Image of title lettering in a diagonal band above the Forbes Farm shell logo and below a grapefruit stamped "Dr.Forbes." "Contents of this box / not genuine unless / each fruit is stamped / Dr. Forbes"--text, upper right. "Tree-ripened / seedless / grapefruit"--text, lower left. "Forbes Farms/ Coachella / grown and packed by / Estate of Dr. Harry W. Forbes / Box "A" / Thermal, Calif."--text, lower right. "Litho. In U. S. A.-Western Litho. Co. Los Angeles 148"--text, lower left.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 Lithograph : color printed ; overall 25.08 x 26.99 cm (9 7/8 x 10 5/8 in.)
Citrus crate labels--California--Thermal Grapefruit industry--California Grapefruit--Pictorial works Forbes Farms, Estate of Dr. Harry W. Forbes Fruit crate labels--Color--1925-1950. (gmgpc) Lithographs--Color--1925-1950. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Food Small Size California Citrus Box Labels The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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