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Jay T. Last Collection of Food: California Citrus Box Labels: Finding Aid

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The California Citrus Box Labels, a subset within the Jay T. Last Collection of Food, contains more than 1000 lithographed labels that relate to the California citrus industry in the United States from 1880 to 1960, with the bulk of the collection dating from 1910 through 1930. The collection consists largely of lithographed labels produced for Southern Californian companies to identify brand names and packing locations on wooden crates of oranges, lemons and grapefruits.

The majority of labels are printed by Los Angeles and San Francisco lithographers for growers, packers and distributors in Southern California. Labels from the Western Lithograph Company and the Schmidt Lithograph Company account for over half of the labels in this collection. In addition, there are three examples, CIT_001013, CIT_001014, and CIT_001015, of original paintings from which lithographic label designs were created.

The collection touches on topics of commerce, manufacturing, travel, and tourism, as well as the promotion of the western United States. The images are primarily promotional in nature and provide information about the history of the American food industry, the citrus industry in particular, and the evolution of their advertising strategies in the late 19th and first half of the 20th centuries. As graphic materials, the labels offer evidence of the development of printmaking techniques and trends, and of the artists, lithographers, printers, and publishers involved in the creation of these labels. Many of the labels depict orange groves, scenic views or flowers, though the collection also includes a wide variety of imagery beyond these themes. Additional imagery includes animals, modes of transport, and portraits of famous or fictional people.

Type
Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date
1880-1960
Call number
ephJLC_CIT
Creator
Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Associated people
Datz, Albert.
Albers, C. H.
Bowen, J. Frank.
Chapman, A. B.
Chapman, Charles C.
Corwin, W. S.
Cunningham, J. R.
Darby, Fred J.
DeMarcellus, H.
Eddy, R. A.
Edwards, F. H.
Forbes, J. B.
Frost, George T.
Garney, A. R.
Ghianda, A.
Ginn, M. E.
Grande, J. H.
Gregory, A.
Heath, H. G.
Hewes, D.
Hickson, J. L. R.
Hill, Fred A.
Holderness, C. A.
Jameson, W. H.
Kennedy, C. E.
Kincell, F. J.
Latimer, Charles.
McIndoo, J. J.
Merwin, W. C.
Oatman, E. J.
Paine, Charles Treat.
Pogue, J. E.
Miller, Sam.
Shepherd, C. J.
Stearns, A. G.
Stephenson, William P.
Verrill, E. H.
Waldren, L. A.
Wheeler, G. Hadley.
Baker, Earl
Associated organizations
American Lithographic Co.
August Gast & Co.
Boston Bank Note Co.
Britton & Rey.
Calvert Lithographing Co. (Detroit, Mich.)
Carton Label Corp.
Crocker-Union (Firm)
Denver Lith. Co.
Dickman-Jones Co.
Galloway Litho. Co.
Geo. Rice & Sons.
Gilbert-Jones-Rugg Co.
Gray Lith. Co.
Gugler Lithographic Company.
H.S. Crocker & Co.
L.A. Miller Label Co.
Lehmann Printing and Lithographing Co.
Los Angeles Lithographic Co.
Louis Roesch Co.
Miller Litho. Co. (San Francisco, Calif.)
Mutual Label & Lith. Co.
Neuner (Firm)
Olsen Litho Co.
Packers' Supply Co.
Pingree Traung Co.
Ridgway Litho Co.
Schmidt Label & Litho. Co.
Schmidt Litho. Co.
Schwabacher-Frey Company.
Stecher Litho. Co.
Stecher-Traung.
Traung Label Co.
United States Printing and Lithograph Co.
Union Litho. Co. (Calif.)
Western Litho. Co. (-1907)
Western Litho. Co. (1908-)
Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co.
A. Duffill Association.
A. Keen & Son.
A. Levy & J. Zentner Company.
A.C.G. Fruit Exchange.
A.C.G. Lemon Association.
A.L. Dowler Realty Co.
Alhambra Orange Growers' Association.
Alta Loma Heights Citrus Association.
Altland Fruit Company.
American Fruit Distributors.
American Fruit Growers, Inc.
Anaheim Citrus Fruit Association.
Anaheim Citrus Fruit Growers Association.
Anaheim Co-Operative Orange Association.
Anaheim Community Growers.
Anaheim Orange & Lemon Association.
Anaheim Valencia Growers Association.
Andrews Brothers of California.
Angeles Brokerage Company.
Arlington Heights Fruit Company.
Avalon Grove.
Azusa, Covina, Glendora Fruit Exchange.
Azusa Orange Company.
Azusa Valley Lemon Curing Company.
Baker Brothers.
Ball & Tweedy.
Barney, B. B.
Bell & Company.
Benchley Fruit Company.
Bloomington Fruit Association.
Bonnie Brae Packing House Company.
Borden Fruit Company.
Boydston Brothers Citrus Fruits.
Bradford Brothers Inc.
Briggs Lemon Association.
Briggs, Spence Company.
Brockton Square Fruit Company.
Bryn Mawr Fruit Growers Association.
Bryn Mawr Mutual Orange Association.
Burr Brothers.
Butte County Citrus Association.
Cahuenga Valley Citrus Association.
California Citrus Cash Co-Operative.
California Citrus Lands and Packing Company.
California Citrus Union.
California Fruit Distributors.
California Fruit Growers Exchange.
California Keystone Citrus Company.
California Market.
California Mutual Packing Company.
Call Fruit Company.
Camilla Ranch Company.
Camarillo Citrus Association.
Canoga Citrus Association.
Central California Citrus Exchange.
Central Fruit Company.
Central Lemon Association.
Charles C. Chapman Orange Company.
Charter Oak.
Chula Vista Citrus Association.
Chula Vista Fruit Association.
Chula Vista Mutual Lemon Association.
Claremont Citrus Association.
Claremont Citrus Union.
Coachella Valley Packing Company.
College Heights Orange & Lemon Association.
College Heights Orange Association.
Collins Fruit Company.
Columbia Orange Co.
Colton Fruit Exchange.
Colton Orange Growers Association.
Commercial Citrus Association.
Connell Brothers Company Ltd.
Consolidated Orange Growers.
Corona Citrus Association.
Covina Citrus Association.
Crafton Mutual Orchards.
Crafton Orange Growers Association.
Crafton, Mentone Heights Orange Association.
Cucamonga Citrus Fruit Growers Association.
Dalton, Platt & Patterson Co.
Damerel-Allison Co.
David Hewes Orange and Lemon Association.
David Hewes Realty Corporation.
Desert Grapefruit Co.
Drew Fruit Association.
Duarte Company.
Duarte Foothill Oranges.
Duarte Orchards.
Duarte-Monrovia Fruit Exchange.
Duquesne Fruit Co.
Duthie and Company.
E. Steiner Grower and Shipper.
E.J. Miley & Co.
E.L. Hasler Company.
Eadington Fruit Company.
Earl Fruit Company.
East Highlands Citrus Association.
East Highlands Fruit Association.
East Whittier Citrus Association.
Edison Citrus Association.
Edison Orange Growers Association.
Edmund Peycke Company.
El Cajon Citrus Fruit Growers Association.
El Cajon Raisin Co.
El Cajon Valley Citrus Association.
El Camino Citrus Association.
El Ranchito Citrus Association.
El-Bar-Dor Citrus, Inc.
Elderwood Citrus Association.
Elderwood Packing House Company.
Elephant Orchards.
Ely-Gillmore Fruit Co.
Escondido Citrus Union Inc.
Escondido Lemon Association.
Escondido Orange Association.
Estate of Colonel Frank M. Chapman.
Etiwanda Citrus Fruit Association.
Euclid Avenue Orange Association.
Evans Bros. Packing Company.
Exeter Citrus Association.
Exeter Orange Growers Association.
Exeter Select Groves.
F.H. Speich & Co.
F. Schwan & Son.
Fairoaks Fruit Company.
Fairview Citrus Association.
Fancy California Lemons.
Fancy California Oranges.
Farm Bureau Fruit Association.
Fay Fruit Company.
Fillmore Citrus Fruit Association.
Fillmore Lemon Association.
Flagler Fruit & Packing Company.
Fontana Citrus Association.
Foothill Citrus Union.
Foothill-Riverside Orange County Producing Sections.
Forbes Farms, Estate of Dr. Harry W. Forbes.
Frances Citrus Association.
Fullerton Mutual Orange Association.
G.A. Hanson Fruit Company.
G.R. Hand & Company.
Garden Grove Citrus Association.
Garden Grove Orange Cooperative, Inc.
Gavilan Citrus Association.
Geo. C. Power Lemon Ranch.
Getz Brothers & Co.
Gilbert-Thomas Co.
Glen Rosa Orchards.
Glendora Lemon Growers Association.
Globe Citrus Company.
Gold Banner Association.
Gold Buckle Association.
Golden Orange Groves Inc.
Golden West Citrus Association.
Gore Packing Co.
Grand View Heights Citrus Association.
Greenspot Citrus Association.
H. Jevne Co.
H.K. Pratt & Sons.
Haas Brothers, Inc.
Haley & Lang Company.
Hamilton & Merryman.
Hanson & Seares.
Harding & Leggett.
Harper Fruit Company.
Hawarden Citrus Association.
Hazeltine Packing Company.
Hemet Orange Growers Association.
Henry Fuller & Son.
Hermosa Vista Rancho.
Highgrove.
Highgrove Fruit Association.
Highgrove Fruit Exchange.
Highgrove Orange Growers Association.
Highland Orange Association.
Highland Orange Growers Association.
Highland Orchards.
Huntington Land and Improvement Company.
Hurlbut Grocery Co.
I.L. Lyon & Sons.
I.A.P Co.
Imperial Valley Grapefruit Growers.
Independent Fruit Co.
Index Mutual Association.
Indian Hill Citrus Association.
Indian Hill Citrus Union.
Inland Fruit Dealers Inc.
Inter-state Fruit Distributors.
Ioamosa Foothill Citrus Association.
Irvine Citrus Association.
Irvine Valencia Growers.
Irwindale Citrus Association.
Ivanhoe Mutual Orange Association.
J.H. Seward & Co.
J.H. Strait & Company.
Jacobs Malcolm & Burtt.
James Mills Orchards Company.
James Mills Orchards Corporation.
Jameson, Anderson & Company.
Jameson Company.
John Amicon Brothers & Company.
John C. Knapp Packing Co.
Johnston Fruit Company.
Jurupa Fruit Company.
Kaweah Lemon Co.
Klink Citrus Association.
Krinard Packing Co.
Kroells Brothers Limited.
L Bar S Orchards.
L.V.W. Brown Estate.
La Canada Fruit Growers' Association.
La Habra Citrus Association.
La Mesa Fruit Co.
La Mesa Packing Company.
La Verne Fruit Exchange.
La Verne Mutual Citrus Association.
La Verne Orange Association.
La Verne Orange Growers Association.
Lamanda Orange and Lemon Association.
Lawrence Kokx.
Lemon Cove Association.
Lemon Grove Fruit Growers' Association.
Lewis (Firm)
Liebhardt Commission Co.
Limoneira Company.
Lincoln Fruit Growers Association.
Lindsay Citrus Growers Association.
Lindsay Co-Operative Citrus Association.
Lindsay District Orange Company.
Lindsay Farm Bureau Fruit Association.
Lindsay Fruit Association.
Lindsay Orange Growers Association.
Lindsay Producers' Association.
Lindsay-Merryman Citrus Exchange.
Los Angeles Lemon Curing House.
Loveless Fruit Company.
Magnolia Citrus Association.
Magnolia Fruit Company.
Malone Fruit Co.
Marcy Ranch.
McDermont Fruit Company.
McNally Ranch.
McPherson Heights Citrus Association.
Meissner Bros.
Mentone Heights Association.
Merryman Fruit Land & Lumber Co.
Mission Citrus Association.
Moffatt Fruit Co.
Mohnike & Sons.
Monrovia Heights Company.
Monrovia Mutual Association.
Moreno Heights.
Moulton & Greene.
Mountain Slope Citrus Groves Inc.
Mountain View Fruit Association.
Mountain View Orange & Lemon Growers Association.
Murphy Oil Company.
Murphy Ranch.
Mutual Orange Distributors (Redlands, Calif.)
Mutual Orange Growers Co.
Nash-De Camp Company.
National Citrus & Produce Co.
National City Fruit Association.
National Orange Company.
Native Son Orchards Co.
North Whittier Heights Citrus Association.
Norwood & McCormick.
O.K. Fruit Exchange.
O'Bryan & Johnson.
Ojai Orange Association.
Olive Hillside Groves Inc.
Ontario Cucamonga Fruit Exchange.
Orange Belt Fruit Distributors.
Orange Cooperative Citrus Association.
Orange Cove Citrus Association.
Orange Growers Cash Association.
Orange Heights Fruit Association.
Orangethorpe Citrus Association.
Orland Orange Growers Association, Inc.
Orosi Foothill Citrus Association.
Overland Orange & Lemon Company.
Oxnard Citrus Association.
P.C. Drescher Association.
Pachappa Orange Growers Association.
Pacific Coast Fruit Distributors Inc.
Pacific Packing Co.
Pacific Fruit Packing Co.
Paloma Citrus Fruit Association.
Paramount Citrus Association Inc.
Pasadena Orange Growers' Association.
Pattee & Lett Co.
Pattee & Nye.
Paul Seeger & Company.
Penn Fruit Company, Inc.
Peppers Fruit Co.
Pinkham and McKevitt.
Pioneer Fruit Company.
Piru Citrus Association.
Placentia Co-Operative Orange Association.
Placentia Mutual Orange Association.
Placentia Orange Growers Association.
Placentia Orchard Company.
Placentia Pioneer Valencia Growers Association.
Pomona Fruit Growers Exchange.
Porterville Citrus Association.
Premium Orange Distributors.
Producers Fruit Company.
Puente Mutual Citrus Association.
Pure Gold Mutual Orange Distributors.
R. Krasnow & Sons.
Randolph Fruit Company.
Randolph Marketing Co.
Redlands Citrus Fruit Company.
Redlands Co-Operative Fruit Association.
Redlands Eclipse Orange Association.
Redlands Foothill Groves.
Redlands Golden Orange Association.
Redlands Heights Groves.
Redlands Highlands Fruit Exchange.
Redlands Mutual Orange Company.
Redlands Oranges.
Redlands Orange Growers Association.
Redlands Orangedale Groves.
Redlands Select Groves.
Rialto Citrus Association.
Rialto Fruit Co.
Rialto Fruit Company.
Rialto Heights Association.
Rialto Orange and Lemon Association.
Rialto Orange Co.
Rialto Orange-Lemon Association.
Rialto Packing Co.
Richgrove-Jasmine Citrus Association.
Richter & Crane.
Riverside Citrus Association.
Riverside Fruit Company.
Riverside Fruit Exchange.
Riverside Heights Orange Growers Association.
Riverside Navel Orange Co.
Riverside Orchards Packing Company.
Robertson-Morris & Company.
Rocky Hill Citrus Association.
Rose & Hall.
Rossmoyne Groves.
Rubidoux Fruit Company.
Ruddock, Trench & Co.
Ruddock, Trench Co.
S & F.
Sacramento San Joaquin Land Company.
Salisbury Fruit Company, Inc.
San Antonio Fruit Exchange.
San Antonio Orchard Company.
San Diego Land and Town Company.
San Dimas Fruit Exchange.
San Dimas Lemon Association.
San Dimas Orange Growers Association.
San Fernando Citrus Association.
San Fernando Fruit Growers Association.
San Fernando Heights Lemon Co.
San Fernando Heights Orange Association.
San Fernando Lemon Association.
San Joachin Fruit Company.
San Marino Growers Packing Association.
Sandilands Bros.
Sanger Citrus Association.
Santa Ana-Tustin Mutual Citrus Association.
Santa Barbara Citrus Association.
Santa Clara Lemon Association.
Santa Paula Orange Association.
Santiago Orange Growers Association.
Saticoy Lemon Association.
Schell Ranch & Packing Company.
Sentinel Butte Ranch.
Sequoia Citrus Association.
Seth Richards Grove.
Sierra Madre Lamanda Citrus Association.
Sierra Vista Packing Association.
Sierra Vista Packing Company.
Somis Lemon Association.
Sparr Fruit Co.
Speich & Morgan Packing Co.
Spence Fruit Co.
Stark & Waddell Packing Corporation.
Stewart Citrus Association.
Stewart Fruit Company.
Strachan Fruit Company, Successors.
Strathmore Co-Operative Association.
Strathmore Fruit Growers Association.
Sugar Loaf Orange Growers Association.
Sunflower Packing Corporation.
Sunny Hills Citrus Association.
Sunny Mountain Orange Co.
Sunnyside Citrus Association.
Sunset Produce Company.
Sutherland Fruit Co.
Sweetwater Fruit Co.
Sydmer Ross Association.
Tapo Citrus Association.
Teague-McKevett Association.
Terra Bella Citrus Association.
Thacker Fruit Company.
Thomas, Gowen & Willard.
Topa Topa Ranch.
Tule River Citrus Association.
Tustin Hills Citrus Association.
U.F. del Valle.
Union Citrus Orchards.
United Citrus Growers.
United Fruit Distributors.
Upland Citrus Association.
Upland Lemon Growers Association.
Upland Mutual Orange Growers Association.
Upland Mutual Grove.
Valencia Heights Orchards.
Valentine Peyton Sierra Vista Rancho.
Ventura Citrus Association.
Ventura County Lemons.
Victoria Avenue Citrus Association.
Villa Park Orchards Association.
Villari, Mitchell & Company.
W. & M. Marks.
W.A. Snyder & Sons Company.
W.B. Glafke Company.
Waddell & Son.
Walter S. Newhall Citrus Farm.
West Highlands Citrus Association.
West Ontario Citrus Association.
West-American Fruit Company.
Western Fruit Growers, Inc.
Westfall Fruit Co.
Westfall-Heller Fruit Company.
Whitney Estate Co.
Whittier Citrus Association.
Whittier Orange & Lemon Association.
Whittier Select Citrus Association.
Wholesale Central Market.
Wildrose Orchards.
William Hills.
Wilson Fruit Company.
Withers Brothers, Ltd.
Worthley & Strong Fruit Company.
Yorba Linda Citrus Association.
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