VINTAGE POSTER ART AND ADVERTISING     by LABELSTONE

Vintage Poster Art and Advertising on Tote Bags 

Liberty Flour Advertising by FRUITLOOPY

Sunny Loganberry Fruit by FRUITLOOPY

Sunny Loganberry Fruit by FRUITLOOPY

Vintage Poster Art and Advertising on Coffee Mugs 

Liberty Flour Advertising by FRUITLOOPY

Sunny Loganberry Fruit by FRUITLOOPY

Sunny Loganberry Fruit by FRUITLOOPY

MY LATEST PURCHASE! 

Love that horse racing!

Horse Racing on Thread Spools by FRUITLOOPY

Horse Racing on Thread Spools by FRUITLOOPY

Horse Racing on Thread Spools by FRUITLOOPY

Links to The Vintage and Retro Advertising T-Shirt Factory 

Vintage Poster Art, Retro Advertising and Fruit Crate Labels on T-Shirts

The Vintage & Retro Advertising T-Shirt Factory

Vintage and Retro Advertising on T-Shirts, Coffee Mugs, Apparel and Gifts. Featuring fruit crate labels and their unique designs and variety of themes. Chic, beautiful and nostalgic art - our labels make super gifts to suit all occasions.

Vintage Birds Bees and Butterfly Poster Art on T-Shirts

A wonderful collection of vintage poster art, cigar labels, fruit crate labels, trade cards and other ephemera featuring many different breeds of birds, butterflies and bees.

Vintage Transporatation Poster Art on T-Shirts

From lovely antique automobiles to romantic ocean liners to vintage airplanes and wonderful steam trains. Locomotives, cars, steam ships and planes. Find T-shirts, apparel and gift items with art from the past featuring vintage transportation from an earlier era.

Vintage Advertising Pets & Animals T-shirts & Gift

These vibrant works of advertising art were created in order to promote, distinguish and outsell one product from another. They needed to appeal to one or all of the buyer's six senses. Iconographic images such as cowboys and indians captured the eye and imagination of the buyers; whilst images such as mouth-watering oranges or fresh crispy vegetables conveyed a sense of health, vigor and vitality.Our vintage designs make great Christmas Holiday gifts items as they are very unique.

Vintage Advertising Garden Flower T-shirts & Gifts

Gardening and Floral T-shirts and Gift Items for those with green thumbs! A gardener's paradise filled with a vast variety of flowers from original vintage fruit crate labels. See your favorite floral illustrations on gifts, T-Shirts, coffee mugs, prints and more. Let the gardener bring the garden inside all year round with these beautiful antique floral illustrations. From Azaleas to Zinnias - watch my garden patch grow as I continue to " plant " more Annuals and Perennials to this category!

Earth Friendly Grocery Tote Bags

Forget the plastic and paper bags at the grocery store - bring your own reusable, earth friendly tote bags. Wide selection of fruit crate labels, vintage poster art, Victorian trade cards and other antique ephemera! GO GREEN!! Apples, pears, vegetables, fruits - a myriad of themes. Also great for gardeners!

Vintage Advertising Planes, Trains, Auto T-Shirts

Vintage Planes, Trains and Automobile T-Shirts & Gift Items.All aboard you train lovers! Climb into the front seat you vintage car enthusiasts, and welcome aboard all you plane hobbyists! Take the Burlington Zephyr one way and return on the Spirit of St. Louis! Great selection of vintage transportation labels for your enjoyment.

Vintage Advertising Children T-shirts & Gifts

LABELSTONE - for your choice of the finest Vintage and Retro Advertising T-Shirts and Gifts. Our store offers an outstanding selection of vintage Fruit Crate Labels and antique Victorian Trade Cards on T-Shirts, Coffee Mugs, Apparel and Gift Items. Look out for Native American t-shirts, Sexy Ladies on calendars, Flowers on tees, Dogs and other Animals on t shirts, Pets and birds on tiles, Vintage Posters, Planes Ships and Trains on Note cards and Victorian Coffee / Soap / Thread adverts on kitchen magnets. You may even find a design from your home state or city on a shirt or children's clothes!

Bumble Bee Coffee Mug

Bumble Bees on Travel Coffee Mug

Unique Refridgerator Magnets by Labelstone on Etsy 

Poster Art, Crate Labels, Victorian Trading Cards and other Vintage Art

A new addition to my store LABELSTONE on Etsy includes refrigerator magnets with images from fruit crate labels,Victorian trading cards,vintage advertisement, poster art, WPA art and other printed art work. Check out my unique collection today!

Red Bird Refrigerator Magnet - FREE US SHIPPING

$4

White Radish Seed Packet Refrigerator Magnet - FREE US SHIPPING

$4

Red Bird Refrigerator Magnet - FREE US SHIPPING

$4

Victorian Woman in Fainting Spell Refrigerator Magnet - FREE US SHIPPING

$4

Bear Squirrels Robin and Rabbits Refrigerator Magnet - FREE US SHIPPING

$4

Lady on the Moon with an Owl Refrigerator Magnet - FREE US SHIPPING

$4

Cat Picking Flowers Refrigerator Magnet - FREE US SHIPPING

$4

WHAT ARE FRUIT CRATE LABELS? 

Crate labels were originally intended to be applied to the ends/tops of produce-filled wooden crates. These wonderful works of art were created as a means of identifying and advertising a particular brand of produce. Fierce competition in the local markets meant that sellers had to find creative ways of attracting buyers to their particular produce - hence, the need for captivating and enticing labels.

Initiated in the 1890's, the use of labels flourished until the 1950's, when the preprinted and cheaper cardboard box was introduced. As a result, the need for labels diminished and they were left in packing houses, storage sheds, printer's archives etc., for collectors, historians & enthusiasts to later discover.

FRUIT CRATE LABELS - THEMES & GRAPHIC DESIGNS 

FRUIT CRATE LABELS - Animal Themed

Crate labels were originally intended to be applied to the ends/tops of produce-filled wooden crates as a means of identifying and advertising a particular brand of produce. The advent of refridgerated railroad cars meant that produce could exte...

COLLECTING AND FRAMING FRUIT CRATE LABELS 

...... so many to chose from!

Collecting labels is a wonderful and addictive hobby and an inexpensive way of owning a piece of our rich and historic advertising past. Great organized and displayed in collector's albums or as framed artwork for the house - one can chose from a wide variety of shapes, sizes, colors and textures as well as a myriad of great themes to suit your individual taste, preference and room theme or color scheme.

From wildlife to domestic pets; elegant ladies to pin up girls; fierce lions to meek mice; soaring eagles to fluttering butterflies; fast city life to simple country living; Black Americana to Native American; roaming livestock to underwater sea life; historical to comical; flora and fauna to planes/trains/automobiles .... the list goes on and on!

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Vintage Clip Art on CD 

A vast variety of vintage clip art, fruit crate labels, travel posters, beer labels, vintage seed packets, Japanese and Asian Vector Art, Victorian Trade cards,Valentines cards are available from Dover Publications. Each book comes with beautiful illustrations as well as an enclosed CD providing the corresponding jpg and/or vector images. Perfect for scrapbooking, decoupage, and artwork.

Old-Time Travel Posters and Luggage Labels CD-ROM and Book (Dover Electronic Clip Art)

Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 01/04/2010)

Children in Old-Time Trade Cards CD-ROM and Book (Dover Electronic Clip Art)

Amazon Price: $17.90 (as of 01/04/2010)

Full-Color Vintage Advertising Illustrations CD-ROM and Book (Full-Color Electronic Design Series)

Amazon Price: $15.56 (as of 01/04/2010)

Full-Color Romantic Vignettes CD-ROM and Book (Dover Pictorial Archives)

by: Dover

Amazon Price: (as of 01/04/2010)

Epson T048920 Color Ink Cartridge Multipack

Amazon Price: $50.11 (as of 01/04/2010)

Vintage Japanese Art on T-Shirts 

Wonderful woodblock prints from the 1700's.

Julia Child and Hollandaise Sauce 

The other night we saw a great film called Julie and Julia, which brings into parallel the fabulous cook, Julia Child and a young writer whom embarks on a year long project to cook all the recipes in Julia Child Cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking. There was a very quick scene of artichokes and hollandaise sauce. Substituted the artichoke for asparagus and crab cakes. Bought a double-boiler and set to work. Couple of things: I used fresh eggs and when I say fresh eggs, I mean 5 minutes prior to breaking them, the chickens were sitting on them! I made sure they were at room temperature. I had to assume the butter was unsalted. The sauce was absolutely delicious and I am very proud to have accomplished this great feat! Try it for yourself!!

Julie & Julia [Blu-ray]

Amazon Price: $23.99 (as of 01/04/2010)

Mastering the Art of French Cooking (2 Volume Set)

by: Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck

Amazon Price: $39.48 (as of 01/04/2010)

Revere 2-Quart Covered Saucepan with Double Boiler Insert

Amazon Price: $59.99 (as of 01/04/2010)