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#ZLC097 - King's Cadets California Asparagus Crate Label
Vintage 10 1/2" wide King's Cadets California Green Asparagus crate label. This is a great price on these. Really detailed image of marching cadets with lots of gilding. Circa 1940s. Looks great framed. We got these from a long time dealer who put them away many years ago and is retiring. Unused stock from King Growers in Clarksburg, CA. Printers mark is Crocker-Union.
$2.00


#ZLC224 - Diamond S Brand Bartlett Pear Crate Label
Vintage 11" wide circa 1940s Diamond S brand Bartlett Pear label. Very nice image of horses. These came from the E. M. Simpson grower in Hood, California. Not real common. Great unused condition.
$3.00


#ZLC235 - Skookum Apple Crate Label - Green Version
Vintage 10 1/2" wide circa 1940s Skookum apple crate label. It has the neat Indian image with an inset image of a guy fishing on Lake Chelan. These are from the Northwestern Fruit Exchange in Wenatchee, Washington. Click on the image to see a more detailed picture of it. Very nice unused condition. They have a 1916 copyright date on them, but this version is from the 1940s.
$2.00


#ZLCA127 - Uncommon SHO-AM-SWEET Yams Can Label
Vintage colorful 7" wide SHO-AM-SWEET Yams can label from the early 1940s. They are brightly colored and picture a black chef holding a plate of steaming yams. These are unused stock from the Gamble Robinson and Pacific Fruit and Produce Co. in Los Angeles, CA. This was a recent find and a very scarce label. I don't think anyone else out there has any of these. They are in excellent unused condition.
$1.00


#CC029 - Coca Cola Bottle Redemption Card
Circa 1940 Coca Cola redemption card. 2 3/4" wide. Very thick cardboard. Both sides pictured. Vintage unused old stock from a Coke plant down South.
$2.00


#ZLC008 - Mopac Pears Crate Label
10 1/2" wide colorful vintage crate label from the 1940s. Unused old factory stock from the Modoc Orchard Co. in Medford, OR. Excellent condition.
$2.50


#DC064 - Baker & Son Dairy Cap
Rare and beatiful Baker & Son Dairy Imitation Orange Drink cap. 1 5/8" diameter with a beautiful picture of a Dutch windmill. Phone number on it is 1-F-31. Circa 1940s. From Atlanta, MI. This is a beauty. A real collector cap. This is the tail end of the large stash of milk caps we bought from a collector last year. They don't come around like this very often
$0.35


#ZLCA123 - Patsy Smoked Sardines Label
4" tall vintage circa 1940 labels that were found at the Sunset Packing Company warehouse in West Pembroke, ME. Bright colors, gilding, and nice details. This one has a great image of a dog in a basket. They retail for around $2 each.
$0.35


#ZLCA124 - Ski Salmon Label with Pretty Girl Skiing Down Mountain
9 3/4" wide vintage WWII era 1940s label. They say "Ski Salmon" and picture a pretty girl skiing with old time skis and a salmon. They were found at the McGovern & McGovern warhouse in Seattle, WA and are uncommon. These would be fantastic framed. Click on the image to see a larger more detailed picture.
$1.00


#ZLC051 - Beau Geste Vegetable Crate Label
Vintage beautiful 9" tall unused vegetable crate label from the Los Angeles, CA area. Fruit and vegetable growers and exporters commissioned famous artist to make beautiful labels to try and make their product stand out. Many of the labels reflect events, people and areas that were popular during this time. This label was inspired by the movie of the same name starring Gary Cooper. It was Paramounts first Technicolor film. Circa 1940s.
$1.50


#ZLC032 - Ruby Porto Rican Sweet Potatoes Crate Label
9" wide vintage crate label with picture of a black lady carrying a box of sweet potatoes. This is an uncommon label. Circa 1940s. Unused old factory stock from Church Point, LA. They have some very tiny edge bites which can be trimmed, but you have to look really close to see them. Don't have very many of them.
$3.50


#ZLC056 - Statue California Bartletts Label
Vintage 11" wide label from the Suisun Valley Fruit Growers Association in Suisun, CA. Very colorful label with a great patriotic image of the statue of liberty. Marked copyright 1927 on the label. However, they were used into the 1940s. Unused old stock in great condition.
$2.00


#ZLC221 - Hearts Delite Florida Citrus Crate Label
9" wide vintage Hearts Delite Florida Citrus crate label from the Marion County Citrus Co. in Weirsdale, FL. Says "Hearts Delite". There are from around the 1940s and are great art work. Unlike today, the whole point of the pictures on crate labels was to get your attention. They didn't care if the subject matter was related to the product. It was just about making you look. This is another good example. Wonderful picture of a vintage couple kissing behind a heart. Excellent unused condition.
$2.00


#ZLC093 - Champ Louisiana Sweet Potatoes Crate Label
Vintage 9" wide Champ Louisiana Sweet Potatoes/Yam crate label. Really neat image of a football player with a 1940s style helmet. Circa 1940s. Unused stock from the the Dupuis Produce Company in Breaux Bridge, LA. Got these from a kindred spirit who also loves looking for old store stock. I got him hooked on this stuff 20 years ago and he has been looking for it ever since. This is one of several outstanding labels he has been able to procure.
$2.50


#ZLS072 - Large Lasko Brewed Birch Beer Label
Large vintage 5 1/8" diameter Lasko Brewed Birch Beer label. Unusual large size with a great horse race scene. This variation is scarce and great for framing. Circa 1940s. Unused stock from the John Lasko & Son plant that was in Boundbrook, NJ.
$0.50


#BEADSC0244 - Copper Plated Windmill Charm with Moving Blades and Charm Loop
Vintage 7/8" tall copper coated steel windmill charm. The blades swivel. These are old store stock from the late 1940s in unused condition. Steel charms with copper plating were mostly made right after WWII when the price of these metals was very cheap. The price escalated rapidly between 1946 and 1950 and almost all of the charm makers went over to plastic. These are U.S. made.
$0.50


#ZLC402 - Brownies Brand Orange Crate Label - Palmer Cox Brownies
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. Vintage 11" wide Brownies Brand orange crate label from the 1940s. Wonderful image of Palmer Cox Brownies harvesting orange juice. They came from the "W. & Marks" company in "Lemon Cove Tulare County California". We acquired these from a long time label dealer on the west coast that we bought out. Excellent unused condition. Palmer Cox was a famous author and illustrator who is best known for the "Brownie" creatures he created. 
$4.00


#ZLCA*001 - Foot High Melons Crate Label
Vintage 10" wide melon label. Unused old stock from the F. H Hogue packing company in Yuma, Arizona. Circa 1940s. measuring approximately 4 1/4 x 9 5/8 inches. Printed in the 1940's-50's by Stecher-Traung in San Francisco. The artwork for this label was done by the famous pinup artist Earl Moran. These are getting harder to find and they are going for some pretty high prices at auctions.
$2.00


#CH326-10 - Rochester in "What's Buzzin' Cousin?" Movie Poster Broadside
Vintage 13" tall paper movie poster/broadside from the 1943 movie "What's Buzzin' Cousin?".  "Rochester" was well known as the Butler on the Jack Benny Radio Show where he became the first African American to have a regular role on a Nationwide radio program. Ann Miller got top billing in this movie, but Rochester was the big draw. It says "Rochester's Clowning is good for the funny bone", and he is wearing a butler outfit in the picture. Please click the picture to see a more detailed image. Back in the day, when a new movie was going to play at the local theatre, there would be a guy who would run around town tacking these things on bulletin boards, telephone poles, fence posts, or anyplace else where they might be seen. Because most were outdoors, few have survived. Some will have small edge tears or roughness, but this is true of all paper movie broadsides, and they can easily be trimmed for framing. Although, a few small imperfections kind of adds to the look with these. Colors vary. We got them from the estate of famous dealer and friend Bob Secrist. He found them in the storage area of an old theatre up in Northeast Ohio.
$2.50


#ZLC043 - Scarce Green Head Asparagus Crate Label
This an uncommon label. They are rarely offered. I got a small stack in a collection that I recently bought out. Vintage 10 1/2" wide label picturing a mallard duck. Unused stock circa 1940s.
$3.50


#ZLC104 - Carefree Orange Crate Label - Covergirl
Vintage 10 3/4" wide Carefree Brand orange crate label from the Redlands Orangedale Association in Redlands, CA. Circa 1940s. This pinup covergirl image was meant to attract attention and it probably did. We got these from a long time dealer who put them away many years ago and is retiring.
$3.50


#ZLC149 - Blue Goose Pear Crate Label
Vintage 10 1/2" wide Blue Goose Pear crate label. The Blue Goose image has always been a good seller. Circa 1940s. We got these from a long time dealer who put them away many years ago and is retiring. Unused old stock from the Blue Goose Growers in Lodi, CA. Printers mark is Western Litho. We got a really good deal on this group and so are passing it on!
$1.00


#ZLC220 - Angus Bull Brand Sweet Potato Crate Label
9" wide vintage Angus Bull brand crate label from the Wimberley Co. in Church Point, LA. Says "Angus Bull Louisiana Sweet Potatoes". There are from around the 1940s and are great art work. Unlike today, the whole point of the pictures on crate labels was to get your attention. They didn't care if the subject matter was related to the product. It was just about making you look. This is a good example of a crazy one. It pictures an Angus Bull with a giant sweet potato! Excellent unused condition.
$2.00


#ZLC412 - Group of 6 Different Pretty Girls and Pinup Vegetable Crate Labels
Click the picture to see a larger more detailed image. The average label size is around 9" tall x 7" wide. Vintage 1940s crate labels picturing pretty girls and pinups. Most, if not all of these, are WWII vintage. These are beautiful and colorful labels. This group includes Plenti Grand, On Rush, Bonnie Babe, Mity Nice, Kreme de Koke, and Irish Beauty. We acquired these from a long time label dealer on the west coast that we bought out. They are in excellent unused condition.
$10.00
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