"Citrus label" images posted to Flickr
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Member Gordon McClelland at Fullerton Museum Exhibit
On February 9th, Gordon McClleland gave a presentation and walkthru at the Fullerton Museum's Citrus: California's Golden Dream exhibit. Over 40 attendees enjoyed his insight to citrus box label history.
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This hardback guide is a beautiful volume that contains 1,500 full color images of citrus box labels. It is printed on high quality artbook paper. The guide is helpful for all collectors from the novice to the advanced. Advanced collectors specializing in California, can use it to reference pictures of rare California orange, lemon and grapefruit box labels.
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Upcoming Events
21 May 2012 - Citrus Label Society meeting, Main Public Library, Fullerton, CA. Attend the second meeting at this location.
Article about Citrus Pioneer William Wolfskill
Read an article about William Wolfskill who purchased orange trees from mission San Gabriel and by the early 1850s had a commercially productive 28-acre orchard. Go to March-April issue of Citrograph magazine online and then scroll to page 15.
Article about California Citrus Marketing
An in-depth article about marketing California produce with emphasis on citrus labels from Lobue Citrus of Lindsay appears in the September/October 2011 issue of California Country magazine. It may be viewed online by going to "The lure of the label"
Article about California Citrus Label History
The July/August 2011 issue of Citrograph has an informative article by Tom Spellman that includes color images of 14 labels. Go to "Citrus Label Era (1887-1955)"
Article about Citrus Labels in San Dimas, CA
An article in the San Dimas Historical Society newsletter starting on page 3 contains colorful labels. Go to "San Dimas Citrus History" by Ralph Thomas.
Articles about Citrus Labels in Olive, CA
The "Olive Through the Ages: The Living Branch" website contains two pages of interest.
Go to "The Clyde Fairbairn Story" article by member Gordon McClelland. It includes how Gordon became interested in collecting citrus box labels.
Also go to the Citrus Industry: Crate Labels page. to view images and read descriptions of 14 orange box labels used by growers and packinghouses in Olive.