Crate Label, Loch Lomond Brand, California Oranges, Lake Scene, NOS, Vintage 1930s

A citrus label wrapped in a pink and black checked border is unusual enough on its own, but naming it after a Scottish loch makes it something closer to a small act of romance.

• Brand: Loch Lomond Brand / Strathmore Packing House, Strathmore, Tulare County, California
• Produce: Oranges
• Origin: Strathmore, California, USA
• Lithographer: Schmidt Litho Co., Fresno, California
• Materials: Paper, lithograph
• Dimensions: 11.0" wide × 10.0" tall
• Era: Vintage, circa 1930s
• Condition: New Old Stock (NOS) — unused, excellent mint condition, age-appropriate yellowing. Please review photos closely before purchasing, as all sales are final.

A still lake fills the center of the composition — calm water, soft reflections, quiet depth — framed by pink flowering branches with a single bright orange anchoring the lower corner, all enclosed in a distinctive pink and black checked border.

Frame it as landscape art or a piece of California citrus history — the pink and black border makes it distinctive in a gallery arrangement.

Schmidt Lithograph Company — the San Francisco firm founded in 1873 by German immigrant Max Schmidt — printed this label out of their Fresno plant, one of several branch operations the company ran across the West Coast during its decades as one of America's premier label printers. Growers reaching for romance and a sense of timeless place named their citrus after a famous Scottish loch — a small, telling piece of Americana in itself.

A wonderful gift for a California history enthusiast, a lover of lakeside imagery, or a vintage label collector.