Scope and Contents Fruit crate labels began to be designed at the end of the 19th century. As refrigerated railroad cars helped make the long distance shipping of citrus fruit possible, the industry developed labels so shippers and merchants could more easily identify what was in the crates. These vibrant and colorful paper labels were pasted onto the boxes they shipped around the country and were a lively mobile advertisement. Labels featured a wide range of designs and usually depicted fruit on the label,...

Scope and Contents The Shades of Corona photograph collection includes images of family life, work life, and daily activities in the community that would be of historical interest to the people of Corona and surrounding areas. The photographs cover a period from the late 1880's to 2001. The collection is the primary source of photographs about Corona's ethnic communities primarily the Mexican Americans and Italian Americans who came to Corona in 1890's to work in the citrus industry. The images of family life...