CanvasGUIDE TO RESOURCES REGARDING PRODUCE CRATE LABELS
Sample Articles:
Evans, Arlene. “A CRATEFUL OF AMERICAN FOLK ART.” Antiques & Collecting Magazine 106.12 (2002): 35. MasterFILE Premier. EBSCO. Web. 1 Mar. 2010.
Abstract:Presents the history of fruit crate labels in the United States which is a symbol of folk art in the country.
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&AN=5930361&site=ehost-live
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INTERNET RESOURCES
California Historical Society’s Big Orange Online: three periods of label design
http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/exhibits/big_orange2/three_periods.html
Online Archive of California: includes labels from various library collections
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/search?query=crate+label&group=Items
395 Vintage Orange Crate Labels, 1900 – 1945:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/123585/395-Vintage-Orange-Crate-Labels-19001945–
Citrus Label Society: http://citruslabelsociety.com/index.html
All About Apples: http://www.allaboutapples.com/art.htm
Box of Apples: An online museum (and gift shop) of fruit crate labels from the early 1900s to 1950s.
http://www.boxofapples.com/about.htm
COMMERCIAL SITES
Antique Label Company: http://www.antiquelabelcompany.com/
Crate Art: http://crateart.com
Crate Lables Online: http://www.cratelabelsonline.com/
Fruit Crate Art: http://www.fruitcrateart.com/201.html
Label Scout: http://www.labelscout.com/
Labelman.com: “Fruit Crate Labels, Vintage Advertisements, & More”
http://www.thelabelman.com/index.php?osCsid=5895a211f27d537461ec125fb2a0f03c
The History of Fruit Crate Labels and Can Labels: http://www.thelabelman.com/history_label.php
PaperStuff.com: Origonal Fruit Crate Labels 1880-1970
http://www.paperstuff.com/?main=Catalog&category_uid=67
Vintage Fruit Labels “All about Vintage Fruit Label history, information and gifts”
http://lindaboyd.typepad.com/vintage_fruit_labels/
COMPANY WEBSITES
Sunkist Crate Label Gallery: http://www.sunkist.com/about/cratelabels.aspx
Cal Citrus Packing: http://www.calcitruspacking.com/labels.html
If you have trouble finding the resources for your research, please don’t hesitate to come see a librarian in the library who is there to assist you in identifying and finding the resources you need or feel free to email Josh Boatright, jboatright@peralta.edu , if you wish assistance via email.
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