Apple Box Art is a DVD program about Washington's apple
labels. Apple box labels identified and promoted Washington State apples
on the ends of wooden fruit crates from the early 1900s until the 1960s
when they were replaced by cardboard cartons.
From the valleys and orchards, the art on the end of apple boxes has
left and enduring history of the early days when Wenatchee as the Apple
Capital of the World.
Graphic illustrators, inspired by the scenic beauty of the Pacific
Northwest, painted an idyllic, sometimes whimisical, picture of a lush
land filled with quaint villages, flowing rivers, healthy children and
valleys brimming over with orchards of perfect apples.
The DVD includes interviews with people who once worked in the fruit
industry when the apples were packed and shipped in wooden boxes. Carole
Crim, owner of Stage Stop Antiques, relates how she started collecting
apple labels and explains how they were created.
