Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a portrait of assorted fruit which are individually packaged in trademark-branded paper wraps, April, 1927. In the foreground, three fruits can be seen wrapped in paper, with stamped labels which read, respectively: "SUNKIST Orange Filling [...]", "[...] BARBARA WORTH Brand 'The Best that Grows' BLUE GOOSE 'The Test Is In the Taste' [...]", and "Rivers Bros. Co. Trademark Los Angeles". All objects are sitting on a woolen blanket with decorative patterns. Tiles with images of apples and small signs that say "Apples" serve as the background. A paper label, inserted with the photograph, reads: "April 1927. Trademark branded fruits eggs, walnuts, avocados, oranges and grapefruit gathered from various produce house and photographed at Rivers Bros."
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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