File:Exposition Brand Sunkist lemons crate label, ca 1912 (MOHAI 8323).jpg

The Alaska -Yukon-Pacific Exposition was held in Seattle in 1909 as a way to highlight the development of the region, and to spotlight Seattle as a gateway to Alaska and Asia. Exhibits were a major attraction of the AYPE and featured in most of the buildings on the Fairgrounds. Intended to be educational, exhibits were used to show off the products, people, and culture of the sponsoring country, state, county or organization. One state that showed particularly spectacular exhibits was California. These imaginative displays included a lemon made of lemons, an elephant of walnuts, and a cow of almonds. This brightly colored “Exposition Brand” Sunkist lemon crate label prominently features the Grand Prize certificate that the Johnson Fruit Co. of California, packers of Sunkist lemons, won for their exhibit of lemons at the Alaska -Yukon-Pacific Exposition.

Small print on label indicates that the "Exposition Brand" trade mark was registered in California in 1911 and Washington, D.C. in 1912. Caption source: University of Washington, "When the World Came to Campus, AYPE 1909" online exhibit.

• Subjects (LCTGM): Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909 : Seattle, Wash.); Fruit crate labels; Lemons