Crate Label, Annie Laurie Oranges, Original Lithograph, 1930's NOS, Vintage

Before supermarkets. Before plastic wrap. Before everything was the same everywhere — there were crate labels.

This is an original California citrus crate label — a 1930s lithograph produced for the Strathmore Packing House Co., Strathmore, Tulare County, California. It has never been used. Never folded. Never attached to a crate. It is New Old Stock in excellent mint condition, acquired directly from the family that owned the Strathmore Packing House — a rare and direct provenance.

The label is beautiful. A Scottish woman — poised, elegant, wrapped in tartan across her shoulders — stands against a background of green and blue plaid, orange blossoms framing her. Annie Laurie is one of the great songs of Scottish romantic tradition, a ballad of loyalty and devotion that has been sung for centuries. The Strathmore Packing House chose her deliberately: the name evokes the Scottish Highlands, and the label delivers that promise in full color lithography. It is a piece of California citrus history dressed in tartan.

Frame it as Scottish heritage decor, as tartan wall art, as part of a Highland-themed room, or simply as a beautifully composed piece of 1930s figurative lithography. At approximately 11.0 inches wide it suits a standard 11x14 frame and works in any interior that honors Scottish tradition — a study, a sitting room, a library, a room decorated with tartan and thistle. One available.

A wonderful gift for someone proud of Scottish heritage, a tartan decor enthusiast, a Burns Night host, a California citrus label collector, or anyone drawn to the unexpected meeting of the California orange groves and the Scottish Highlands.

A note on crate label collecting: Original lithographic crate labels from this era are increasingly scarce. NOS examples like this one — never used, never folded, in original unused condition — represent the best of what survives. Collectors prize them for their graphic quality and the window they open onto a vanished chapter of American agricultural and commercial history.

• Brand: Annie Laurie Brand / Strathmore Packing House Co., Strathmore, Tulare County, California
• Provenance: Acquired directly from the family that owned the Strathmore Packing House
• Type: Citrus crate label
• Made in: USA
• Dated: circa 1930s
• Dimensions: 11.0" wide
• Condition: New Old Stock (NOS) — unused, excellent mint condition. Age-appropriate yellowing consistent with period. Please review all photos carefully — we cannot accept returns.
• Framing: Fits a standard 11x14 frame — ready to display