Bottle, Milk
- Object Name:
- Bottle, Milk
- Object ID:
- 2005.013.02
- Date:
- 1950-1960
- Description:
- Milk bottle. Clear, colorless glass; square body with tapered neck; one quart. Red pyroglazed lettering: "SUPER-TEST / MILK CO. / ELECTRO-PURE / PASTEURIZED / LEBANON, N.H.", with lightning bolts. Other side: "ELECTRO-PURE / Super-Test / Milk Co. / IT'S / GOOD / 'CAUSE / IT'S BETTER", with figure of baby holding milk bottle. Embossed lettering around base: "ONE QUART / LIQUID / 4 REG. / SEALED 52 NU". On bottom: embossed chain design around perimeter, "X", and "L9".
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-8.6 W-3.25 D-3.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Super-Test Milk Co. was run by Clarence Sleeper on Mascoma Street Extension in Lebanon before he sold it to Harvey Bassey and Hershey Packard. As of 1994, the building was known as the Canteen Building.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Bassey, Harvey, Packard, Hershey, Berry, Abigail
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