Citrus labels and packaging (Collection)
Scope and Contents
The strength of this collection is found in the variety of marketing materials related to the citrus industry. Most notably are three document boxes of fruit crate labels spanning geographically across Southern California, Northern California, and Mexico. This collection also includes fruit wrappers, fruit bags, and Sunkist promotional signage. The entirety of this collection provides insight into how the citrus industry presented their product throughout the early Twentieth Century. The art work on crate labels, for example, highlights that the promotion of citrus fruit was often presented as an exotic commodity of a romanticized California.
Dates
- 1895 - 1960
Extent
6 boxes
2 folders (Oversize items. )
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Aisle 12B--Shelf 8
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Administrative files show that many of the labels were purchased from a dealer. See file.
- Title
- Citrus labels and packaging
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Nick Seider
- Date
- 2018 April 25
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the CSUF University Archives & Special Collections Repository
University Archives & Special Collections
Pollak Library South Room 352 (PLS 352)
Fullerton CA 92831-3599 USA
(657) 278-4751
uasc@fullerton.libanswers.com