Citrus labels and packaging (Collection)
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California State University, Fullerton. University Archives and Special Collections
2018
800 N. State College Blvd.
Pollak Library South, Room 352
Fullerton, California 92834-4150
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Title: Citrus labels and packaging (Collection)
Dates: 1895 - 1960
Collection Number: LH-CA-28
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 6 boxes, 2 folders (Oversize items)
Online items available
Repository:
California State University, Fullerton. University Archives and Special Collections
Fullerton, California 92834-4150
Abstract: 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.
Language of Material: English
The collection is open for research.
Citrus labels and packaging (Collection). California State University, Fullerton. University Archives and Special Collections
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
Merchandising
Citrus fruits--Marketing
Citrus crate labels
Orange County (Calif.) -- History.
Citrus fruit industry -- Orange County (Calif.)