Apple Box Attractions, Part 5
An extensive collection of apple labels
for public viewing is on display at the
Lake Chelan Historical Society.
Located at 204 E Woodin Ave,
PO Box 1948, Chelan, WA 98816.
Membership is available.
Lake Chelan Historical Society operates
the Lake Chelan Historical Society Museum
emphasizing local history, genealogy,
Indian tribes of the area, early photographs,
scrapbooks, cemetery records, memorabilia
of early pioneers, history of the apple industry
and a display of apple shipping crate labels.
An oral history project is in progress.
Wenatchee Valley Museum has a current
exhibit of the Wenatchee Apple Industry-
recreating a 1920's apple packing shed and
displays apple production equipment. A focal
point of the exhibit is an operational vintage
apple packing line with apple wiper, sorting table,
and an extraordinary catapult-sizing machine. An
engaging wall display showcases hundreds
of vintage apple box labels from regional
packers.
The museum is located at 127 S. Wenatchee Ave.,
Wenatchee, WA.
The Wenatchee Washington Apple Commission
office maintains a small display of the
oldest labels from its collection of more
than 900. Its Wenatchee office is at
And, Waverak sells and or trades labels
from her collection from her home in
East Wenatchee.
Part 5
Malcom Keithley
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