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Jar (Photo Plate): Crown Brand Dill Pickles — labeled TRG quart
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A one-quart Three Rivers jar photographed on p. 55 of Smith's Texas Glass with its original paper label surviving: 'Crown Brand Dill Pickles' with a stylized barrel design. Smith notes any Three Rivers piece with the original label is a rare find. Evidence class differs from the rest of the roster — a label documents a packer FILLING stock TRG jars, not an embossed private-mold order; recorded in the known-customers article with that caveat.
Next action: None — watch for the packer behind the Crown Brand label (period Texas pickle packers).
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Why Track This
The only known Three Rivers piece with an original paper label in the documented record — physical proof of the generic-ware customer class that embossed-bottle censuses systematically miss.
Current State
Photo attestation (Smith 1989 p. 55, both witnesses). The packer behind the Crown Brand label is unidentified.
Next Action
None active. Identifying the packer (period Texas pickle brands) would convert this from a label sighting into a named customer.