{"product_id":"1950s-federal-crate-label-fresno-ca-patriotic-americana-vintage","title":"Vintage 1950s Federal Crate Label 🦅 Fresno Patriotic Americana","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWho Packed Federal Brand Fruit in Fresno? 🎩 Federal Brand, Federal Fruit Distributors of California, Fresno\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11\" x 3 1\/2\" ~ Little to no wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width:315px;margin:0 auto 20px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:177.78%;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v8pDQxlEzqA\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;encrypted-media;gyroscope;picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePatriotic Americana at its finest! Uncle Sam's own stars-and-stripes top hat, tipped at a jaunty angle inside a yellow sun with a red ring swinging around it like a planet, next to a big FEDERAL in white on black. This is a vintage 1950s Federal Brand fruit label, packed and shipped by Federal Fruit Distributors of California of Fresno, California, and it was never pasted on a box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🔍 What's on it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA long 11 inch strip on a black ground. On the left, \u003cstrong\u003eFEDERAL\u003c\/strong\u003e in big white letters outlined in red, \u003cstrong\u003eBRAND\u003c\/strong\u003e beneath, and two red, white and blue shields. Below them, \u003cstrong\u003ePACKED AND SHIPPED BY\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eFederal Fruit Distributors\u003c\/strong\u003e in red script, with \u003cstrong\u003eFRESNO\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eOF CALIFORNIA\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eCALIFORNIA\u003c\/strong\u003e in blue. On the right, the top hat, blue brim, red and white stripes, and white stars on blue, in a yellow disc with a red ring, over \u003cstrong\u003eREG. U.S. PAT. OFF.\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003ePRODUCT OF U.S.A.\u003c\/strong\u003e at the corner. In tiny type at the lower right, the printer's line, \u003cstrong\u003eA. CARLISLE \u0026amp; CO.\u003c\/strong\u003e, with one character faint. The back is plain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e📜 A registered top hat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat top hat isn't just decoration, it's a registered trademark. Federal Fruit Distributors of Fresno filed for the FEDERAL mark on June 23, 1923, and it was registered on February 12, 1924, for fresh grapes, fresh peaches, fresh plums and fresh citrus fruits. The registered design is a drawing of a top hat with circles and ovals, the very hat on this label, and that's what the little REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. is telling you. So this sheet was printed after 1924. The registration ran for decades before it was finally allowed to lapse in 1986. The label names no fruit, so it could go on whatever Federal was shipping out of Fresno that season, and there's a Federal label for Elberta peaches too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🖨️ A. Carlisle \u0026amp; Co.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe printer's line points to A. Carlisle \u0026amp; Co., a San Francisco printing house that bought out the old Britton \u0026amp; Rey lithograph firm in 1916 and printed crate labels for California growers too. The A. Carlisle name carried on all the way to 2025, when Reno Type acquired A Carlisle \u0026amp; Co. of Nevada.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🏡 Display\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImagine hanging this vintage advertising on your wall as home decor in any room! That Uncle Sam hat looks great framed for the Fourth of July, in a den, a kitchen or an office, and it's a perfect gift for a patriot, a veteran, or anybody from Fresno and the San Joaquin Valley.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCrate labels are a reminder of a bygone era, and the lithography on them is unparalleled even to this day, in my opinion. Museums and art institutes have galleries dedicated to them, and more and more collectors are seeking them out to preserve their history. 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