Antique Winner Crate Label 🐎 Harness Racing Horse & Sulky, Birds Nest VA eastern_playing_cards unused label that was never

unused label that was never applied to a bottle

the card is marked simply: JAPAN

The label displays a heraldic coat of arms with the initials D and W on a quartered shield

This is not a reproduction

Antique Winner Crate Label 🐎 Harness Racing Horse & Sulky, Birds Nest VA eastern_playing_cards unused label that was neverWhy would a Virginia produce packer put a racehorse on the side of a crate? Picture the packing shed at Birds Nest, Virginia on an autumn morning, somewhere in the long stretch of years when the Eastern Shore fed half the cities on the Eastern Seaboard. Crates of potatoes, cabbage, and tomatoes are stacked to the rafters, waiting for the next train north, and every single one needs a label pasted to its end something bright enough to catch a produce