Stock No. 917 Apple Crate Label

This an unused stock apple label, there is no shipper, grower or brand name.  To have a custom label printed you would contact the lithograph company, come up with a design and usually have a large number of labels printed.  If you were a small grower, or just had a small amount of certain type of fruit, lithograph companies had a variety stock labels on hand and could make a quick printing run with black ink putting on the brand, etc.  Cluster of apples. 8.75 x 10.25 inches in size. Printed in the 1950s. Condition: a couple handling marks, nice. An original fruit crate label, not a copy, not a computer printed art print.  A vintage label intended to be pasted on a crate, but never used.  Old stock from a warehouse find.