TOO BIG TO COLLECT? WE RECENTLY HAD SOME CONTACT FROM A COLLECTOR IN NORTH QUEENSLAND WHO PHOTOGRAPHED BANANA BOXES STACKED ON THE BACK OF TRUCKS. (These photographs were posted on the Society’s Facebook page.)
Shopping at a fruit shop or market usually provides an opportunity to see the art of the fruit box (and vegetable box). Society members will remember the beautiful book, The Art of the Apple Branding produced by members, Chris Cowles and David Walker. There is a download available from the ABC TV show The Collectors.
Apologies for the quality of the photographs taken with a smart phone. The boxes range from the straightforwardly decorated.
![Stack of lettuce and cauliflower boxes. 2014.](https://ephemerasociety.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Food-cauliflower-packing-boxes-QV-300x332.jpg)
![Mango boxes aplenty and a blue box with a reference - VDTA - which we cannot fathom. 2014](https://ephemerasociety.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Food-mangoes-cockatoo-QVM-600x538.jpg)
![Boxes labelled 'Stone fruits' no doubt to allow for their use for peaches, nectarines and apricots.](https://ephemerasociety.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Food-peaches-packing-boxes-QVM-1-600x448.jpg)
Other designs tell a bit more of a story.
![Lettuce so delicious that the rabbits eat it.](https://ephemerasociety.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Food-lettuce-with-rabbits-packing-box-QVM-600x376.jpg)
![More rabbit approval, this time for carrots, 2014.](https://ephemerasociety.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/food-carrots-box-QVM-2014-300x224.jpg)
Some designs are a bit flashier.
Other designs are obscure.
![This is a box for pumpkins (judging by the ute's load).](https://ephemerasociety.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Food-pumpkin-racing-car-packing-box-QVM-600x433.jpg)
![Lemons from California.](https://ephemerasociety.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Food-lemons-packing-boxes-QVM-300x272.jpg)
While some take plain speaking to the extreme – no beguiling graphics.
![Stack of older wooden crates, 2014.](https://ephemerasociety.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Food-apples-stack-of-wooden-packing-box-QVM-1.jpg)
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.