Apple Crate Label
name: label: referenced business
content: J. D. Hamilton Fruit Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Labels are an important marketing device. They often go beyond merely identifying contents and are designed to help establish brand distinction and generate customer loyalty for a largely interchangeable product.
label: Description (Brief)
content: This Hamilton's brand apple crate label was used by the J. D. Hamilton Fruit Company of Wenatchee, Washington during the early 20th century. The lithographed label has a blue background, with a blue and purple plaid border. The apples came from the Wenatchee Valley region of Washington, an area that claimed to be the “Apple Capital of the World.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Washington, Wenatchee
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content: Work and Industry: Agriculture
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content: Food
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content: Crate Labels
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content: Agriculture
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: L.E. Leininger
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0441.093
label: accession number
content: 1979.0441
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0441.093
objectType: label: Object Name
content: crate label
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (crate label material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (substrate material)
label: Measurements
content: crate label: 8 3/4 in x 10 1/4 in; 22.225 cm x 26.035 cm