YAKIMA, Wash. — Lifelong Yakima Valley resident Mike Doty collects fruit crate labels for the thrill of the hunt. “That’s what it’s all about. Stuff we’ve never seen before,” he said. Thomas Hull, a ...

Sometime around 1962, a kid made his way through the citrus groves of Orange on his bike. When the fruit was in blossom and the air was redolent of the eucalyptus planted as a shield against the Santa ...

The brightly colored labels on apple boxes were strictly utilitarian. For more than a half-century, labels depicting bucolic vistas of Northwest orchards, children with cherubic faces, attractive ...

If you get a chance, check out the 2015 wall-hanging calendar by The Print Guys, a printing company with offices in Yakima, Prosser and Wenatchee. Each month features the picture of an old Washington ...

Eye-catching images depicting California as a paradise of health and sunshine blanketed the country during the state’s citrus heyday from the mid-1880s to 1955. Paper labels with vibrant colors were ...

A Sno-Kist fruit crate label, shown here in a provided photo, from before 1918. The labels were used to advertise the iconic fruits of the Northwest before the advent of cardboard boxes. Before the ...

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Collector Larry Kotz ...

A person holding a box of Welch's Fruit Snacks in a grocery store - ZikG/Shutterstock Fruits and vegetables are an important part of our diet and eating the right amount of them can improve our health ...

Larry Kotz has never been a farmer, but for decades he has been maintaining an antique collection that makes his den at home in Vernon, B.C., look like a lush orchard during harvest season. The ...