Re: Undelivered Oranges & Rare Crate Labels
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John Barry
I don't know about the reefer, but from the background, it was truly a Corn Field Meet! John Barry ATSF North Bay Lines Golden Gates & Fast Freights 707-490-9696 PO Box 44736 Washington, DC 20026-4736 From: "thecitrusbelt@... [STMFC]" To: STMFC@... Sent: Friday, February 17, 2017 1:39 PM Subject: [STMFC] Undelivered Oranges & Rare Crate Labels This is a link to a photo from the Miami
(Ohio)
Conservancy District's Construction Photos Archive: This photo was taken on the B & O Railroad at Taylorsville on 7/26/1918. It shows a rather messy wreck
with orange crates scattered in the foreground. Being interested in the citrus industry as well as
railroads, I shared the photo with Tom Spellman, President of the Citrus Label
Society (http://citruslabelsociety.com/),
hoping that he could recognize the difficult to identify crate labels. He did. These are very rare labels from McPherson Brothers in McPherson, CA.
In the late 19th and early 20th Centuries the community of McPherson was on the
northeast side of Orange, CA. SaddleBack is the label on the two main boxes and Golden
Beaver is the label with the box laying on its side. SaddleBack is very, very
rare and to date only two known examples survive. The Golden Beaver label is
survived by probably less than ten examples. It's amazing what treasures are found in these old photos. Now
if Tony Thompson can identify the destroyed refrigerator car from the
splintered remains that would really be something. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA |
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