Vintage Fruit & Vegetable
Crate
& Can Label
Artwork
Beautiful, funny and sometimes racy, fruit and
vegetable labels
were created to catch the eye of consumers on cans and labels for
produce crates.
Early in the 1900's growers and merchants used
beautiful artwork to entice people to buy their fruits and
vegetables. Artist created sun drenched landscapes and romantic
scenes to make their produce stand out.
The artwork on these labels can
now be appreciated for their unique beauty and have become popular
retro kitchen decor.
These
designs are all based on restored artwork from original crate
labels
They have been updated and reproduced for modern kitchens
Visit
our
store to see them all!
Primrose Flowers Sugar Corn Vintage Vegetable Label Art.
Beautifully
restored from vintage crate label art with bright pink, red and white
flowers
on a blue and pink background.
Embarcadero pears retro fruit label art. A vintage crate label
for
yellow pears from Santa Clara Valley with a beautiful scenic landscape
of seagulls and a village overlooking the water.
Antique art lovingly restored with brighter colors.
Two of the most popular citrus labels for kitchens are Silver Moon and
Morning Sun. We've put them together to create one piece of
art.
These beautiful, scenic labels were created for Sunkist lemons.
An entire vintage collection of 6 labels on one piece of art. Piggy
Pears, 'Mornin Judge rooster, bucking pig, the famous Buffalo label,
Venice Cove rooster and the Leader horse. Each are reproduced from
authentic vintage
labels arranged on a dark blue background.
Retro
Flower Crate Label Art Compilation
A collection on one piece of
art! This unique design combines 5 retro favorites; sunflower,
pansy, calla lily, corona lily and red rose apples. Each
are reproduced from authentic vintage crate labels arranged on a black
background.
Just Artichoke Art. For the vegetable purist. A single, giant green
glowing artichoke. This image came from a crate label with a
stone litho print. We did a little work on it to bring out the
texture and make it glow. Not everyone will get this art, but
it's a cult favorite with us!
Artichokes are a California favorite. This unique design is based
on a
vintage vegetable crate label from the
1940's. Artichokes are grown in the coastal town of Castroville,
but the
cities of Los Encinos and Santa Brigita, California are
fictional. Steam one
today!
Bright red strawberries tumble over a scenic California country
landscape in this retro art. All elements of this unique design
are from
authentic fruit crate labels produced in the 1940s.
Depicting Triton, the
Sea God sitting on a cliff overlooking the
Pacific
Ocean. Vintage artwork for Washington pears from Yakima and Wenatchee,
Oroville, Chelan Falls.
Juicy and ripe, this Valley Red Hot Tomatoes logo is based on an
authentic stock crate label. It shows the
fertile farmlands of central
California. Updated and hand picked for ripeness by MomsRetro.com.
A unique twist on a vintage theme. The tomatoes are from a real vintage
crate label. The rest is
new, original artwork.
I came up with this for my gardening website because I am a
self confessed tomato snob. Everyone has bumper stickers telling
you to ask about their kids, but how many of us would rather you ask
about our gardens?
Excel-o-rator Coffee Excel with Excelorator Coffee!
Quality and satisfaction every time. Yes, isn't coffee supposes
to help you excel? I thought it made this new label a fun twist
on a old theme.
This unique retro Halloween art was made to
look like a vintage crate label. A magical black cat flies across
a moonlit sky.
A Few Fun
Fruit and Vegetable
Label Links
Download a free retro cowboy crate
label bookmark on our Cool Links page...
Visit the California
Strawberry Commission
for strawberry recipes, growing info, health benefits - and find out
about the Strawberry Festival!
Try our recipe for chocolate dipped strawberries on the Chocolate Cooking
Tips Page What is an artichoke and how
do I cook it? Artichokes are fabulous vegetables. Visit The
California Artichoke Advisory Board in Castroville, California for
recipes,
news, festival info and more!
Vintage
Fruit & Vegetable Crate and Can Labels
Now Appreciated As Artwork
Beautiful, funny and sometimes racy, fruit and vegetable labels were
created to catch the eye of American consumers in the produce
department. Beginning in the late 1800's farmers and merchants
used artwork of colorful fruits and exotic vegetables to entice
customers.
Before becoming available as framed art, some cooks took their
favorite labels off cans or crates themselves to frame and hung them up
in kitchens and
restaurants. Today fruit and vegetable labels are collected for
their beauty and are
exhibited at museums and kitchens around the Untied States.
Some early can labels had gold foil and used expensive embossed
papers. Larger food labels, known as crate labels were glued to
the
ends of produce crates as they were shipped out of the fields to
market. Artist created sun drenched landscapes and used bright
colors to make their produce stand out.
Drawing on the romance of
the Old West, some brands had names like Bronco, Western Queen
and Majestic. Gods and royalty are represented in stone
lithographs against dramatic landscapes. On one label, Triton the
sea god sits on a cliff overlooking the ocean in Washington
state. In others, glowing oranges are set against romantic
sunsets and bright red strawberries tumble over a serene California
farmland. Giant artichokes floating over choppy seas and tomato
ranches grace other labels.
Today, crate label artwork is still found in modern kitchens - except
it
is kept on the wall. This early form of advertising art is
perfect for the kitchen and adds a retro touch of home to
offices. And it just might help us to remember to eat our apple a
day.
