Famous Star Brand Blackeye Peas - Lindale, Texas - Vintage Can Label
Lindale, Texas: Star Canning Company, ca 1983. 10.5cm x 24.5cm. Blue and red ink on white glossy label paper, unused, purchased when the factory closed its doors.
The small east Texas town of Lindale became a canning hub in the late 19th century after the arrival of the railroad. It was home to three large canning companies including Star Canning Company which specialized in berries and peas.
Lindale, perhaps best known now as the hometown of country music star Miranda Lambert, has since developed the area known as The Cannery into a shopping center with restaurants, stores, apartments, live music, and more in hopes to drive up tourism rates for the small town.
This label includes the folktale for the origin of eating blackeye peas on New Year's Day to bring good luck for the year and a large picture of a horseshoe that reads "For Good Luck Serve on January 1st" Item #9119
Price: $20.00