An extremely rare label, such as the patriotic theme from Riverside Navel Orange Co., which appears on the cover of McClelland’s book on orange-crate labels, could sell for as much as $5,000 ...

Colorful orange crate labels are just about all that is left to remind us that once Tustin was the center of a thriving orange packing industry. When early Orange growers, such as Dr. William ...

WINTER GARDEN – Like postcards from the past, old citrus crate labels tell the story of Central Florida.When orange-growing was king, the colorful artwork helped distinguish each brand of fruit ...

For decades, Orange County lived up to its name as a major producer of citrus, despite significant ups and downs, until the killer freezes of the 1980s. On cool winter nights during our citrus heyd… ...

`Orange Crate Art,” a recent exhibition in Boston of 600 labels from 1900 to the 1930s that decorated the ends of wood crates filled with oranges, apples and yams, revealed a period when adve… ...

The exhibit opens Sunday with a $20-per-person reception and runs through May 25 at the Main Street museum in downtown Ventura. The museum is receiving 80 California produce crate labels as part ...

“Orange crate labels started about 1885,” Rogers said. “That’s when growers switched from (selling only to) local markets and needed crates for shipping produce via railroads.

A century ago the California orange was more than a piece of fruit. It symbolized the sunny life of the Golden State, a glowing orb promising health and symbolizing the optimism and prosperity ...