"The image created by fruit crate labels endures to this day as one of the two or three primary icons about California," says social historian Kevin Starr. "Fruit crate label art brought to millions of Americans an image of California as a benevolent and welcoming place. People walked in out of snowy mid-western afternoons and saw in them the dream of a better life."

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