 bids 1 watcher
1949 Huff Puff Cat Food Label Reedville, Va. $2.99 Ends in 15 hours 1 bid 2 watchers
Parade Vintage Saticoy, Ventura Lemon Crate Label$2.84 Ends Sunday 2 bids 1 watcher
Holiday, Vintage Cranberry Crate Label, (1/2)$2.77 Ends Sunday 2 bids 2 watchers
Loch Lomond Vintage Orange Crate Label, Scottish$2.75 Ends Sunday 3 bids 1 watcher
Lochinvar Vintage East Highlands Orange Crate Label$2.50 Ends Sunday 2 bids 2 watchers
Yokohl Vintage Exter Orange Crate Label, Indian$2.50 Ends Sunday 2 bids 1 watcher
Polly Vintage Tomato Can Label With Parrot, Older$2.48 Ends Sunday 2 bids 2 watchers
Polly Vintage Donna Texas Tomato Can Label$2.48 Ends Sunday 2 bids 3 watchers
Morjon Vintage Connell Bros Apple Crate Label$2.45 Ends Sunday 2 bids 1 watcher
Owl Vintage Watsonville Apple Crate Label Bird$2.25 Ends Sunday 2 bids 3 watchers
Vintage Fruit Box Crate Label Yakima Chief Apples$2.00 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 1 watcher
5 Vintage 1940's+ Dog Cat Pet Food Can Labels$2.00 Ends in 12 hours 2 bids

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