The Winterthur Library

 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, Delaware  19735

Telephone: 302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883

 

 

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

 

Creator:         Lank, David M.                                 

Title:               Milk bottle caps

Dates:             circa 1950-circa 1970

Call No.:         Col. 113

Acc. No.:        91x100; 92x163

Quantity:        about 1600 items (6 boxes)

Location:        18 D 1

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

David M. Lank collected these caps when he was a boy by writing to American dairies and asking for samples of whatever caps were available.  He assembled a similar collection from Canadian dairies and donated it to the McCord Museum, located in Montreal.

 

David Lank graduated from Princeton University in 1960.  He has had various jobs in his life, including working for the DuPont Company, serving as Deputy Head of Operations for Expo ’67, chairman of the McCord Museum of Canadian History, an investment counselor, and former Director of the Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies in the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University.  He has lectured at a number of universities and has written a books and articles on a variety of topics, but chiefly focusing on the art of the wilderness.  He has been awarded the Order of Canada.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

These milk bottle caps from about 500 dairies across the United States are examples of mid-20th century advertising and design.  Some dairies, like Damascus, came up with a variety of graphic designs; others merely used text.  Days of the week were frequently identified with instructions about when the milk must be sold.  Varieties of milk are identified, including raw, pasteurized, tuberculin tested, chocolate, mellow, homogenized, buttermilk, skim, butterfat free, Bulgarian, and kosher.  Likewise there were many different kinds of cream: whipping, light, heavy, coffee, sour, etc.  Early lids for Dannon Yogurt are present.  Caps represent both large fold-over tops and inner caps.  Using inserts inside large pleated caps permitted the manufacturer to print many patterns without any dairy identification on the fold-over pleats.  A cap with the name of the specific dairy was then inserted.  Samples used for sale purposes are included in the collection.

 

Designs used include: Al Capp's shmoos by Sheffield Farms, a silhouette of Abraham Lincoln by Lincoln Dairy, depictions of U. S. Presidents, and a ship design by Santa Maria dairy. The Fort Lewis dairy assured that its milk was Army tested.  A few of the caps came from the New York World's Fair in 1963.  Some caps were for fruit drinks or cottage cheese rather than milk.

 

           

ORGANIZATION

 

The caps are in no particular order.

 

 

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are in English.

 

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

Collection is open to the public.  Copyright restrictions may apply.

           

 

PROVENANCE

 

Gift of David M. Lank.

 

 

RELATED MATERIALS

 

The Winterthur Archives has milk bottle caps and milk bottles from the Winterthur Dairy.

           

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

Topics:

            Advertising - Beverages.

            Milk bottles.

            Milk plants - Location.

            Dairy products - Labeling.

            Commercial art.

            Presidents - United States - Pictorial works.

 

            Advertising design.

            Advertisements.

Collectibles.

Ephemera.

           

 

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Location:  18 D 1

 

The bottle caps are not individually numbered.  Most are housed in plastic sheets, which have been numbered.  The first digit in the number indicates the box number, and the second number the sheet number, thus 2-31 is in Box 2, and is sheet 31.  Sheet 4-15 is in Box 4, and is sheet 15. 

 

After the index to dairies is found an index to images.  Most of the milk bottle caps have just text, but sometimes an image is included.  Then is found an index to other products, such as cottage cheese, eggnog, and grape drinks.  Most varieties of milk were not indexed. 

 

Milk caps lacking names of dairies were not indexed, unless an image or product needed to be indexed.

 

 

Index to dairies:

 

Abbotts Dairies, Inc. (Philadelphia, Pa.)   2-29; 4-39, 4-40

Adirondack Dairy (Glens Falls, N.Y.)    3-31; 4-33

            [division of Borden Co.]

Adler’s (Bronx, N.Y.)   2-28, 2-38

Adohr Milk Farms (Los Angeles, Calif.)   2-20, 2-21; 3-27

Adolph’s Milk Depot (Stockton, Calif.)   5-24, 5-25

A.J. Wright & Son (Hammondsport, N.Y.)   3-3, 3-4

Akron Pure    4-30, 4-38

Alderney Dairy Co. (Newark, N.J.)    5-12

Alfar Creamery Co. (West Palm Beach, Fla.)   4-15

Alpine Grove Dairy, Inc. (Minnesota and Florida)     5-7, 5-8

Alta Crest Farm Products  (Alta Crest Farms)   3-26

Anderson Dairy (Forestville, Conn.)   3-21

Anson Dairy (Wadhams, N.Y.)   5-19

A.R. Beavers & Sons (Fairmont Foods Company, Bluefield, Va.)   4-14; 5-27

Arden Farms (Los Angeles, San Diego, Calif.)    5-35

Arden Sunfreeze Creameries    2-27

Arizona State Dairy (Tucson, Ariz.)   2-32

Arrowhead-Shoemaker Dairies Inc. (Bridgeton, N.J.)   4-14

Associated Dairies Inc. (Chattanooga, Tenn.)   3-36

Augusta Dairies Inc. (Staunton, Va.)   3-44

Aupke’s (Sharpsburg, Pa.)    box 6

Ayrshire Dairy (Great Falls, Mont.)   box 6

 

Babcock Farms Dairy (Kingston, N.Y.)   5-19

Bargeloh’s Dairy   4-16

Barnes City View Dairy (Iowa City, Iowa)   2-32

Bar T Ranch Dairy (Addy, Wash.)   5-27

Bay View Dairy (Hayward, Calif.)   3-1

Beach Milk Service   2-26

Bead Island (Clark County Dairymen’s Co-op, Camas, Wash.)    3-37

Beaulac’s Ideal Dairy   2-27

Beavers & Sons – see  A.R. Beavers & Sons

Beaver Valley Creameries (Wishek, N.D.)    5-32

Belle Vernon   2-28; 3-33

Belmont Dairy Company (Chicago, Ill.)   4-17

BeyLea Dairy (Toms River, N.J.)   2-26

Bill Bros. Dairy (Courtland, N.Y.)   4-34

Blair & Co. (Sun Seal brand; Brooklyn, N.Y..)    5-26

Blewett Dairy (Lodi, Calif.)   1-13; 4-8; 5-18

Blue Boy (Rochester, N.Y.)     1-4

Blue Hen Farms (Wilmington, Del.)   2-33

Blue Ribbon Creamery (Jackson, Miss.)   3-15

Bonham, J.B. (Chilhowie, Va.)   2-12

Booth Bros. Modern Dairy (Barre, Vt.)   2-19, 2-25; 5-32

Borden Boulevard (Albany, N.Y.)   4-44, 4-45

Borden Company (Chicago, Ill.)   4-10 through 4-13

Borden Company (Long Island City, N.Y.)   2-28, 2-34; 5-20, 5-22

Borden Company (Middletown, Ohio)   2-24, 2-40; 5-21

Borden’s (Albany, N.Y.)    4-44

            [this may be the same company as Borden Boulevard]

Borden’s (Hammond, Ind.)   2-29; 4-30; 5-1, 5-28

Borden’s, Kennedy-Mansfield Division (Madison, Wis.)   2-40; 5-13

Borden’s (Brooklyn, N.Y.)    3-27; 5-20

Borden’s (Burlington, Vt.)   4-30

Borden’s (Newark, N.J.)   2-28, 2-38

Borden’s (Racine, Wis.)   2-24; 5-21, 5-22

Bowman Dairy Co. (Chicago, Ill.)   4-24 through 4-27

Boylan’s Dairy Bar (Bozeman, Mont.)    3-3

Brainard’s Cottonwood Dairy – see Cottonwood Dairy

Breakstone Bros. Inc. (Breakstone’s; Youngsville, Walton, Bronx, and New York, N.Y.)    2-28, 2-29; 3-6

Breisch’s Dairy (Catawissa, Pa.)    4-46

Brigham, L.E., Dairy (Burlington, Vt.)   - see L.E. Brigham

Brigham’s Dairy   2-25, 2-32; 5-26

Brightridge Dairy Co.   2-27

Brookside Dairy (Redlands)   3-21

Brookside Farm   3-23

Brookside Farm Dairy   2-31

Brown Dairy (Troy, N.Y.) - see   J.J. Brown Dairy (Troy, N.Y.)  

Bryant & Chapman/R.G. Miller & Sons (Hartford, Conn.)   3-17, 3-18

Burnett’s Dairy Farms (Florida)   2-31

Bush Dairy/Bush Dairy Farms (Flemington, N.J.)   3-2; 4-8

Butler Dairy Farms (Mechanicville, N.Y.)   3-31; 4-33; 5-19

Byrne Dairy, Inc. (Syracuse, N.Y.)    5-23

 

Camire, A. E.    5-21, 5-26

Cammack Dairy (Blackfoot, Idaho)   2-34; 4-14

Canton Pure Milk Co. (Canton, Ohio)   1-1

Cass-Clay Co-op Creamery (Moorhead, Minn.)   2-30, 5-13, 5-38

Cedardale Farm (O.A. Thomas & Sons; Rutland, Vt.)   4-3

C.E. Trumbull (Gloucester, Mass.)   - see  Trumbull, C.E.

Chapman Dairy Company (Kansas City, Mo.)    4-41, 4-42, 4-43

            [some products also marked Sealtest/National Dairy Products Corp.]

Cherry Hill Farm (H.P. Hood & Sons)    5-22

Chesterfield Farms, Inc. (Bronx, N.Y.)   2-30

Chestnut Farms/Chevy Chase Dairy (Washington, D.C.)   1-14, 1-15, 1-16; 2-27

Chestnut Ridge Dairy    5-38

Chestnut Ridge Dairy (Ellet, Ohio)   5-21

Chevy Chase Dairy – see  Chestnut Farms/Chevy Chase Dairy

Chicago Guernsey Farm (Hinsdale, Ill.)   4-3

Chula Vista Dairy (Eugene, Ore.)   2-27; 4-7

City Creamery (G.A. Gagnon; Cohoes, N.Y.)   3-4

Citypark Farm Dairy (Denver, Colo.)   2-30, 2-29

Clark County Dairymen’s Co-op, Camas, Wash.    1-6; 3-37

[see also Bead Island]

Clearview Farm (Swedesboro, N.J.)   4-3

Clinton Milk Co. (Newark, N.J.)   3-32

Clover/Sealtest Dairy Products    1-13

Clover Creamery Co., Inc. (Radford and Roanoke, Va.)    1-7; 2-23

Clover Dairy [no city]    5-5, 5-6

Clover Dairy (Wilmington, Del.)    2-18

Cloverdale Creamery (Centerville, Calif.)   5-24

Cloverdale Creamery (Fremont, Calif.)   5-25

Cloverdale Farms Co., Inc. (Waverly and Binghamton, N.Y.)   3-28, 3-29, 3-30; 4-34; 5-37

            [name also spelled Clover Dale Farms]

Cloverleaf Dairy Co. (Gary, Ind.)   2-23, 2-34; 3-5

Coast Creamery (Santa Cruz, Calif.)   5-21

Coburg Dairy (Charleston, S.C.)    5-31

Collins Dairy (Burlington, Vt.)    2-40

Cooper Dairy Farm (Coopers Dairy; Iselin, N.J.)   3-21

Coopers Fernbrook Dairy (Dallas, Pa.)   2-34

Cottonwood Dairy    3-14

County Line Dairy (C.B. Knuckles, no place given)   2-34

Crafton Dairy (Redlands, no state)    3-1, 5-41

Cranford Dairy (Cranford, N.J.)    box 6

Cream Valley Diary (Woodstown, N.J.)   3-23; box 6

Creamery Service, Inc. (Santa Cruz, Calif.)   2-32

Crocker’s Dairy (Glenmont, N.Y.)   4-33

Cross, Chas. N. (Elizabethtown, N.Y.)   5-19

Crowleys Milk Co., Inc. (Binghamton, N.Y.)    5-20

 

Dairyland   2-31, 2-40

Dairylea (Elmira, N.Y.)   2-29

Dairylea (Hazleton, Pa.)   2-26, 2-33; 5-38

[also Dairylea/Dairymen’s League Co-op Association, Hazleton, Pa.]

Dairylea (Liberty, N.Y.)   5-20

Dairylea/Dairymen’s League Co-op Association (Jamestown, N.Y.)   5-12, 5-20

Dairymen’s Association, Ltd (Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii)   5-9, 5-10, 5-11

Dairy Products   2-34

Dairy Products Laboratory (San Francisco, Calif.)   2-39

Damascus (Portland, Ore.)    1-10

Dan-Dee Dairy  (Wilmington, Del.)   2-33

Dannheim’s (New Ulm Dairy, New Ulm, Minn.)   box 6

Dannon Milk Products Inc. (Long Island City, N.Y.)   4-8; 5-40

Davies, W. J. (Ajo, Ariz.)   4-6

Dawrick Farms, Inc. (Molalla, Ore.)   box 6

Dean, O.A., Dairy Co. (Cleveland) - see  Franchester Farms (O.A. Dean Dairy Co., Cleveland)

Deerfoot Farms (Newton, Mass.)   5-22, 5-38

Delamore Dairy Inc. (Wilmington, Del.)    5-29; box 6

Del Monte Creamer (M. Dettling; San Francisco, San Mateo, Calif.)   3-23

Detroit Creamery Co. – see  Ebling Creamery/Detroit Creamery/Sealtest   

Devine’s    1-12

De Young Dairy (Riverside, Calif.)   3-24

Diamond Brand Dairy Products (Somerville, Mass.)  2-38

Dick’s Dairy (R.R. Lane; Issaquah, Wash.)   3-2

Dodds Alderney Dairy/Sealtest (Buffalo, N.Y.)   4-33; 5-30, 5-38

Donegan Dairy (Largo, Fla.)   2-31

Duff’s Dairy Store (Walla Walla, Wash.)   3-1

Dunkley’s Dairy   2-12

Durham Dairy    2-30

 

Eastern Dairy (Puyallup, no state)   3-2

Ebling Creamery/Detroit Creamery/Sealtest    4-32

Edelweiss Dairy (San Jose)   4-15

Edgemar Farms (Venice, Calif.)    4-15

Elbert Steeves Dairy Farm (Coverdale, no state)   5-21

Elk Brand (Philadelphia, Pa.)   2-29

Elmwood Dairy (Newport, Vt.)   4-2; 4-3

            [see also Palin, A.S.]

Embassy Dairy Inc. (Washington, D.C.)   4-46; 5-33; box 6

English’s Dairy    3-25

Enosburg Dairy, Inc. (Enosburg Falls, Vt.)    box 6

Erickson’s Dairy Products (Afton, Wyo.)    2-25, 2-34

Eskay (Fort Wayne, Ind.)   2-26

Estey’s Dairy (Springfield, Vt.)   4-4

Etzel’s Town & Country Dairy (Menomonee Falls, Wis.)   2-27

Evans Dairy (Syracuse, N.Y.)    2-9

Evergreen Farms (Bloomsburg, Pa.)   2-23

 

Fairchild Dairy (Lyons Falls, N.Y.)   3-4

Fairfield Modern Dairy Limited   5-26

Fairfields Farm (Williamstown, Mass.)    3-1

Fairlawn Dairy Farm (J.G. Smith & Son; Adrian, Mich.)    3-26

Fairmont/Fairmont Creamery Co. (Buffalo, N.Y,)   2-28; 4-21, 4-21, 4-23; 5-20

Fairview Dairy   2-31

Fairview Dairy (Wellesley Hills, no state)    2-40; 5-30

Farmers – see Clark County Dairymen’s Coop (Camas, Wash.) 

Farris Brothers Dairy (Dublin and Pulaski, no state)   5-27

F.B. Mallory, Inc. (Springfield, Mass.)   2-15

Fernbrook Dairy   2-33

Fernbrook Dairy  (Dallas, Pa.)   2-26

Fischl’s Dairy (Manitowoc, Wis.)   4-15

Fisher Farm Dairy (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.)   2-27

Fisher’s Dairy (Ravena, N.Y.)   3-4

Fitzgerald’s Dairy (Winooski, Vt.)   4-4

Flanders’ Dairy (Concord, N.H.)   1-13; 4-5; 5-4

Florence Dairy (Florence, N.J.)   3-25

Flowersdale Dairy (Rome, Ga.)    4-6

Flynn (Des Moines, Iowa)    5-34

Foleys Washington Dairy (North Tarrytown, N.Y.)    box 6

Foothill Dairy    5-25

Forest Hill (Memphis, Tenn.)   2-26; 3-5, 3-27, 3-38; 5-22, 5-38

Forrest Milk Products Co. (Forrest, Ill.)   3-25

Fort Lewis Dairy (Fort Lewis, Wash.)    1-2, 1-3

Forty Fort Dairy (Dallas, Pa.)   4-15

Foster Higgins    2-27

Fraim’s Dairies  (Wilmington, Del.)   4-37; 5-38

Franchester Farms (O.A. Dean Dairy Co., Cleveland)    5-3, 5-13, 5-30

Frankford Dairies (Philadelphia, Pa.)    5-30

Frates Dairy Co. (New Bedford, Mass.)    4-8, 4-9

Frear (Dover, Del.)   2-23; 4-33

Freimuth, E. E. (Terryville, Conn.)   3-27

 

Gail Borden – see Borden Company (Chicago, Ill.)

Galliker’s (Johnstown, Pa.)   5-27

Gardenville  Farm (Doylestown, Pa.)   2-27; 5-21, 5-39

Gaughen’s Dairy    2-29

Gaymoor Farm (Canby, Ore.)   box 6

General Dairies Ltd    3-21

Geo. Thomas & Son (Brattleboro, Vt.)   5-4

Gerstlauer’s Dairy (Lehighton, Pa.)    2-33

Gerstlauer’s Dairy (New Mahoning, Pa.)    2-31

Gigli’s Dairy (Hudson Falls, N.Y.)    4-33

            [see also Jigli’s Dairy]

Gillette & Sons – see  H.G. Gillette & Sons (Watertown, N.Y.)

Gillette Dairy (Norfolk, Neb.)   3-42

Gipson’s Dairy   4-2

Glencliff Dairy Products (Tulsa, Okla.)   4-47

Golden Acre Farm    3-25

Golden Bell Dairy (Kenosha, Wis.)    2-32; 5-26

Golden Belle Milk/Sealtest/Akron Pure  - see Akron Pure 

Golden Eagle Dairy    3-23

Golden Mello Dairies   4-30; 5-35

Golden State Co. Ltd. (Palo Alto, Calif.)   2-24

Golden State Co. Ltd. (San Francisco, Calif.)   2-17, 2-27

Golden State Company Ltd. (San Jose, Calif.)   2-27

Golden West Farm (J.J. Padden)    3-24

Gold Seal (Waupaca, Wis.)   5-4

Good’s Dairy (Rohrerstown, Pa.)   3-23

Gosselin’s Dairy, Inc. (Chicopee, Mass.)    4-19, 4-20

Gould, C. O. (Adams, Mass.)    box 6

Grandview Dairy (Henry Lamm, Jr.)   3-2

Grandview Dairy Inc. (Ridgewood, N.Y.)    2-29; 3-32

Grant’s Dairy   2-23

Green Glen Dairy (S.F., no state)    2-25 

Greenhill Dairies (Wilmington, Del.)   4-28, 4-29

Green Spot   3-3

Green Spring Dairy Inc.   3-11

Green Valley Farms (Haddonfield, N.J.)   2-35; 4-31

Gribler Dairy (Van Wert, Ohio)   3-26

            [also J.E. Gribler Dairy]

Grills, Lee, Dairy – see Lee Grills Dairy

Guernsey Dairy (Zeeland, Mich.)   4-2

Guernsey Dairy (Lee Fullerton, distributer; E.B. Kiekenapp, producer)   3-2

            [not clear if Guernsey is part of the name of the dairy or if the cap is just advertising the breed of cow used in the dairy]

Gustafson’s Sunshine Dairy (Burlington, Iowa)    box 6

 

Haddon Farms (Haddonfield, N.J.)   4-31

Hagerstown Dairy    2-26

Halstead, Fred A./Halsted’s Dairy (Ravena, N.Y.)   4-34

Hamilton Dairies (Philadelphia, Pa.)   3-33

Hannay, LeRoy (Greenville, N.Y.)   4-33

Harkins Dairy (Blackwood, N.J.)   2-35; 4-4; 5-38

Harmon Dairy (Tulare, no state)   2-40

Hartwig Dairy (Woodland, Calif.)   3-21; 5-18

Happy Holme Dairy Products (Lodi, Calif.)   5-18

Hay’s Dairy    5-26

Heim’s Dairy (Buffalo, N.Y.)   4-34

H.E. Johnson and Son  - see Johnson, H. E. (Rutland, Vt.)   

H.E. Larrimore Dairy (Seaford, Del.)   3-20

H.E. Weisenstein (Butler, Pa.)  - see    Weisenstein, H.E.

Health Pasteurized Milk Co. (East Royalty)    2-32

Heatherbank Farms Dairy   2-31; 5-21

H.G. Gillette & Sons (Watertown, N.Y.)   4-3

Higgin’s Dairy   4-15

Highland Dairy Products Co. (Doe Run, Pa.)   2-10, 2-11, 2-34

Highland Farms Dairy (Washington, D.C.)    2-32

Hillcrest Dairy Co. (Binghamton, N.Y.)   4-34

Hillcrest Dairy Farms   2-4, 2-5, 2-6, 2-24; 3-27; 3-33

Hillside Farm (Tony and Mary Bok) (Camden, Maine)   3-1

Himes Bros. Dairy Co. (Dayton, Ohio)   4-46

Hind Clarke Dairy   5-26

Hite’s Dairy Farm (Sacramento, Calif.)   3-1

Hogan’s Dairy (Hudson Falls, N.Y.)   4-3

Holland Dairy (Fairfield, Calf.)    box 6

Holly Brook Dairy (Laurel, Del.)   1-13; 2-33, 2-36; box 6

Homestead Dairies Inc. (Massena, N.Y.)    4-34

Hood, H.P., & Sons    - see H.P. Hood & Sons 

Hood’s (Portland, Maine)   5-4 

Houlton Farms Dairy (Houlton, Maine)    5-13

Howard Johnson’s   3-3, 3-25

H.P. Hood & Sons (Portland, Maine)    2-13, 2-14, 2-23, 2-28; 5-4, 5-12, 5-39

            [see also Cherry Hill Farm]

Hub City    box 1

Hunter, Harvey B. (Charlotte, N.C.)    5-32

            [unclear what Selwyn and Burchmont refer to, perhaps sections of Charlotte]

Hurlburt Farm Dairy (Somers, Conn.)   4-2

Huron Dairy (Huron, Ohio)   2-24

Hygienic Dairy Col. (Watertown, N.Y.)   4-33

 

Island Farms Co-op Association    5-26

 

J.E. Gribler Dairy (Van Wert, Ohio) – see Gribler Dairy

Jersey Farms Creamery (Yuma, Ariz.)   4-14

Jigli’s Dairy (Hudson Falls, N.Y.)    4-33

            [see also Gigli’s Dairy]

J.J. Brown Dairy (Troy, N.Y.)   4-33; 5-20

Joceda Farms (Marlboro, N.J.)    box 6

Johnson, H. E. (Rutland, Vt.)    3-23; 4-3; box 6

            [includes H.E. Johnson and Son]

Jordan’s Dairy Ltd (Kentville, N.S.)   3-21

Joyhaven Dairy (M.E. Lovejoy & Son; Harpursville, N.Y.)   3-4

 

Kaiko Farm Dairy (Pachaug, Conn.)   2-24; 4-14

Kainz Dairy (Chicago, Ill.)   box 6

Kalamazoo Creamery  - see   Klover Gold/Kalamazoo Creamery   

Kennersley Farm (Church Hill, Md.)   4-14

Kent’s Dairy Farms (Olean, N.Y.)   3-4; 4-4; 5-41

Kimberland Dairy (McDonald, Pa.)    box 6

Kimberly Dairy (Cheraw, S.C.)   4-46

Kingdon, F. (Kingdon’s; Maple Side Farm; Auburn, Mass.)   3-10

Kingsville Dairy   2-40

Kinlock Dairy (Roland Macdonald)    5-26

Kirkfield Dairy   2-25

Kirsch Dairy (Syracuse, N.Y.)    3-31; 5-35

Klinke Bros.   4-30

Klover Gold/Kalamazoo Creamery    3-19, 3-33

Knoll Creek Dairy (New York City)   2-28, 2-29

Knox Dairy (San Diego, Calif.)     1-11

Koontz Creamery (Salisbury, Md.)   2-18

Kowalczyk, Alex. (Troy, N.Y.)    4-3

Krauszer’s  (New Brunswick, N.J.)   2-40

 

Lacey Farm Dairy (Puyallup, no state)   3-2

Lakeland Dairies (Van Walleghem Bros.)   2-27

La Bonita Dairy  (Lancaster, Calif.)  3-24

La Martona    2-40; 5-36

Land o’ Lakes (Farmers Co-op Creamery Assn., Roseau, Minn.)   3-25

Larrimore Dairy (Seaford, Del.) – see H.E. Larrimore Dairy (Seaford, Del.)

Larsen’s Dairy (Olympia, Wash.)   3-21

Lake View Dairy (Newport, Maine)   4-6

            [also spelled Lakeview]

Land o’ Pines (Lufkin, Texas)   4-15

Leatherwood Co., Inc. (Bluefield and Williamson, W.V.)   3-32

L.E. Brigham Dairy (Burlington, Vt.)   2-25, 2-40; 5-26

Lee Grills Dairy    5-26

Lehigh Valley Co-operative   2-33

Lewes Dairy Inc. (Lewes, Del.)   2-18

Lincoln Dairy Co. (Hartford, Conn.)    3-34

Little Dutch Mill Dairy (Rochester, Minn.)   3-25

Little White Farm Dairy Products    3-32

            [White Brand]

Local Milk Products, Inc. (New York City)    2-19

 

Macdonald, Roland – see  Kinlock Dairy

MacLeods Dairy (South Bar)   2-32

Mallory, F.B., Inc. (Springfield, Mass.)  - see F.B. Mallory, Inc. (Springfield, Mass.)

Mansfield Dairy (Stowe, Vt.)    4-4; box 6

Maple Dairy    5-26

Maple Dairy Farm (Montebello, no state)   3-34

Maple Grove Dairy (Nyack, N.Y.)    box 6

Maple Lane Dairy   2-25

Maple Lane Dairy Farms (Millville, Pa.)   2-33

Maple Leaf Dairy (Albany, Ore.)   5-41

Maple Ridge Dairy (Thomas H. & William R. Huson; Johnson City, N.Y.)   3-4

Mapleview Dairy (James G. Trout; Walkersville, Md.)    4-3

Marin County Milk Co. (San Rafael, Calif.)   3-25

Markley College Dairy (Turlock, Calif.)    4-7; 5-24, 5-25

Marrotte, Eugene (Willimantic, Conn.)   3-3; 4-2

Mars, M.J. (Pawlet, Vt.)   3-2, 3-23

Marshall Dairy (Chicago, Ill.)   2-29

Martin Century Farms (Lansdale, Pa.)   2-28

Mattson, N. Y. (Swedesboro, N.J.)   3-26

Maytag Dairy Farms    3-33

McDermott Bros. (Nyack, N.Y.)   3-31

McGee’s (Roaring Spring, no state)  2-31

McIlhaney’s      4-46

McIlhaney’s (Albuquerque, N.M.)   box 1

McKean Co. Cry. (Smethport,Pa.)   3-23; 4-3

McMahan’s Milk (Bloomsburg, Pa.)   2-33, 4-35, 4-36

McMullan Dairy (Baldwin Park, no state)   5-41

McPheters, E. W.    3-21

Meadow Grove Dairy (Salem, Ore.)    box 6

Medo-Land Creamery Co. (Eugene, Corvallis, Bend, Ore.)    1-8

Meibaum Bros.   3-25

Meister’s Dairy (Meridian, Calif.)   3-24

Mel-o-Rich – see Norris Creameries

Merrill’s Dairy (Keeseville, N.Y.)   4-33

Michael’s Dairy (New London, Conn.)   4-4

Miersma Dairy (Artesia, Calif.)   3-24

Miller Dairies/Miller’s (West Nyack, N.Y.)   3-30; box 6

Miller’s Dairy (Santa Rosa and Sebastopol, Calif.)   5-18, 5-41

Mills Dairy Products (Cambridge, Md.)     2-26, 2-31; 5-4

Mitchell Dairy Co. (Bridgeport, Conn.)   3-27

Mitchel’s Creamery (Ukiah, Calif.)   5-41

Model Dairies [probably from Canada]   5-2

Montebello Sanitary Dairy (Montebello, Calif.)   3-26

Monte Carlo Dairy (Nogales, Ariz.)    1-13; 4-47

Monticello Dairy, Inc.   2-26

Mooney, H. E. (St. Albans, Vt.)    1-13

Moore Dairy (Ames, Iowa)   3-32

Morgan Bros. Creameries   2-12, 2-23; 3-27

Morgan’s Dairy (Troy, N.Y.)   3-3

Morning Star Dairy (Beatrice, Neb.)   5-27, 5-41

Martona, La   - see La Martona

Mountain View Farm (A. Dragon; Easthampton)   2-27

My Favorite Dairy (Port Orchard)   3-25

 

Nashville Pure Milk Co.    4-14

National Creamery Co. (Somerville, Mass.)  2-38

National Dairy Products, Inc. - see Sealtest 

Necco (Los Angeles)   box 6

Norman’s Dairy (Jewett City, Conn.)   3-2; 4-4; 5-29

Norris Creameries (Minneapolis, Minn.)    2-17; 3-7, 3-8

North Ridge Jersey Farms (Chesaning, Mich.)   4-2

 

O.A. Dean Dairy Co. (Cleveland) – see  Franchester Farms (O.A. Dean Dairy Co., Cleveland)

Oak Grove Dairy (Robert Jenkins)    3-1

Oates Dairy (Lockport, N.Y.)    6

Orangepure Co.(Haddonfield, N.J.)   2-35

 

Page Homestead Farm (Keene, N.H.)   2-32

Palin, A. S. (Elmwood Dairy; Derby Line and Newport, Vt.)   1-13;  4-3

Palmer, W.F./Palmer’s Dairy (Middlebury, Vt.)   2-25, 5-26, 5-32

Pecora (Seybertsville and Hazleton, Pa.)   3-1

Peerless Milk Products Co. (Rock Island, Ill.)

Peninsula Dairy (Long Beach, Wash.)   3-2, 3-24

Peru Dairy (Peru, Ill.)   3-1

Pine Grove Dairy, Inc. (Schenectady, N.Y.)   5-19

Pine Grove Dairy (Skaneateles, N.Y.)   3-4

Pine Hill Dairy (C.M. Hitchcock; Newport)    5-26

Pine State Creamery Co.   2-24; 5-33

Pinewood Farm (Leesville, La.)   2-27

Polk Sanitary Milk Co. (Indianapolis)    3-30; box 6

Poppy Farms (Roseville and Carmichael, Calif.)    box 6

Port Murray Dairy Co.  (Port Murray, N.J.)   5-30

Port Royal Co-op Dairy Ltd. (Annapolis, Middleton, Berwick, no state)    3-1

Powlett’s Dairy (Natchez, Miss.)   2-40; 4-14; 5-26, 5-27

Prairie Farms   3-3

Pratt & Wilson Dairy (Nutter Fort, W.Va.)    box 6

Price’s    2-31

Price’s (St. Johns, Pa.)    2-40

Pride of the Valley (Belgrade, Mont.)   3-25; box 6

Princeton Cream & Butter Co. (Princeton, Ky.)   3-2

Princeton Creamery  (Princeton, Ky.)   3-2

Puritan Dairy    2-31

Purity Ice Cream & Dairy Co., Inc. (St. James, Minn.)    box 6

 

Qualitee Dairy Products Co.  (San Diego, Calif.)   2-24; 5-13, 5-21

Quality Dairy (Springfield, Ill.)   4-6

Quality Dairy Products, Inc. (Lynchburg, Va.)   4-30

 

Ralph Swartz (Bloomsburg, Pa.)  -see  Swartz, Ralph

RD (Edwardsville, Ill.)   3-33

RDR Dairy Farm (Baguio City, The Philippines)    4-46

            [the country is written on the back of one of the caps]

Rehoboth Dairy  (Rehoboth, Del.)   5-35

Reid’s Dairy (New Waterford, no state)   2-24

Richards Dairy (Newark, Del.)   5-27

Rider Dairy Co. (Danbury, Conn.)   5-27

Ridge View Farms Dairy Inc. (Chicago, Ill.)   4-10

Roberts (Wm. H. Roberts & Sons, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind.)    3-25

Rocky Mountain Dairy Products Co. (Denver, Colo.)   3-9

Rodney Dairy (Hugh R. Boss)   2-26

Rosedale Dairy (Norfolk, no state)   2-26

Rosehill Dairy (Wilmington, Del.)   2-33

Royal Dairy   3-45, 3-46

Royal Oak Dairy   2-26

Ryn’s Dairy Products (Fontana)   3-25

 

St. Lawrence Dairy Co. (Reading, Pa.)   2-25

Salem Creamery, Inc.    1-7; 2-23

Samuel Adler Inc. (Bronx, N.Y.)   2-38

Sanitary Dairy (New Richmond, Wis.)   2-27

Sanitary Farm Dairies (Clinton and Cedar Rapids, Iowa)   4-1

Santa Maria Dairy    3-35

Schenkels Sanitary Dairy (Huntington, Ind.)    2-40

Schmal’s Dairy (Crown Point, Ind.)   3-23

Schmalz (Plainfield and Lebanon, N.J.)   2-22; 4-9

Scott Bros. Dairy (Pomona)   3-25

Scott Dairy (Shelburne Falls, Mass.)   2-27, 2-31

Seaford Dairy (Seaford, Del.)    2-23

Sealtest (Nashville Pure Milk Co.)    4-14

Sealtest  (National Dairy Products, Inc.) 2-17, 2-18, 2-27; 3-17, 3-18, 5-38

Seneca Dairy (Canandaigua, N.Y.)   5-19

Serendipity Farm (Pat & Mike Lewitt; Upton, Maine)   3-24; 5-25

Shadow Lawn Dairy (J.P. Rose; East Providence, R.I.)    3-21

Sheffield Farms Co., Inc. (Bronx and New York City)   1-13; 2-1, 2-2, 2-3; 3-27; 5-22

Shirley Farm   5-21

Shurtleff’s (Janesville, Wis.)   3-33

Sibley Farms (Worcester and Spencer, Mass.)    2-7, 2-8; 3-39

Silver Creek Dairy    2-32

Silver Hill (Milford, no state)   3-11

Simpson’s Dairy (Tucker, Ga.)   2-40; 5-30

Sims Dairy (Colebrook, N.H.)   2-23

Snyder the Milk Man  - see Snyder’s Dairy

Snyder’s Dairy (Roy D. Snyder; Bloomsburg, Pa.)   letter in Box 1; 2-33; 4-31, 4-35, 4-36; 5-26; box 6

Southern Dairies, Inc. (Birmingham, Ala.)   5-22

            [also labeled Sealtest/National Dairy Products Corp.]

Southern Dairies (Knoxville, Tenn.)   3-41

Southern Dairies (Tampa, Fla.)   5-31

            [some milk caps read “Produced in Florida,” while others read “Produced in Wisconsin”]

Southern Maid (Bristol, Va.)   4-6

Spinney Run Farms (Libertyville, Ill.)   5-12

Springfield Dairy (Springfield, Ill.)   5-27

Spring Hill Dairy (Portville, Ky.)   4-33; 5-19

Stalker’s Dairy (Pulaski, N.Y.)   4-34; 5-20

Starland Dairies   3-11

Staunton Creamery Inc. (Staunton, Va.)   3-44

Steeves, Elbert  – see Elbert Steeves Dairy Farm

Stimpson’s Dairy (Fresno, Calif.)   3-24

Strat’s Dairy (Belleville, N.J.)    4-14

Stueber’s (Wausau, Wis.)    box 6

Suburban Dairy (Binghamton, N.Y.)    5-37

Sunbury Milk Product Co. (Sunbury, Pa.)   2-33

Sunderman Farm Products Inc. (Hobart, Ind.)   5-22

Sundew Corp. (Long Island City, N.Y.)   5-20

Sunlite Dairy (Oshkosh, Wis.)   2-34, 2-25

Sunny Acres Farm (John Mann; Chepachet, R.I.)     box 6

Sunnymeade Farms (Bismarck, Mo.)    box 6

Sunnyside Dairy    5-21

Sunnyside Dairy (Edwards, N.Y.)   4-4

Sunrise Dairies (Hillside, N.J.)    1-9; 2-12

Sunrise Dairy Farms (Grandview, Mo.)   box 6

Sunshine Dairy   5-21

Sunshine Farms, Inc. (Bronx, N.Y.)   2-19; 5-19, 5-30

Superior Dairy (Smithburg, W.V.)   box 6

Supreme Dairy     box 6

Swaner Farms Dairy (Iowa City, Iowa)   3-40

Swartz, Ralph (Bloomsburg, Pa.)  2-23; 4-35, 4-36

Sweet Clover Dairy (East Grand Forks, Minn.)   3-33

 

Tamworth Farm    box 6

Tarbell Guernsey Farms (Smithville Flats, N.Y.)   5-33

Tarr[?], A.J. (Geneva, N.Y.)   4-34

            [part of surname is missing]

Taylor’s Dairy (Norwich, Conn.)   3-21

Thiele’s Dairy Farm (North Tonawanda, N.Y.)    box 6

Thomas & Son (Brattleboro, Vt.) – see   Geo. Thomas & Son (Brattleboro, Vt.) 

Thomas Dairy (Auburn, Calif.)   5-41

Tiffin Dairy Co.   5-27

Tip Top Dairies (Hillsboro, Kan.)   2-29, 2-38

Topaz Dairy    1-5; 4-5; 5-4, 5-14

Traczyk, Mike (Perry, N.Y.)   3-4

Trumbull, C.E. (Gloucester, Mass.)   2-38; 3-32

Tucker, W.M. (Barre, Vt.)   2-31

Turner and Wescott (Philadelphia, Pa)   3-16

Twin Maples Dairy (Hasenjager Bros., Monson, Mass.)    5-13, 5-30, 5-38

 

Ukiah Valley Creamery (Ukiah, Calif.)   5-41

Union Milk Co., Ltd.   5-27

United Farmers   2-30, 2-31, 2-24; 3-27; 5-20, 5-22, 5-30, 5-38

United Morning Star Dairy (Chattanooga, Tenn.)   2-27, 2-31; 4-32; 5-21

 

Valley Bros. (Manchester, N.H.)   4-3

Valley Dairy (Oroville, Wash.)   5-4, 5-30

Valley Farms (Vancouver, Wash.)    1-6; 2-24; 4-14

Valley Gold   2-16, 2-24, 2-31; 3-27. 5-38

            [possibly same as Valley Gold Dairies]

Valley Gold Dairies   2-16, 2-36; 5-38

Valley View Dairy Products (H. Woebkenberg; Reading, Ohio)   5-22

Valley View Farms (La Mirada, Calif.)    1-13; 5-15, 5-25

Van’s (Hamilton, Mont.)   3-21

Vasquez Dairy    5-22

Verifine Dairy Products Co. (Sheboygan, Wis.)   3-43

Virginia Dairy Co. (Richmond, Va.)   2-30, 2-40; 5-4

Vogt (Dansville, N.Y.)   3-3; 5-25

 

Waihee Dairy (Waihee, Maui, Hawaii)    5-35

Walker Gordon (Charles River Village, Mass.)   5-3

Walker-Gordon (Plainsboro, N.J.)    2-29

Walnut Dairy   2-31

Walnut Grove Farm (F.W. Wheelwright & Sons, Cohasset, Mass.)   4-15

Warren Sanitary Milk Co. (Warren, Ohio)   3-21

Wassuc Farm (Chester H. Clark; Glastonbury, Conn.)    box 6

Waveney Farm (Framingham, Mass.)   2-36, 2-37; 5-13, 5-22

Wayside Farm Dairy (Janeczek Bros.; Drums, Pa.)   3-23

Weisenstein, H.E. (Butler, Pa.)    2-33

Wentworth Farms (Amherst, Mass.)    box 6

Wentzell, S. H./ Pioneer Dairy    1-12

W.F. Palmer (Middlebury, Vt.)  - see Palmer, W.F.

White Brand  - see Little White Farm Dairy Products  

White Bros. Dairy Products   2-24

Whiting Milk Company   2-17, 2-24, 2-38; 3-27, 3-32; 4-18

Williams, M. H., Jr. (Glens Falls, N.Y.)   3-4

Winnisquam Farms (Montpelier, Vt.)   4-3; 5-26

W.M. Tucker (Barre, Vt.) – see Tucker. W.M. (Barre, Vt.) 

Wood Brook Farms (Metuchen, N.J.)    3-12, 3-13

Woodland Dairy    5-26

Wright, A.J., & Son – see A.J. Wright & Son

Wright’s Dairy (Enosburg Falls, Vt.)    box 6

 

Zagorsky, A. (Uncasville, no state)   3-23

Zimmermans Dairy (New Mahoning, Pa.)    2-31


Pictures or slogans on bottle caps:

 

Baby   - see People

Barn    1-7; 2-11, 2-25, 2-32; 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-23, 3-32; 4-3, 4-16, 4-34; 5-21, 5-26, 5-27, 5-38; box 6

            [see also Farm]

Bird   2-39

Bottle of milk   2-7, 2-27, 3-23; 4-9; 5-20, 5-26

Boyd, William (“Hopalong Cassidy”)   5-16

Bridge    3-1

Butter   2-7; 3-3

 

Candle    3-16, 3-40; box 6

Cannon   3-1

Children  - see People 

Churn    2-11, 2-32, 2-35, 3-1, 3-2, 3-24, 3-26; 5-9, 5-11, 5-18, 5-41; box 6

Clover leaf    1-7; 2-34, 2-23; 3-5, 3-25; 5-5, 5-6

Coffee cup, tea cup   3-1

“Complete School Now”   4-2

Cow      1-12; 2-24, 2-25, 2-27, 2-30, 2-36, 2-39, 2-40; 3-11, 3-21, 3-25, 3-26; 4-31, 4-34, 4-47; 5-2, 5-18, 5-19, 5-21, 5-22, 5-24, 5-25, 5-26, 5-27, 5-31, 5-32; box 6

Crown   3-1

 

Desert    4-14

 

Eggs   2-7; 3-3

Elk   2-29

 

Factory/industrial building    3-22, 3-24; 4-19

Fair buildings    4-2

Farm   2-11, 2-32; 3-2, 3-3, 3-23, 3-32, 4-34; 5-21, 5-27, 5-38; box 6

            [see also Barn]

Flower   2-24, 2-34, 2-36, 2-40; 3-19, 3-32, 3-33; 4-6, 4-15; 5-13, 5-21

Fort   3-1

Fruits    1-4, 1-5; 2-35; 3-3; 4-4, 4-21; 5-4, 5-15, 5-30

            [Grapes, oranges, strawberries, limes, apples, etc.]

 

Gate    4-46

Glass of milk or other beverage   1-4; 2-7,  2-33, 2-39; 3-3; 4-21, 4-22, 4-23; 5-15

Goblet   2-2

 

“Happy New Year”   3-22

Historic facts    3-22, 3-27, 5-41

Holly   1-13; 2-33, 2-36, 2-39; 3-16; 4-2, 5-15; box 6

House    3-22, 3-25

 

“Industry needs high school graduates”    3-22; 4-2

Jefferson, Thomas   2-26

 

Leaf    2-25; 5-41

            [see also Clover leaf]

Lincoln, Abraham   3-34

Loving cup – see Trophy

 

Merry Christmas    3-22

Milkman   1-2; 2-34, 2-39; 3-37

            [man who delivers milk to home]

Moose    3-24; 5-25

Mortarboard   5-24, 5-25

Mountains    1-13; 3-3, 3-9, 3-25, 3-37; 4-14; 5-15, 5-25; box 6

 

New York World’s Fair, 1963    4-2

 

People    1-4, 1-6; 2-17, 2-30, 2-31, 2-35; 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-8, 3-22, 3-23, 3-24, 3-25, 3-26; 4-6, 4-25, 4-29, 4-32, 5-9, 5-11, 5-15, 5-16, 5-18, 5-21, 5-22, 5-24, 5-41

(adults, children, babies, dairymaids, farmers, but see also Milkman)

Pitcher of milk    1-7, 1-9; 2-4, 2-39; 3-24; 4-6, 4-14, 4-28, 4-29, 4-31; 4-37, 4-49, 4-40, 4-44; 5-3, 5-9, 5-10, 5-11; 5-13, 5-21, 5-30, 5-31, 5-39

            [most of these pitchers are an emblem for Golden Guernsey milk]

Presidents of the United States   5-16, 5-17

            [see also Jefferson; Lincoln; the latest president pictured is Richard M. Nixon]

Punchbowl   2-2; 4-2; box 6

 

Santa Claus, sleigh, reindeer   5-15

Schmoo (cartoon character by Al Capp)    2-3

Season’s Greetings    box 6

Ship   3-35

Skier, Ski jumper    5-41; box 6

Star   4-16, 4-32; 5-24, 5-25, 5-27

States, U.S. (information about the states)   3-22; 5-15

Sun, sunrise   2-25, 2-35, 2-40; 3-4, 3-36; 4-14, 4-34, 4-36; 5-21, 5-22, 5-25, 5-26, 5-27, 5-38; 6

 

“This is your usual milk”    3-22; box 6

Tree     1-13; 2-27, 2-35; 3-1, 3-4, 3-22, 3-23; 4-3, 4-16; 5-15, 5-19, 5-25, 5-32; box 6

Trophy   5-4

 

War bonds    3-22

Wave   2-40; 4-5; 5-4

Windmill   3-1, 3-25; 4-37; box 6

Wreath    2-11, 2-32


Other products:

 

A wide variety of milk was produced: raw, pasteurized, tuberculin tested, chocolate, mellow, homogenized, buttermilk, skim, butterfat free, etc.  These products were not indexed.  However, some unusual varieties of milk were indexed.

 

Apple juice    1-4

 

Butter   3-6

 

Coffee mix   3-1

Cottage cheese    1-5; 2-7, 2-28, 2-29, 2-37; 3-6, 3-19; 4-7; 4-8, 4-16, 4-26, 4-41, 4-42, 4-43; box 6

Cream (coffee, light, heavy, sour, whipping, half-and-half, etc., but see Cream: Kosher)   1-1 through 1-15; 2-2, 2-3, 2-6 through 2-10, 2-13, 2-14, 2-16, 2-18, 2-21 through 2-30, 2-32 through 2-36, 2-39, 2-40; 3-1 through 3-4, 3-6 through 3-16, 3-18 through 3-21, 3-23, 3-26, 3-27, 3-28, 3-31, 3-32, 3-34, 3-35, 3-36, 3-38, 3-40 through 3-43, 3-45; 4-1 through 4-8, 4-10, 4-11, 4-12, 4-14 through 4-19, 4-21, 4-24, 4-25, 4-27, 4-29, 4-30, 4-32 through 4-39, 4-41, 4-44, 4-45, 4-46; 5-1, 5-2, 5-4 through 5-8, 5-12 through 5-15 through 5-22, 5-24, 5-25, 5-26, 5-59, 5-31, 5-32, 5-34 through 5-37, 5-41; box 6

Cream: Kosher   4-32

 

Eggnog   1-4; 2-2, 2-11, 2-32, 2-35, 2-39; 3-40; 4-2, 4-10, 4-39; 5-1, 5-25

 

Fruit punch   5-15, 5-24, 5-41; box 6

 

Grape drink    1-5; 2-35; 3-23; 4-4; 5-15, 5-26; box 6

 

Health food    3-16

 

Ice cream mix   3-15, 3-19

 

Lemon drink    box 6

Lemon-lime drink    box 6

Lime punch   5-15

 

Milk: Baby   5-21

Milk: Dry   3-19

Milk: Goat   2-32; 5-21

Milk: Kosher   3-33

Milk: Bulgarian   4-30

Milk: nursery    5-2

Milk: Soft curd   3-10; 4-1; 4-41

 

Orange drink, orange juice , orange-ade   1-1, 1-4, 1-8, 1-10, 1-11;, 1-5 2-16, 2-23, 2-32, 2-34, 2-35, 2-36; 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-14, 3-19, 3-26; 3-27, 3-33, 3-37,  3-38, 3-40, 3-42, 3-43, 3-46; 4-1; 4-5; 4-6, 4-19, 4-21, 4-22, 4-29, 4-32; 5-14, 5-15, 5-18, 5-20, 5-29, 5-37; box 6

 

Pineapple-orange drink    1-11; 2-18, 2-22

 

Salad   3-6, 3-17

Strawberry drink   1-4; 3-3; 4-12

 

Tomato juice    1-4

 

Yogurt   3-6; 4-8; 5-40