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Joy Morton Orchards Apple Crate Piece (3.106088)
Date: 1920 – 1934Type: Artifact
Description:A single board from an apple crate with "Morton's Fine Nebraska Apples" painted in red. The apple crate was used by Joy Morton Orchards Co. in Nebraska City, Nebraska, which later became Porter Orchards and Farm, followed by Arbor Day Farm.
Joy Morton Orchards Apple Crate Label (3.106089)
Date: 1920 – 1934Type: Artifact
Description:A label that would have been adhered to an apple crate from Joy Morton Orchards Co in Nebraska City, Nebraska. The label reads, "Morton Apples/Grown and Packed by/Joy Morton Orchards Co./Nebraska City, Nebraska". Two red apples hang from a branch against a dark blue background. A green boarder with a yellow line edges the label.
Arbor Day 1872-1932 (3.31070)
Date: 1932Type: Artifact
Description:Carmine rose-colored stamp commemorating Arbor Day. Framed by two arching trees, a girl holds a sapling tree upright while a boy fills in the planting hole with a shovelful of dirt.
United States Postage across top of stamp, Two Cents across bottom.
Arbor Day at top of image, 1872-1932 at bottom of image.
Arbor Day stamp issued on April 22, 1932, in Nebraska City, Nebraska, on the 100th anniversary of the birth of J. Sterling Morton and the sixtieth anniversary of Arbor Day, which he founded. Arbor day was first observed in Nebraska on April 22, 1872. 100,869,300 stamps were issued in 1932.
Extent: 1 postage stamp
Arbor Day 1872-1932 [with postal marks] (3.31071)
Date: 1932Type: Artifact
Description:Carmine rose-colored stamp commemorating Arbor Day. Framed by two arching trees, a girl holds a sapling tree upright while a boy fills in the planting hole with a shovelful of dirt.
United States Postage across top of stamp, Two Cents across bottom.
Arbor Day at top of image, 1872-1932 at bottom of image.
Arbor Day stamp issued on April 22, 1932, in Nebraska City, Nebraska, on the 100th anniversary of the birth of J. Sterling Morton and the sixtieth anniversary of Arbor Day, which he founded. Arbor day was first observed in Nebraska on April 22, 1872. 100,869,300 stamps were issued in 1932.
Extent: 1 postage stamp