Title:
Crate label for Hewes' Transcontinental Brand, El Modena, California, ca. 1930
Subject:
Fruit crate labels
Citrus fruit industry--El Modena (Calif.)
Hewes' Transcontinental Brand--El Modena (Calif.)
Description:
Crate label for Hewes' Transcontinental Brand, El Modena, California, ca. 1930. Label illustration shows train engine pulling
boxcars along coastal landscape. Text on label reads "HEWES' TRANSCONTINENTAL / BRAND" across the top and "GROWN & PACKED
BY / DAVID HEWES REALTY CORPORATION / EL MODENA, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A." in lower left corner. Boxcars are labelled
"PACIFIC / FRUIT EXPRESS" "VENTILATED / REFRIGERATION." A Sunkist logo with a lemon in a Sunkist wrapper is in the lower
right corner. David Hewes (1822-1915) was a capitalist, philanthropist and land developer, and had a special interest in
trains, having helped drive the golden spike that completed the Central Pacific Railroad. His Hewes packing house was in
operation from 1903 until 1939.
Lithograph
color
22.4 x 31.8 cm.
Publisher:
Orange Public Library
Date:
ca. 1930
Type:
Image
Identifier:
CL028
10512359
Language:
eng
Relation:
Orange Public Library Local History Collection
Citrus Label Collection
Historic Orange Online
Rights:
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