Citrus Crate Art. More Than Just a Pretty Picture!

This was cutting edge advertising in its time. The Los Angeles Times just recently ran a very interesting article about this testament to a bygone era.

Here are a few originals available for purchase from our very own collection of fruit crate labels.

Redlands Dahlia Sunkist | 1940's | re.collection art store

La Patera (The Pond) Lemons | 1930's | re.collection art store

Victoria Brand March Seedless Grapefruit | 1930's | re.collection art store

Check out our Etsy store, too!

Laissez les bon temps rouler!Let the good times roll!

It's Mardi Gras! Also known as Fat Tuesday. Its name represents the last night of eating rich and fattening foods before fasting begins of the Lenten season.

Since New Orleans is the city most associated with this celebration, we thought we'd share one of our vintage artworks.

New Orleans Roof Tops

Our giclée print comes from an original vintage postcard circa 1930's.

We can't end today's post without sharing a few very festive pics!

Photos from the official Mardi Gras New Orleans website

A little bit of romance?

We've been wanting to share this. And with Valentine's Day almost here,
it's the perfect moment.

Found in our archive of high school and college yearbooks dating from the 30's
through the 50's, this letter and newspaper clipping caught our eye, our imaginations... and our hearts! It seems this young woman, a Norma Fink, had quite the admirer.

You gotta' love his devilish candor. He was smitten!

And he sent this poem along, too. 

Well, in spite of that poem, she appears to have been quite accomplished in her field of law. She became the first female prosecutor in Texas. Later she became an entertainment attorney in Los Angeles. Among her clients were Sam Peckinpah, Christopher Lee and Slim Pickens, to name few. 

And no, she never did marry the man who wrote her the letter. 

You think it was the poem?