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California raisins grown & packed by El Cajon Vineyard Co. El Cajon Valley, Cal

Description: Image of fruit labels for raisins from the El Cajon Vineyard Company of El Cajon Valley, California; guitars and lutes with bars of music, bunches of grapes and grapevines surround a center scene of a man standing and playing a guitar in a vineyard.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1888-1899
Call number: priJLC_FOOD_FtVeg_001971
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.

The Oleander Co-operative Packing Co. Oleander. Fresno Co., Cal

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Image of fruit labels from the Oleander Co-operative Packing Company of Oleander, California; bouquets of roses and foliage tied with ribbon bows, roses, and bunches of grapes surround a center scene depicting farm fields, a barn, and mountains in the distance.

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Image of a fruit label for Josephine Vineyard of Fresno, California; woman with a parasol in Spanish costume with mantilla carrying a basket of grapes.

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Image of a fruit label for Jonathan T. Gordon of San Diego, California; woman with a parasol in Spanish costume with mantilla carrying a basket of grapes.

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McPherson brand. California raisins

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Image of a label for McPherson Brand raisins; an elevated view of the town of McPherson, California, created by the McPherson Brothers packing company in the 1880s (now Orange, California) surrounded by fields full of grape vines with mountains in background; decorative border of grapes and vines.

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Image of Robin Brand fruit labels for the Home Packing Company of Fresno, California; label with a robin bird perched on a branch with grapes on grapevines in background; two labels flank center with grapes on vines and the Robin Brand logo.

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Image of a Balloon Brand raisin label from the Hanford Raisin & Dried Fruit Packing Company of Hanford, California; a bunch of grapes stands in for helium balloons lifting a hot air balloon basket filled with people over a river landscape with sail boats and steamboats visible below.

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California raisins grown & packed by El Cajon Vineyard Co. El Cajon Valley, Cal

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