Vintage 1940s Royal Knight Sunkist Citrus Crate Label 🍊 — Redlands Co-operative Fruit Association, Redlands CA — Knight & Castle Certificate and a final scroll band

and a final scroll band circles the foot

These crate labels

The styling here — the pin-up posture of the hula figure

it is the working half of the object

Vintage 1940s Royal Knight Sunkist Citrus Crate Label 🍊 — Redlands Co-operative Fruit Association, Redlands CA — Knight & Castle Certificate and a final scroll bandStep back in time with this extraordinary piece of Americana! Behold a vintage early 1940s Royal Knight Crate Label, packed by the Redlands Co operative Fruit Association of the sun kissed city of Redlands, California the sheet prints REDLANDS CO OPERATIVE FRUIT ASSOCIATION, REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA, and names no printer at all. This isn't just any old label it's a window into a golden age of citrus production that shaped Southern California's identity