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Glenwood Crate Label

Poster Mountain is located in Southern California, an area that is known for its fruit production. We are regularly treated to the sight of massive trailers of oranges, lemons, and other produce driving along the freeways. Before transport trailers became the method of shipping produce, everything was shipped in crates. These crates had labels on the ends that displayed the type of produce and the grower/distributor. Almost every group had its own personal design that they modified slightly for different types of produce, although there were some stock designs kept by printing houses. In some cases labels were produced in the thousands and even tens of thousands. Although like any collectable ephemera, there are some extremely rare labels that are highly valued. Some of the labels are still in good condition because they were never used and were found sitting on shelves in warehouses. However, most of the ones that we work on have been glued to crates, are missing sections and are r

Video Blog of a Blackstone The Magician litho

This last month has been very busy! Fortunately some of those projects will turn into blog posts that we will put up over the next few months. However, I am proud to announce that the first episode of our video blog is out! It covers the history and conservation of a rare Harry Blackstone the Magician lithography from the early 1900s. There will be two more episodes in this series about the Blackstone. We will post them here and on our Facebook page.