Description
Comprises thousands of crate, can, and bottle
labels, the bulk of which were designed and created between the 1920s and 1940s by
San Francisco and Los Angeles lithography companies. The core of the collection
consists of labels and stock label catalogs designed by Lehmann Printing and
Lithography Company in San Francisco for a wide variety of food, beverage, and
household products grown, manufactured, canned, or packed in California and
throughout the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Other major California
lithographers represented in the collection include Schmidt Litho. Co. (San
Francisco) and Western Litho. Co. (Los Angeles).
Extent
5 boxes, 3 oversize boxes
(5.6 linear feet)
Restrictions
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials
must be submitted in writing to the Director of Library and Archives, North Baker
Research Library, California Historical Society, 678 Mission Street, San Francisco,
CA 94105. Consent is given on behalf of the California Historical Society as the
owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from
the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Availability
CHS is not taking appointments for research at this time. Please check the Library's website updates: https://californiahistoricalsociety.org/collections/north-baker-research-library/